2017 – Page 20 – The Waltonian

A Highlight of Your Banquet Host, the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

nathaniel.hawes / 04/03/2017

Eastern University will be holding their annual Spring Banquet on April 1 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology for the first time. The Spring Banquet is a formal event open to all traditional undergraduate Eastern University students, offering a night of fun, food and dance inside one of […]

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The Walt-Onion

rrisden / 04/03/2017

EASTERN SET TO LAUNCH FOOTBALL PROGRAM by Anthony Barr and Jordan Kolb [media-credit name=”Google Images/The Waltonian” align=”alignleft” width=”260″][/media-credit] Last week, Eastern announced that on April 1 it will launch a new plan to develop a football program. Recruiting for the upcoming school year is already underway, and the program is expected to

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Refuge and PAC Host LGBT+ Solidarity Week

jrinato / 04/03/2017

During the week of March 13, Refuge (Eastern’s Gay-Straight Alliance) and the Political Activism Club (PAC) partnered to host “LGBT+ Stand in Solidarity.” Through Solidarity Week, Refuge and PAC aimed to show support for the LGBT+ members of Eastern’s community, educate about LGBT+ issues, vocabulary and resources at Eastern and encourage

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A&E

The Art of Following Your Passions

kelsey.fiander-carr / 04/03/2017

I have to say, when I started high school, I was the worst writer on the face of the planet, but I was put into upper-level English because I had “impeccable comprehension of literature.” However, my first-year English teacher absolutely transformed my understanding of writing with one simple acronym. Broad, vague and general,

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A Celebration of Human Quirkiness- “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”

Jordan Kolb / 04/03/2017

Thursday, March 23 was the opening night for Eastern’s production of “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” All in all, the show proved to be a delightfully sweet and zany comedy. The basic premise of the musical is a county spelling bee, full of highly idiosyncratic 12-year-olds who each bring their own

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Dr. Phillip Cary Speaks at Faith Forum

nicole.markert / 04/03/2017

This year, Eastern’s annual Faith Forum, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Templeton Honors College and the Office of Faith and Practice, featured one of its own: Dr. Phillip Cary. Cary is a professor of philosophy on campus and has published several books, including “Good News for Anxious Christians: 10 Practical

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A Look at the Process of Crafting a Senior Thesis

lmurphy / 04/03/2017

I recently spoke with two Eastern seniors to learn about their experiences while crafting their senior theses. Brianna Esposito, English Major (Creative Writing Concentration) 1) What are the requirements for your senior thesis? “As a writing student, our thesis could be written in one of three genres: poetry, fiction or

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On Singleness and Vocation

jnielse3 / 04/03/2017

“Vocation manifests itself as a falling in love. In that love…we recognize [God’s] plan.” –Dorothy Cummings McLean One day a couple years back I found myself in a professor’s office crying to him about boys (he was one of those professors that feels like a father—you can’t help spilling your guts to

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Reflections on the Faith of a Teenager

Brandi Henry / 04/03/2017

One Sunday evening in November of this past year, I was doing homework in Baird Library when I received a text message from a student in my youth group informing me that one of the girls in my small group had been in a terrible car accident, was medevaced from the site

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New Political Activism Club Seeks Open Conversation

kelsey.fiander-carr / 04/03/2017

Comprised of liberal, conservative and progressive members, new Eastern organization Political Activism Club (PAC) strives to make the campus a place of open conversation for controversial topics. Enacted by senior Samuel Vaughan in response to the 2016 presidential election, PAC launched in the beginning of this semester with help

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