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Registration for the fall semester is upon us. Are you realizing that you have far too many classes to take if you want to graduate on time? If so, consider summer classes as an easy way to fix that problem. Taking summer classes is not as difficult a process as many would think. According to […]

Grabbing my toothbrush and face wash, I left my dorm room on Gough 4th floor for the community bathroom on Feb. 19. To my surprise, as I openned my door, I came face to face with a dozen people: males, females, youth and parents, all staring at me in my pajama bottoms with my eyes

SGA’s recent approval has given Eastern its very own paintball club thanks to the idea of sophomore Seth Thomas. Thomas has been working since last year to get the club off the ground. “Paintball is fun and anybody can come do it,” Thomas said. He is the president of Eastern’s new paintball club. “You don’t

Live it up, Eastern University. From now on, all operations and costs for the school year are covered by alumni and outside gifts, not from current students’ tuitions. In fact, tuition only provides about 84 percent of education costs, making gifts from alumni, parents, businesses, faculty and friends extremely important. To celebrate and show appreciation

On March 23, SAB hosted the Battle of the Bands in the gym. The contest was open to any band that wished to play. Seven bands graced the stage and performed in front of over 150 audience members. The bands included Lucky Friday, Win with Flynn, Madison Falls, Postmark Twain, Zelos, Constant Recourse and Through

For junior Taylor Kiser, tennis was not always a sport he saw himself playing in college. As a child, Kiser had a friend who had been playing tennis since the age of four. “I always picked on him for playing a girls’ sport, so he challenged me to try it,” Kiser said. “I went to

During Spring Break, Eastern’s men’s lacrosse team traveled to Clearwater, Fla., for a week of practice, community service and a game. The week brought more than just physical labor for the men; it also brought a new sense of unity. “That’s always one of the highlights – the bonding that takes place,” Head Coach John

Starting this spring, students at Eastern will be filling out new teacher evaluation forms that the administration believes will help evaluate teachers more effectively. The new form will be longer, taking approximately 15-20 minutes to complete, and it will include a whole new scale of questions. “We take course evaluations very seriously,” Tom Dahlstrom, director

Yes, it’s that time of the semester again. Group projects are in full swing, term papers will be due soon, and students will soon fill out those evaluations that take forever to complete. At least, students think they take forever to complete. In reality, they take more like five minutes to fill out, a five

“Prepare for Glory!” read the caption on posters advertising the movie 300, which was released on March 9, 2007. The movie, based on the graphic novel 300 by author Frank Miller and illustrator Lynn Varley, is another success in a long tradition of epic battle films. What makes the film exceptional, however, is not the