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We’ve seen it tear apart and ruin young lives at Columbine; we’ve seen it strike at the heart of innocence in Lancaster; now we’ve witnessed it bring sorrow to the beautiful campus of Virginia Tech. Gun violence is something that must be taken more seriously. In 2005, 68 percent of the 14,860 homicides in the […]

Packed with mind-boggling numbers and astounding graphics, Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity is the first professional show in the Julia Fowler Planetarium at Eastern. At the first showing, at least five Eastern students were present, but the planetarium was also packed with adults, college students and even a few children. Showing twice a

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

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

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