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The Thomas Drive exit onto Fairview Drive by the Gatehouse is now officially closed. As mentioned in an email to the Eastern community from Campus Services, at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 23, the Eagle Road entrance became the only access to the main campus. “We were required to close off the Thomas Drive exit on […]

Over Christmas break, we sent a group to New Orleans to work on homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Twenty-three students applied, and all were female. Not a single male student bothered to apply for a week long construction trip that only cost $150. Construction! Using hammers and crowbars! But no guys were interested enough to

You want to know something good about the ancientness of Eastern University? It adds character. When students walk into the weight room, they see something special. Yeah, I know, they see cracked dumbbells, rusted iron weights and dysfunctional exercise machines, but that’s what makes it special. Some things need continual upgrades, like computers in the

Eastern finds itself at an interesting time in its young history. It officially became a four-year college in 1952 and a university in 2001. Students began to be housed off-campus in places such as Pennswood Hall at Harcum College and Devon Apartments because of the school’s increasing number of accepted applicants. Wanting all students to

Rent a car by the hour with Philly Car Share, coming to EU in the fall of 2007

On April 24, The Honors Council, representing the Templeton Honors College, organized a Jeopardy event to raise money for RISE International, an organization that works to rebuild schools and provide education in Angola, a country in south-central Africa. According to Ann Willis, a recruitment liason for the Honors Council, “The final count from ticket, popcorn

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While most of Eastern’s student body will be settling into the comfort of their own homes on May 14, a group of 16 students will be boarding a plane for Bolivia for a two-week mission trip. This will be the second year a team from Eastern has gone to Bolivia over the summer. Beyond this,

On May 12, Eastern’s graduation commencement will take place, and Roberta Hestenes will be speaking to the graduates. Hestenes served for almost 10 years as president of Eastern University, then Eastern College, and was the first woman to be president of a n institution in the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities. Hestenes has had

While intramural leagues tend to be unpredictable and inconsistent, this spring’s session defied the norm with three first and one second ranked teams claiming the coveted T-shirts. In the co-ed soccer league, the championship came down to first place Bovinity Divinity and third seed Trevor is a Clown. Coming from the same division, the teams