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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

The recent evening of worship presented by Brighter Day Ministries reached more than just Eastern students. Within the audience during that April 3 service were students from West Philadelphia High School. This was not the first time many of these students had been on campus. During the weekend of February 21, many members of WPHS’s

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Like it or not, the Equality Ride is coming on April 24 to Eastern. And, clearly, the stage has been set for a confrontation-filled day where only bad feelings are created. But that is not how it has to be. According to the plan, the Riders – a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender

The first thing the audience saw when they walked into the auditorium was a forest: a big, sprawling forest with trees that went up the sides of the stage, movable set pieces, a ramp that served as a small hill and a tower embedded into the side of the stage. It was, in a word,

Is a painful memory haunting your every thought? Or do you know someone who has become so overcome with grief that it consumes them? Such questions were the topic of the 19th Annual Peacemaking Colloquium, which was hosted by Eastern’s social work department. On Monday, March 27, the Gough Great Room was flooded with social

Augustine vs. Pelagius, Round 3

Alumnus responds to Rebecca Harwick’s review from the last issue