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Eastern forming ‘junior college’ in Philadelphia

Eastern’s undergraduate program will be one college larger this fall, as the School for Social Change opens a community college-like two-year institution in urban Philadelphia. The first year’s pilot program, funded in part by the sale of the Beethoven manuscript found at the Palmer Seminary last year, will include about 100 students. It will be […]

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Free hugs for everyone!

So you’re having “one of those days” again, as you step out of Walton and make your way towards McInnis, when suddenly you look up and are welcomed with open arms to a free hug. One can only dream, right? Well dream no more students of Eastern, because now every Tuesday and Thursday between 10

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Senior music recitals the ‘culminating professional experience’ of music majors

Music 440 has a syllabus, an instructor and a grade. Unlike most other classes, however, it also draws an audience. The course is also known as the senior music recital. Performance, church music, composition and electronic music majors must each organize and give a 60-minute recital, while all general and music education majors put on

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Head-to-Head: Miller’s Blue Like Jazz and Lamott’s Traveling Mercies

Donald Miller has been described by Christianity Today as “Anne Lamott with testosterone.” Indeed, Miller’s Blue Like Jazz and Lamott’s Traveling Mercies have strong parallels. Both tell the stories of the authors’ road to faith in God. Both address, topic by topic, big questions about life and spirituality they feel their readers should ask. Both

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Student designs new ministry to benefit high school aged girls in the Lebanon area

With prom season just around the corner, many high school girls are already looking for the perfect dress. But not all of these girls will be able to make their Cinderella dream come true. With most dresses costing over $100, junior Angela Houser knows that finances can keep a lot of girls from attending prom.

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Into the Woods a forest thick with characters, theme, fun

“I never direct the same show twice,” Teresa Moyer, Eastern’s musical theater director, said. This year she is breaking that rule with Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, which was last performed at Eastern 10 years ago this March. Into the Woods combines four main fairytales (Little Red Ridinghood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel and Cinderella)

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