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Time management is a term that frightens all college students as much as final exams. With the large amount of schoolwork that college professors assign, students who have jobs must adhere to the time management phrase with even more attention. For the students at Eastern, employment can be divided into two categories. First, those who

I knew that Eastern alumnus Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove’s book, To Baghdad and Beyond, would elicit an emotional response in me, but I never thought a book review would be so difficult to write. I spent a year in Baghdad myself, and I do not have many fond memories of the Middle East. To Baghdad and Beyond

I don’t do scary movies. And I don’t do scary movies late at night so they will be fresh in mind when I go to bed. And I don’t do scary movies in the theaters, where the images are bigger, the sounds are louder and the temperature is noticeably cooler than what is comfortable. And

Israel recently completed the evacuation of its remaining military units from Gaza. This brings to an end the painful process of removing all Israeli settlers from a territory home to more than 1.4 million Palestinians. Months ago, when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced plans to close the settlements in Gaza, he stated with a candor

The conundrum of being a Christian “progress-ervative”

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.

Dear Editor, Ben Wallis is to be commended for his willingness (in the Sept. 15 Waltonian) to discuss an issue many of us would rather simply avoid — namely, whether or not churches should support monogamous same-sex unions. However, on three issues I believe a deeper understanding is necessary. Those three issues are as follow:

http://www.waltonian.com/media/paper752/news/2005/09/28/Opinion/no.Easy.Cure.Understanding.The.Nuances.Of.Mental.Illness-1001810.shtml Editors: First and foremost, “mental illnesses, ” please. Plural. As with physical illnesses, there are many, and they range from minor to severe. And, as with physical illnesses, people do, or do not recover, though most do. And, as with physical illnesses, people’s responses are as varied as the illnesses, themselves. Some of us

To The Editor, Though I am not a current student nor an alum of your University I felt prompted to write after reading several letters which state firm opposition to the acceptance of homosexuality in Christian Churches. First, contrary to all of the author’s assertions, accepted science tells us that sexuality of all kinds is