Prof blogs safely about Eastern admin, students
Archive While students have been updating and browsing Xanga and Facebook accounts and rating their professors on ratemyprofessors.com, a certain Eastern professor has been busy with a private blog about the…
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The best of years… the worst of years: an Eastern alum speaks out
It is with great enthusiasm that I sit to pen this letter based on my experiences as a gay man at Eastern University. I graduated from Eastern with my BA…
All jokes aside, women need to grow up
Imagine a teacher telling the following joke: “What do you call a man with half a brain?” Imagine the women in the classroom starting to smile. Some are whispering things…
Valley Forge Military College last of its kind to become co-ed
After almost 78 years, Valley Forge Military College is opening its academic doors to women in fall 2006. VFMC is the last military college of its kind in the country…
Provost Fraser agrees to resign
After three years as Eastern University Provost, David Fraser has resigned following a personal request to do so from President David Black. Fraser was asked to leave following a time…
Inquiring Minds: Spiritual Emphasis Week needs new emphasis
Spiritual Emphasis Week is misnamed. It’s not a week where spirituality is emphasized, it’s three days when students can easily forget God. Last week, this year’s incarnation of the event,…
All I wanted for Christmas was a moral U.S. budget; instead, I got a jail cell
Some friends and I recently joined a Sojourners-sponsored prayer vigil on Capitol Hill. We prayed for the poor in our country who are threatened by a bill that would take…
Web Exclusive: Freedom From Fear
“Freedom from Fear asks two questions: is it possible for Christians to nonviolently respond to terror and tyranny around the globe and if so, how can Christians respond,” Josh Kaufman-Horner…
Baseball coach quits, joins DeSales University
Earlier this semester, Eastern University lost its head baseball coach. Brian Burke left his position to accept an opening as head baseball coach at De Sales University in Central Valley,…
Men’s team, second in PAC, prepare for playoffs
One year ago, Eastern’s men’s basketball team was skidding its way to the end of a season in which they finished 9-16 (7-9 in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference). Today they…