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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 […]

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

If anyone wonders why a Life Fitness course is a breadth requirement at Eastern, there is a new faculty member on campus who has the answer. Tom Franek is the new director of Eastern’s Life Fitness program, as well as the Clinical Coordinator for the University’s athletic training education program. From his handshake to his

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

The newly restored Bryn Mawr Film Institute is hosting Jazz’n Film, a daylong excursion into the world of improvisational jazz caught on film. From 3 to 8 p.m. on October 2, jazz greats like Billy Holiday, Dinah Washington and Lester Young will fill the Institute’s screen in a series of short films and “soundies,” a

On September 18, staff and students alike gathered in the Dining Commons to show their support for friend and former colleague Rosetta Linder. The open-mic night, which began at 7pm, was a fundraiser to help pay Linder’s medical bills. Linder, who worked in Andrews Hall as part of the Arthur Jackson cleaning service until 2003,

Community service as a requirement may seem strange, but it is truly worthwhile. As a first-year student I held the popular belief that it was ridiculous for the school to force us into community service. It should be a choice, not a requirement, right? It was easy to hold this belief until I actually started

My name is Sarah, and I am mentally ill. As hard as that is to say, I’d be willing to bet that many of you reading this are mentally ill as well. And I think I would win that bet if Eastern is at all representative of the United States where, according to the National

Even though Islam has rarely been out of the public’s view since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, one campus group is taking a unique approach to understanding and ministering to the Islamic community. Student Missions Fellowship, a group devoted to equipping Christians with the tools necessary for evangelism, will be participating in a