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…
2018
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…
Computer Science Major Added
Melvin Mance On Feb. 18, Eastern announced that they will be adding a Computer Science degree to the mathematics department. Dr. Walter Huddell states in the article on Eastern’s website that, “what…
Eastern’s Multicultural Grant
Jared Maier Eastern University is comprised of a variety of unique students and staff from all across North America and the corners of the world, and on Feb. 19 it was awarded…
Peter and The Star Catcher: A History and a Review of Our School Play
Alexa Swantek On March 22, 23 and 24, Eastern University’s theater department held performances of Peter and the Starcatcher. Originally a book written in 2004 by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter…