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Online Courses: Missing Traditional Benefits

An uprising against the administration of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was sparked last March and has since led to an estimated 7,000 deaths—civilians, government troops and “defectors.” The situation became increasingly heated in November 2011 in an area called Jabal al-Zawiya. There, Syrian security forces killed approximately 200 people, assumed to be army “defectors.” These

With the glamorous night on the red carpet just around the corner, Oscar buzz is dominating the airwaves. These are the nominations and predictions for the 84th Academy Awards. Tune in to ABC on Sunday, February 26, at 7 PM to catch the awards for the year’s most highly acclaimed films. Source: http://oscar.go.com/nominees and www.indiewire.com

Fixing Our Eyes on Him

Advantages to Online College Courses

The Pledge of Allegiance is fairly common in America. It is recited in public school classrooms and public events. One phrase of the pledge is actually fairly new: “under God.” Louis A. Bowman added this to the pledge in 1954, when “under-God consciousness swept the nation.” In the 2012 Republican race, Mitt Romney has used

Faith, Reason, Justice. Although we may be sick of them at times, these three words touch on an underlying Christian value: Empathy. Linguistically speaking, empathy is a noun that means to share in the feelings of others, but I look at it as more of a verb. I was drawn to this college because of

Can you believe the entire world once had its eyes on a trio of whales? Based on both the book “Freeing the Whales” and the actual 1988 event, “Big Miracle” (directed by Ken Kwapis) tells the story of three whales trapped under an Alaskan sheet of ice. Discovered by reporter Adam Carlson (John Krasinski), the

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Last Thursday evening, February 17, Eastern University had the privilege of hosting author and intellectual Dr. Os Guinness. Students, faculty and members of the community gathered in the Warner Library Atrium to hear his lecture and engage in conversation. The event was co-hosted by the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good, the