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When senior volleyball player Erin Meredith made the 5000th assist of her college career, she didn’t even realize what she had done. “I honestly didn’t know when it was going to happen,” she said. If she had known, she added, “I don’t think it would have fazed me.” Meredith made her 5000th assist during the […]

I am a true Philadelphia Eagles fan, one that will stay with them until I die. These guys go out and play hard every given Sunday from September until the playoffs in January and the Super Bowl in February, like the 31 other teams in the National Football League. But some of the students at

Ten Eastern students recently put their faith into practice when they gave up four days to help with cleanup work after the devastation of hurricane Katrina, travelling 27 hours to Pass Christian, Mississippi. “I felt so insignificant because of everything that needed to be done,” sophomore Christie Davis said after taking the trip. “But in

Harriet Miers, White House Counsel and President Bush’s nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, attended not one, but two worship services on Sunday, October 9, in her hometown, Dallas, Texas. After an early Episcopal service, she joined a breakaway group from Valley View Christian Church (her home church for over 25 years) in singing

Coffee is good stuff. It’s a perfect accessory for conversation. It’s a wake-up agent. It’s just plain tasty. Considering its popularity, you’d think the producers of those spunky little beans would rake in generous amounts of cash. But here’s the thing: they’re dirt poor. In fact, coffee growers are some of the poorest people on

Aslan, Caspian and Narnia are names that conjure up images of fantastic faraway worlds and epic adventures that are synonymous with C.S. Lewis. A series of lectures and discussions about this man will be taking place this fall. Narnia on Tour is the collective effort of several Christian organizations, including Intervarsity Press and The Matthew’s

School can seem pricey after one sees the bill. Annual tuition increases, several grand for room and board, and the scary truth that those loans have to be paid back with interest can make a student want to cry. However, there are reasons why tuition is what it is. Efforts made by Eastern staff keep

Dear Editor, Re: “Holistic health not easy, especially here,” 10/13/05 I encourage Katrina Charalambidis and other compassionate, health-conscious students who want more vegetarian and vegan meals on campus to visit peta2.com to find out how students at the University of California at Berkeley and other colleges nationwide have convinced their school cafaterias to offer more

I entered college with a sketchy concept of what my food options might be. I didn’t expect to find gourmet cuisine, but I never expected I’d have such a hard time simply eating. I suppose some of it is my own fault. I’m a vegetarian, so right away about 75 percent of Sodexho meals are

Yearbooks from 2004-2005 were distributed this past weekend at Homecoming. According to sophomore Mandie Elliott, the editor-in chief, yearbooks are always finished after the academic year ends in order to feature the graduation ceremony. “[Alumni] are supposed to come back for Homecoming,” said Elliott, explaining why yearbooks were given out at Homecoming. Elliott and junior