November 2016

     “So why is it important to learn about Arabic culture?” I ask.      Eastern student Maddy Lee smiles. “I’m very interested in the idea…of getting us out of our own heads and our cultures,” she says. Lee is a member of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Executive Council at Eastern University. The

     Students, faculty and family ambling around whilst proudly clad in maroon Eastern apparel is always a welcoming sight when homecoming occurs each fall. The sense of identity that people find in their college is reaffirmed upon returning to Eastern where they are greeted with an overwhelming sense of school pride. Homecoming is a

Woman gets stuck inside WEPA machine      An unidentified woman got stuck inside Warner Memorial Library’s WEPA machine. A work request was filed, but sadly Plant Ops did not respond for several weeks due to backlogged work requests. A handful of librarians attempted to pry her out with numerous methods, including rope, crowbars and

     In the Northeast, the population of high school graduates applying to four-year universities has gone down. Among those graduates, increasing numbers of prospective students are looking at cost-effective options like community colleges and state schools. Of the group that is left, statistics show that even fewer would consider going to a Christian college

     On Oct. 6, the Agora Institute hosted a lecture by author and professor John Inazu on his recent book “Confident Pluralism.” Dr. Inazu began his lecture by discussing the way that modern culture has almost entirely separated itself from religion. He then gave a brief anecdote about an academic institution stepping out of