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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

As I embark from the school bus at the mouth of the Guatemala City cathedral, I am enveloped by its cavernous darkness, alleviated only by a few lone candles burning on the altar. The light flickers, transforming the solid pillars into dancing columns of light and shadow. I kneel in a pew half way down

Sophomore Jessie Basch has been playing lacrosse since her sophomore year in high school. She started playing because it was a “social thing.” It was because of lacrosse that she ended up at Eastern, a long way from her home in Indiana. When she first started playing at Eastern, Basch had no idea what it

The undergraduate program at Eastern is not just for the young, but also for the young at heart, as proved by several adult students pursuing their undergraduate degrees. Three adult students gave an inside look at what it’s like to be an adult student and how Eastern meets their specific needs as someone beyond the

Playoffs. That’s all a Phillies fan could dream for this year. A painstaking 13 years away from the postseason has left Phillies fans with a parched and empty throat for anything, forget about a championship. As the temperatures turn and the familiar sounds of spring return, the Phillies are playing ball in Clearwater, Fla., preparing

Are there any chocolate lovers out there? Go ahead and make your way to 1317 Walnut Street in downtown Philly. You will be greeted with the warm pastel colors of the Naked Chocolate Café and your choice of seemingly endless chocolate edibles, homemade right there in the shop. Pull up a chair or relax on

Refuge Dear Editor, As an alumnus, I came to Eastern University welcoming the opportunity to experience the diverse culture. Retrospectively, these experiences were invaluable, as they changed my worldview dramatically. It is apparent from reading Mr. Slaght’s op-ed that he spent very little time researching the university he chose to attend. Eastern is by no

Lent is upon us. With it comes an ancient tradition of sacrificing something, or in some cases, doing something, for that forty-day period that traditionally marks the days before the death of Jesus. This tradition has deep, symbolic roots in the idea that Christians can somehow particpate in Christ’s suffering and learn in just a