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Someone once told me that we are what we eat; that the things we allow into ourselves influence what comes out of us. In terms of the music that we choose, what should we be listening to? In a poll of Eastern students, 52.7 percent of respondents said that they listen to secular music more […]

This isn’t about guilt; it’s about action. This isn’t about blame; it’s about responsibility. This isn’t about some faceless, fragmented mass of humanity; it’s about your brother, your sister, your Savior. You do know this is about Jesus, don’t you? I’m not sure how many of you know about the situation in Northern Uganda. But

Eastern is a Christian university. Its professors must sign a statement of faith, and the combination of faith and learning is supposed to infuse every classroom. There are chapel services every week, student chaplains in the residence halls and myriad opportunities for praise and worship. But here, unlike many other Christian colleges, those outward recognitions

Several candidates for next year’s Student Government Association executive board have started campaigning early in what promises to be the most contested election in recent years. The election, in which the spots for treasurer, vice president, president, and every class presidency are expected to be contested, is scheduled for April 19-21. The speech night on

The weeks from March 25 through April 8 were rough for the ladies, whose PAC record dropped from 5-3 after their split double-header against Wesley College to 6-6 after another split double-header against Immaculata University on March 31 and a double-header loss to conference favorite College Misericordia on April 1. In non-PAC play, the team

On March 6, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges must allow military recruiters on their campuses or else lose federal funding. “That’s a big stick the courts and Congress are using,” said Jeff Van Dusen, collections and student financial services technical assistant in the Student Accounts office. Van Dusen is in the Army Reserves, so

Villanova has recently found itself at the center of a media frenzy having nothing to do with basketball. The school is slated to join only a few other universities, including Stanford and the University of Michigan’s Dental School, in a deal with Apple’s iTunes. The contract will allow students to download lectures, news and campus

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Dear Editor: I am writing regarding the article on transcripts in the March 16 issue of the Waltonian. I felt that one point was unclear from the article, and, as the transcript officer here at Eastern University, I want to make sure our students have all the information necessary for successfully requesting a transcript. Caleb

These quotes were gathered from a random group of Eastern students by staff writers Nick Agazarian and Amanda Gagnon to represent the range of opinions Eastern students hold about the upcoming Equality Ride visit. “I will probably disagree with a lot of their views, but I’m interested in hearing what they have to say as