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As the campus community says goodbye to the class of 2005, it will also bid farewell to two full-time professors. Eastern veteran Dr. Marv Meyer is retiring this year along with communication professor Dr. Emily Langan. For 30 years Meyer has taught courses in the biology department, namely mircrobiology and TCP earthkeeping. In addition to […]

From Wednesday to Friday of last week, the outgoing members of the Student Government Association held elections for next fall’s government. Here are the announced winners for each part of the government. Executive Board President: Adam BrittinVice President: Alison MaierSecretary: Sara AndersonTreasurer: Peter Macari Commuter Delegation Senator: Jessica Di Ienno Another senator will be confirmed

Benedict XVI: “Putting the Smackdown on Heresy since 1981.” So goes the motto of the Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger fan club. Needless to say, the club made a number of emendations to their website in the past two weeks; for their part, ones happily effected. Of course, this new reality scarcely harbingers halcyon days for everyone.

Current and past dance students performed April 29 and 30th to a sold out auditorium full of of family, friends and other EU community members. The performance commemorated 15 years of dance at Eastern.

With the advent of spring, love has been on the forefront of many students’ minds. However, according to Dr. Wood Bouldin, the white-bearded teacher of the love capstone, love is not everything it is cracked up to be. Bouldin, who described himself as a “historian of intellectual ideas,” has a distinct message for students. “Romanticism”

An athlete’s log of a winning year

Eastern versus Cabrini

The golf team may not be well known on Eastern’s campus, but they have been making big waves in the PAC. But the man in charge of this progress is making this year his last season. Eastern alumnus Derek Ritchie, who has been the team’s head coach for the past three years, will be leaving.

Two of Eastern’s most generous supporters will be speaking at commencement. Terri Klaassen will speak at the graduate commencement on May 14. Her husband Paul Klaassen will speak at the undergraduate commencement that same day. The Klaassens are the founders of Sunrise Senior Living, a network of retirement communities. They have donated generously to Eastern

The newest social work class at Eastern is designed to bring students halfway around the world. “They can immerse themselves in another culture and challenge their western thinking and their western theories,” said Monica Smith, social work faculty member and developer of the course. An August 7-18 trip to the Zowe people of Malawi, Africa