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CD RELEASES R.E.M. Live (pop rock) R.E.M. Oct. 16 Reason EP (pop rock)The Fray Oct. 16 Chase This Light (pop rock)Jimmy Eat World Oct. 16 Carnival Ride (country)Carrie Underwood Oct. 23 EVENTS Over the Rhine with Rosie ThomasWorld Café Live Nov. 1 Into the WoodsTemple University Oct. 25-Nov. 4 BOOKS I am America (And So […]

As the semester came to a close last spring, one group of Eastern students spent the last two weeks of May in Cochabamba, Bolivia. They helped build homes, worked for a school and supported girls in a clinic for the sexually abused. The school and clinic were started by 2007 alumna, Brisa DeAngulo. Sexual abuse

The lobby of McInnis was filled with dressed-up students, faculty, parents and other guests to create an air of formality for the Fine Arts Festival on Oct. 12. Music department chair Ron Matthews began the program with prayer and a short introductory speech, and then kicked off the festival with a double piano Mozart duet.

A quiet, foggy Friday night in October isn’t normally spent in a gymnasium listening to indie-pop music. And yet, on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m., as many as 30 people were sitting in the main gym musing over the musical quality of Daniel Ellsworth, the opening act, and Horse In The Sea, the main act

In recognition of the fact that St. Davids is now 100 precent wind-powered, Eastern University has been selected to recieve the 2007 Green Power: Turn It On! award from PennFuture. According to a letter from John Hanger, president and CEO of PennFuture, this is the eighth year for their awards. The organization exists to promote

London, England A statue of a fallen Prince Harry is set to go on display at the Bridge Art Fair. The statue, which depicts the prince as a fallen war hero, is a memorial dedicated to those who are willing, but are unable to serve in the Iraq war. Prince Harry, a Lieutenant in the

As a 2001 alumna of Eastern University, Sonya Smith now works for the Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia. She started working for them six years ago. She is an art instructor for the program ArtWorks. ArtWorks is a free educational program for middle and high school students in the city. The program works with the

SPEAK, an organization on campus that calls for justice, is redefining the term sweatshop. An item of clothing made in another country is not necessarily made in a sweatshop. “I was using the term ‘sweatshop’ without a clear definition in mind, because there is no clear-cut, agreed upon definition,” Jeremiah Barker said. Barker is a

Philadelphia is known for the Avenue of the Arts, museums, eclectic culture and great food, and here is one more thing you can add to your list. The Mural Arts Program is more than just a group of pretty paintings around the city. With more murals than any city in the world-over 2,700 from North

Eastern honors accomplishments of its longest-serving president