Learning the Ropes
Russell Risden “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…
March 2017
On Education and Moral Formation
Jordan Kolb All schools shape students in particular ways because every school is built on value judgments about what is good. Public school systems are generally centered on ideas about what people…
Social Justice Organizing Workshop to Be Held
Lola Obadina Eastern University is a community involved in social justice, as implied by its motto, Faith, Reason and Justice. Eastern’s Campolo Institute for Applied Research in Social Justice seeks to realize…
America’s Retail in Midst of Meltdown
Nathaniel Hawes If you are among the many Americans who have embraced the ease of online shopping, you may be unintentionally adding to the decline of brick-and-mortar retail stores across the nation’s…
Dr. Deborah Winters Wins Illumination Book Award
Jared Maier Palmer Seminary professor Dr. Deborah Winters recently received the Silver Medal Illumination Book Award in the Biblical Studies category for her recent book “Through Her Eyes: Bible Studies on Women…
Eastern Promotes 2017 NSSE Survey
Eastern University’s Office of Institutional Planning, Research and Assessment is currently administering the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to first-year and senior undergraduate students. The survey will be available…
Pulitzer Winner Dr. Walter McDougall Visits EU
Pulitzer-Prize winner Dr. Walter McDougall was invited by Agora Institute to speak at Eastern University on Wednesday, Feb. 15 and by the Templeton Honors College to speak at their weekly…
Paul Pierce Says Goodbye to Basketball in Boston
Shelly Lister Paul Pierce, 10-time NBA All-Star and the 2008 Finals MVP, announced his retirement from the game of basketball on Sept., 26, 2016. In a video released by The Players’ Tribune,…
The Enigma of Sports-Related Concussions
Anne Mozel A concussion is a form of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is clinically defined as a physical insult to the head, causing the brain to bounce, so to speak, against…
The Spirit of the Game- Reflections from Giana Cirulli of EU Volleyball
Giana Cirulli This past Christmas I decided to take my three-year-old twin brothers shopping for our parents. The last few Christmases had readily turned into everyone watching as my brothers opened gift…