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While the spring semester is drawing to a close, some of Eastern’s faculty and staff are beginning a new phase in their lives: parenting. Since early February, babies have been born to Michele and Anthony Monaco, John and Jessica Sullivan, John and

Since his first year, junior Rob Granholm has toyed with the idea of creating an Eastern version of eBay. Now, over sixty users are logged onto a site called EUtrader, which Granholm built. The site grants students the freedom to buy and sell many kinds of products. The aim of the site is to give

Over the past few weeks, controversy has broken out in the Templeton Honors College as its Honors Council attempted to get a constitution passed by a majority of the students. Despite backing from the dean and student leadership of the THC, the constitution failed to pass in its original form. The recently-written constitution would enforce

You remember the Paddington Bear you slept with as a child and the Easter bunnies strewn around the house every springtime and those pink cuddly animals on the dashboards of girls’ cars in Upper McInnis Lot. Are those fond memories? Do they make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? They shouldn’t. Stuffed animals may

Having first-hand experience of the university, we students have some right to make suggestions (or, in a few cases, to whine). One of our most popular complaints is having to spend $17,600 on something that seems like an overly-demanding job or, at times, a prison sentence. An increase in overall tuition price should not incite

Hey guys! It’s been a while-I’ve been on spring break. We went down to the South- western part of the country and visited three different national parks: Lake Mburo, Lake Bunyoni and Queen Elizabeth. We did some game drives and boat tours, and overall just relaxed on those days. We also did a 3-day long

MichiganThe Habitat for Humanity trip to Michigan was one of two Habitat for Humanity spring break trips. The group fought ice and cold weather in order to build houses for the needy. Costa Rica A group of eight students spent their time in flood-ravaged Sixaola. Activities included distributing supplies to victims, painting a church, and

Technical difficulties were not able to stop the EU Idol show hosted by International Justice Mission the Thursday before Easter. The Dining Commons was filled with an estimated 160 students by 8:30 p.m. Due to a video of recorded auditions that wouldn’t start, the show was delayed by nearly half an hour. The time contstraints

An athlete’s log of spring break in Florida

It has been said that everyone gets fifteen minutes of fame. Senior Isaac Gillespie and his friend Mark Tebben got theirs in about five seconds by winning a Cadillac film contest. “You hear about contests and winning trips to England, but that never really happens. Now I’m one of those guys who won,” Gillespie said.