Teachers Strike in West Virginia
Nicole Markert I am all too familiar with the struggle that teachers face. Many people fail to realize that these individuals are nurturing the future generations. These individuals not only see students…
April 2018
Swan Lake: The Classic Ballet
Rachel Covert I recently had the pleasure of seeing Swan Lake at the Academy of Art in Philadelphia. As I explained to my friends after the performance, I had only been to…
Review: A Wrinkle in Time
Jared Maier In 1962 author Madeleine L’Engle published a children’s novel unlike any other. L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time” combines well written characters with innovative storytelling on the importance of love against…
You Are An Artist Reflection
Alanna Woody Sometimes there is a hesitancy within us. A hesitancy to identify with labels such as “musician,” “artist,” “writer” or “actor.” What holds us back? Perhaps the fear of failure, or…
Love, Simon: A Story of Young Love
Kelsey Fiander-Carr On March 16, the novel, Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda, premiered as an adapted movie entitled Love, Simon. The film followed the coming out story of a gay teenage boy…
An Easter Reflection
Anthony Barr As I prepare for Easter this year, I am thinking about the harlots of the desert. In my Spirituality of the Desert Fathers class, I’m reading Sister Benedicta Ward’s book…
EU Faith Forum:Dr. Powery on African American Hermeneutics
Alberto Bonilla-Giovanetti Have you ever wondered how slaves and freed men and women interpreted the Bible in the pre-Civil War period? This is precisely the question that Dr. Emerson Powery, our guest…
Gregory Wolfe Comes To Eastern
James Davenport This past Friday the library was open a little later than usual. Thanks to our wonderful library staff, somewhere around 150 people were crowded into an area in the Warner…
Courage Spotlight: Jessie Nichols
Throughout Eastern, there are many students and faculty who represent the university’s new initiative, ‘courage to.’ Among them is senior Jessie Nichols. Nichols is an Exercise Science major, a Psychology…
Around the World: Germany Educators React to the Rise of a Far-Right Political Party.
SaraGrace Stefan Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is a far-right political party that recently won 13 percent of the vote in national elections on September 24, 2017, and now holds 94 seats…