Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In light of recent events that have taken place in our nation, I believe this concept is especially evident. Over the last month or so, I have had the opportunity to participate in several protests and advocacy projects […]
Who would have thought that the 2017 Oscars would have given us one of the most controversial moments of the year? The Academy Awards were in full swing on Feb. 26. Hosted by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, the awards were a mixture of joy, sorrow, confusion and controversy. Let me also say
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Ever since we began expressing ourselves through creative means, artists have been using these platforms to provide social commentary or to make a statement. While it has never been the goal of every artist to express a political or social idea through their art, it has been fundamental in the propagation and
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Jordan by Elizabeth Byrd [media-credit name=”Elizabeth Byrd/ The Waltonian ” align=”alignleft” width=”260″][/media-credit] When you tell people that you studied abroad in the Middle East, they tend to get this wide-eyed look of amazement and demand that you tell them everything about it. I have come to accept this as part of living
“Not all Those who wander are lost. . .” An Inside Look at EU Study Abroad Programs Read Post »
Eastern’s Gospel choir, Angels of Harmony, hosted an evening of soulful, celebratory worship on Sunday, March 12. Angels of Harmony kicked the evening off, and everybody in attendance was immediately on their feet, clapping and enjoying their time together. The band consisted of keys, drums and a bass guitar, and the musicians
Angels of Harmony Present “Destined for Greatness” Read Post »
Katie Brabham graduated from Eastern in 2011 with a degree in music education. In 2014, Brabham was put in charge of the music department at Bishopville Primary School-Annex in South Carolina. When Brabham first began this position, she was working with the bare minimum, but this didn’t stop her from pursuing her
EU Alumna Keeps Music in Education Read Post »
It is all too common to use words without giving careful thought to the inherent meaning of these words. Such careless speech strips words of their potency, degrades language and destroys our capacity for rigorous thought, as argued via metaphor in the Homeric poetry of Wittgenstein. Given this understanding of the importance
Lolz: A Linguistic Study- The EU Radish, your most unreliable news source* Read Post »
When summer comes along, many college students in the nation try to take advantage of this time and relax for a few months. Among the standard pastimes we college kids take advantage of, a seldom few have a positive effect on our future careers. We ought to seriously consider the ways in
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A couple hundred colleges from across the globe. Thousands of eager students ready to debate. Four days of pretending to be a delegate to the United Nations. That’s what you’re told you’re in for when you join Eastern’s Model United Nations (MUN) club. They tell you what to expect, but it doesn’t quite
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“In the days before iron ships, the internal combustible engine and elaborate machinery, there were iron men in wooden ships.” So said my great-great grandfather, Boatswains Mate Philip Hoffman of the United States Navy. Philip was in the last generation of men to be in the all-wooden ship navy. He knew the
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