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Students gathered in Gough Great Room on September 12 to celebrate the beginning of the 2005 season of Monday Night Football. The event, hosted by Young Life, entailed the consumption of 500 wings by students, as well as a viewing of the Philadelphia Eagles’ season opening loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Photos by Casey Stauffer.

The conundrum of being a Christian “progress-ervative”

Unity as defined in Ephesians 4:3-6: “Striving to preserve the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace…” is the calling card of the Newman Club here at Eastern University. Named after Cardinal John Henry Newman, this group strives for unity between Catholics and Protestants and to have Catholic students come together and worship.

Printed at the bottom of every semester bill is a mysterious fee labeled “Wind Energy Program.” Those extra twenty-three dollars per student enables Eastern to purchase wind energy each year equal to planting 114,637 trees or taking 125 cars off the road. On May 26 at the Philadelphia Art Museum, Eastern University received an award

I want to cut through the propaganda and hype. The city’s best cheesesteak is much closer to Eastern than the South Street heavyweights Geno’s and Jim’s. Get to Wynnewood’s Dakota Pizza Company, and you can rest easy knowing you have tasted the city’s, nay, the world’s best cheesesteak. I’m not kidding. After a year of

There is no magic behind the women’s volleyball team’s 14-0 record this season, just hard work and team unity. “I don’t feel like a freshman anymore because we’re so close,” first-year defense player Katie Ressler said. “There’s no separation on the team.” Defense player, senior Susannah Cobb agreed. “It can be hard for a senior

In 1987, Professor Ken Maahs embarked on his first trip to the Holy Land. It turned into an experience that impacted him so greatly that he knew he had to share it with others. “I think every Christian owes it to their relationship with Jesus to spend some time in his land, in his home,”

English department head Caroline Cherry has taught a course, Text in Context, for the past 10 years. The highlight of the course is a mid-semester trip to Italy, Ireland or England. This year, she and a group of students will be traveling to Italy for eight days. They will visit Rome, Venice and Florence and

On Friday, September 23, Waltonian staffers asked 143 students passing through Walton Hall to answer the question, “Should the playing of poker ever be permitted on the Eastern campus?” Here are their responses: 46 %- Yes, with no restrictions 17 %- Yes, with some restrictions about money 26 %- Yes, but only when no money

Some say sex is the best part of life. Others say it is simply a natural function and not worth stressing over. I say sex is natural and great, but meant only for the marriage bed. Abstinence before marriage is a narrow path that leads those who take it into a deep personal relationship with