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Jammin’ Java recently hosted the annual Literary Coffeehouse and gave young writers an opportunity to showcase poetry, short stories and other forms of literature. The event, held April 6 and sponsored by the Writing Center, was orchestrated by senior English majors Andrea Priest, Shannon Whiting and Sarah Vanacore, with help from professor John Nordlof. Set […]

Softball Away vs. Cabrini, April 21, 3 p.m. Baseball Home vs. Alvernia, April 18, 3 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse Home vs. Misericordia, April 20, 4 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse Home vs. Neumann College, April 19, 4 p.m. Men’s Tennis Home vs. Marywood University, April 13, 4 p.m. Golf Widener College at Wild Quail Country Club, April 20

The recreational gym’s new policy includes a limitation on the number of guests Eastern students can bring to the gym. To prevent the rec gym from becoming something of a local community center, at first the policy was changed to permit only Eastern students and their guests, security director John Sheehan said. While the rec

Not many colleges offer classes with a view of a cabin and snow covered mountains. Nor do they offer a library in the valley of the Rocky Mountains. But there is one exception: At Eastern, that class is Youth Ministry in the Wilderness. The two-week class travels to Colorado each year after the spring semester

This year’s Spring Dance Concert promises to be an eclectic conglomeration of dance styles, including modern, jazz, ballet and even swing. “It’s always interesting; in every concert you have different expressions, different styles and different cultures represented,” senior dance major Yatzaira Marcano said. The concert, titled “Passages,” is being held April 22 at 8 p.m.

This summer, the student group SPEAK plans to send about a dozen students to Northern Ireland in the hoping to help end a conflict that has plagued the Irish for over 400 years. “When I first heard the potential of a trip to Northern Ireland, it was from an impassioned Tony Campolo. Needless to say,

Duke’s decision to suspend their men’s lacrosse season in response to allegations of gross misconduct by several team members is all over the news. This story stands in contrast to the feel-good stories of George Mason men’s basketball and national championships for Maryland women’s basketball and Florida’s men’s team. Millions of people around the country

Ruth Robinson- An argument is always convincing when it stands by itself. That’s why lawyers get to cross-examine witnesses. That’s why political leaders debate each other. And that’s why point-counterpoint articles–a set of articles which lay out two sides of an issue–are valuable assets to a newspaper. Point-counterpoint articles allow more than one side of

The team is currently 7-1 in the PAC, with an overall record of 8-3. In the past two weeks, they have garnered victories over Alvernia (16-7), Gwynedd-Mercy (15-9) and Arcadia (19-2). Their latest victory was over Cedar Crest with a score of 21-3. Their only loss in the PAC was to Cabrini (8-9) on April

Since its start 35 years ago, Eastern’s social work department has been kicking students out of the classroom. Most would agree that this is the key to its success, including the department chair, Dr. Edward Kuhlmann. The field experience part of social work is crucial to the major, Kuhlmann explained. “It’s a more realistic experience