In case you didn’t want to look it up on Google, Here are the big winners from the Oscars: Best Motion Picture: The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Torro) Best Actress: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Best Actor: Gary Oldman (The Darkest Hour) Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney (I, Tonya) Best Supporting Actor: […]
It is fitting that the new Black Panther movie opens and closes in Oakland, California for three reasons. First, Oakland is the birthplace of the Black Panther party, founded in 1966 largely as a response to police brutality in black communities. Second, it was at the Fruitvale train station in Oakland that Oscar Grant III
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This spring break, I returned to Singapore for a short visit. Last summer my family moved there permanently. I had the opportunity to live with them last summer and now to visit them again. While I have a direct purpose to this traveling, aka to smoother my twin 4-year-old brothers with kisses, love, and gifts,
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Imagine, if you will, a hotel lobby filled with chattering college students, talking in various languages, dressed in various styles of clothing, yet all are there in the common goal of working together to talk about some of the world’s most pressing issues from the standpoint of all countries, giving a voice to all peoples
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Eastern University junior, Anthony Barr, had the opportunity to interview Dr. Ron Matthews, the new President of Eastern University. This is an edited transcript of their interview. ● Tell us about your faith journey! What were some defining moments for you? Moment 1: I was born into a Christian family. At the age of 4,
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The 2016 Brexit referendum has created political chaos as pro-European Union and British independence movements fight over what the future of the United Kingdom will look like. There are a variety of diplomatic and economic decisions that will be made, specifically regarding immigration and the sovereignty of the UK’s territories. One of the most pressing
Around the World: Nigeria Read Post »
On March 2, Interim Assistant Dean of Residence and Student Life Ben Howard and fellow Resident Directors Krista Barnett, Lexi Dunbar, Heidi Birtwistle, Bryce Johnson, Courtney Johnson, and Theresa Noye announced the students who have been selected to work as resident assistants in the coming academic year of 2018-2019. Resident assistants are students who are
On Feb. 9, Windows on the World joined forces with the student club, Heart of Africa, in order to make the EU community aware that Africa is not a “single story” of poverty and suffering. A panel made of three Eastern professors, Dr. Joao Monteiro, Dr. Sharon Gramby-Sobukwe, and Dr. Mike Mtika, each gave a
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It is the highest honor that an individual can have bestowed upon them in pro sports, being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. This year’s hall of fame class will feature eight players and it is a star studded cast. The players will be inducted into the hall of fame in Canton, Ohio
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Throughout the Superbowl, many fans looked forward to the commercials that are notorious for their attempt in broadening its audiences’ view. Some are filled with confusing actor portrayals, as we saw in Tide’s commercials, but some are made to specifically open our eyes to the hardships of someone we as Americans look up to. In
