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The Eastern team rushed the court celebrating, and the Marywood team was crushed. The players were forming a line to congratulate each other on a game well-played and won by a single point. But a controversial last-instant referee’s call based on timekeeping by a Marywood student caused a reversal of the results and kept Eastern […]

While students and library books are being promised more living space, faculty are losing elbow room as they continue to grow in size. The Warner Library addition and renovation, while it creates plenty of new study and classroom space, is less helpful for the office situation. According to provost David Fraser, the original plan would

It’s the modern day universal embarrassing moment. You’re walking alone on the path when you see someone advancing toward you in the distance. As you near them, you realize it is the cutie you have been admiring in Biology class, and they are smiling in your direction, “Hey, what’s up?” You smile back and squeak

“Go E U!” shouted 40 pink- shirted girls at the men’s basketball game against Neumann College, January 29. Spectators may have wondered about the abundance of youngsters grouped together in the stands until half-time, when the cheerleading squad brought the girls out to hype up the crowd with a cheer and a dance. This performance

When the Eastern missions team left for Montego Bay, Jamaica in December, they expected to help with hurricane relief efforts, according to trip advisor Doug Trimble. Instead, they encountered life-changing experiences. The trip, lasting from December 11-19, included Trimble, ten Eastern students and Joan Litvin, another adult from the area. The trip was organized by

Before we panic over Social Security let’s get the facts straight. The current situation: Employees have 6.2 percent taken out of the first $90,000 of their pay for Social Security and 1.45 percent taken out of all their earnings for Medicare. This is matched by their employer (self-employed persons pay 15.3 percent total). With our

Glad to see you guys are up and running. I was getting worried there for a few days. Good issue, though (of course) I’d love to see a hard copy. 🙂 Peace and love from across the ocean,Boston.

Students are pulling everything but extra cash out of their pockets these days. The culprit: inflated textbook costs. According to the Washington Post, textbook prices are on the rise with no leveling in sight. The Post reported students can expect to pay an average cost of $102.44 for just one textbook. The statistics are alarming.

The A&E Editor gives his top picks

I did something over Christmas break that I had vowed never to do. I watched the movie American Pie. I do not think there is any other movie that made me feel so guilty after watching it, except maybe for Mulholland Drive. It is already pretty clear where this editorial is going, but before I