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I come from a small private Christian high school where a swear word was rarely dropped and, when it was, no one took it lightly. The worst thing a person could say was “Oh my god.” It had been instilled in us from the time we were young that we were NEVER to use God’s […]

Senior Ashley Tennis (left), junior Faith Jones and senior Justin O’Brien goof-off themselves at the banquet.

Dear Editor, Eastern’s administration recently invited Andres Lara, “The Cuban Guy,” to speak to a group of students. I have to admit he sounded intriguing. At the age of 16 Lara escaped from Cuba, spoke no English, had no money or home. Yet he learned English, attended college and started a multi-million dollar company. A

The Eastern men’s tennis team matched up against West Chester University on the afternoon of March 21, 2006. While the bright shining sun popped out from behind the clouds, the men were led to the courts by their coach, David Storms. Eastern seemed ready to take this game home as their first victory, winning three

Last week, Eastern President David Black announced the appointment of Templeton Honors College Dean Chris Hall as provost. Hall, a longtime theology professor who became dean of the THC two years ago, will become provost at the end of the academic year when the current provost, David Fraser, officially resigns. Hall will remain the dean

The March 21 win over Rosemont upped the women’s lacrosse team’s record to 3-0. The girls’ record for the season is 3-1 after a close loss to Swarthmore on March 23.

Over 20 students and two faculty and staff members gathered on March 20 for Eastern’s first Gay-Straight Alliance’s first meeting. According to senior Mandy Matthias, the group was formed in order to create “a safe atmosphere of support for students dealing with sexuality.” Matthias and junior Jeri-Lynn Aquino have been working to start the alliance

This spring will witness a trial run for men’s flag football intramurals. The season will run for two weeks at the end of March and a week in April. “I’m still on the fence as to whether to make it a real intramural,”intramurals director Rob Granholm said. Granholm, a senior Information Technologies major, has been

ACT2 was created in 1999 by Eastern students in the Student Chaplain program in order to be “a ministry that works to serve those who are always serving,” the mission statement says. It was meant to be created to look toward the second century church of Acts 2 and emulate the community atmosphere and discipleship

Last season, Eastern baseball only won two games while losing 23. “Erase last year,” new head coach Keith Curley said. “Everybody has a clean slate this year.” Six weeks ago Eastern was without a head baseball coach when they filled the gap by hiring Coach Curley. Before then, Coach Brian Burke left the team to