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By mid-semester, the classroom starts to close in like a vice, and the dorm room seems to lose square footage by the hour. Although campus is an oasis of trees, wildlife and ponds, academia has a way of cutting off the fresh air from one’s lungs. But there is an antidote to classroom claustrophobia, according […]

Due to students and SGA who have supported Eastern’s partial use of wind energy in the past, SGA recommends 100% wind energy. The wind power will be purchased from Community Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of IBERDROLA. “To our knowledge, Eastern University would be the first Christian college to be 100% wind powered,” according to CEI.

Three days a week, Shannen Shadel rolls out of bed sometime around 4:30 a.m. in preparation for physical training at Valley Forge Military Academy. After a half-hour of strength training drills like sit-ups and push-ups, a half-hour of running and a number of stretching exercises, Shadel completes her morning PT. And then she comes to

I would like to comment on Josh Andersen’s article in the October 18 issue. First of all, I consider myself a fundamentalist Baptist. The Westboro Baptist Church has been in the news several times over the past several years, and I would like to make it clear that they do not represent mainstream fundamentalist Christians.

Whether it was spending summer at her house, going shopping, or choosing my career, my aunt was the biggest influence in my life. I lost that influence to alcohol. She always drank socially, but about a year ago, her alcohol intake began increasing. I ignored it for several months; she couldn’t be an alcoholic. Then

“When you turn 21, I am going to take you out, and we’re getting smashed,” a relative of mine once said. “No thanks, party without me,” I replied. It can be difficult to go against the assumptions of society, especially with drinking. Peers and family members expected me to drink when I was legally allowed–and

Where to Get Help Have a roommate who constantly goes to off-campus parties and comes back drunk? Do you have a parent who is an alcoholic? Do you think you might have a drinking problem? Whether you are personally suffering from the influences of alcohol, or you are overwhelmed because a friend or family member

The world in which we live consists of terrorist attacks, devastating hurricanes, an AIDS epidemic, tragic and sudden deaths, inevitable wars, hunger stricken nations, nuclear war testing and seemingly insurmountable civil unrest. It is these times that the group Music Theology sings about in their new album, Troubled Times. Music Theology is led by Eastern

In the fall of 2007, Eastern University will have its newest addition to the residential life on campus, Eagle Hall, and also an office/ classroom building yet to be named. The Eastern network on Facebook.com has a group titled, I Got 99 Problems and 82 of them are the Parking Spaces That You Can’t Find

There is definitely a need to pump up the volume, as the rock band Stereos mixes a diverse variety of Christian messages with powerful rock. The band consists of Ben Smither, a sophomore and student chaplain at Eastern, as well as Kina, Bryn and Ryan Graybill, and Scott Leonard. With the exception of Bryn, who