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After their triumphant runs through the MAC, Eastern’s field hockey, volleyball and women’s soccer teams set their sights on national titles. Women’s soccer reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen with victories over Wheaton (Mass.) and Rowan on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Volleyball also reached the Sweet Sixteen, plowing over their 1st and 2nd round opponents before […]

For the field hockey team, the MAC Championship game on Nov. 8 served as an opportunity to straighten the score. Wilkes was the only team that field hockey lost to in the MAC Freedom Conference during the year, falling to the Colonels, 1-2, in the Oct. 18 away match. “The game was nerve-wracking,” senior midfielder

The play Three Sisters has been advertised all over campus – you cannot miss it. It ran Nov. 12-16 at 8 p.m. with early showings on Nov. 15 and 16, and the audience filled every available space on stage. On Nov. 13, the play featured sophomore Caitlyn Shaffstall as the character Olga, sophomore Kat Moorman

A youthful women’s volleyball squad dominated MAC play on their way to winning the MAC Freedom Conference Championship. Eastern students were spoiled all year, watching the women’s volleyball team steamroll opponents all the way through the playoffs. Ranked as the number one seed in their conference, the team earned a 1st round bye before sweeping

Thanks to extensive remodeling of several offices and classrooms in McInnis this summer, the Biokinetics department now has a fully functioning lab for practical instruction.The majority of renovations were completed in September, but the final touches of moving in equipment and finishing interior work are wrapping up this month. McInnis 101, formerly a large classroom

From the corner of Olson field nearest to Gough Hall, senior Kara Neef swung her foot at the ball, sending it sailing in a perfect arch towards a swarm of players in front of the net. Rising up from the crowd of players, senior Ashley Hackman connected with the ball and headed it inside the

Nov. 7-9, Eastern hosted the 2008 National Christian Multicultural Student Leaders Conference. Over 400 students and advisers representing 30 different colleges were present. Visiting students shared rooms in dormitories with current Eastern students for the weekend. The conference, titled “Faith Through Action: Bridging the Multicultural Gap One Student at a Time,” included panel discussions, workshops,

Let us set aside the well-worn arguments of the firearms debate; guns don’t kill people, people do; guns make it easier to kill: many violent crimes are committed with guns, the Second Amendment gives us the right to bear arms. These are, indubitably, worthy of serious consideration, but they are so frequently discussed that they

“You brought my people from miserable fear,” the main character of Yai Wanonabälewä: The Enemy God said in a prayer to God. On Nov. 6, there was a private screening of this not-yet-released film. It tells the story of the Yanomamo people of the Amazon and how they were able to reconcile their violent ways

The streets of Wayne are generally quiet on a rainy Saturday afternoon, but as I entered The Neighborhood League Shop across from The Mustard Seed and Louella Ave, I suddenly realized where everyone was. The stores were filled with men and women trying to discover antiques, trying on clothing, or inspecting jewelry. The workers, mostly