If you tuned in to SportsCenter on the morning of November 2nd, 2011, you may have noticed that a familiar image was missing on the ESPN highlight reel. No NBA basketball games were played the night before the regular season was supposed to start because the NBA has cancelled all of its games through the […]
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Located in West Africa, Liberia has a population of about 4 million people. Between the Americo-Liberian establishment in 1980 and the Liberian civil wars, which claimed the lives of 250,000 citizens, the country has been left with lingering political and economic instability. Today, as Liberia attempts to recover from the aftermath of the civil war
Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Within its population of over seven million citizens, the average annual income is below three hundred dollars. The country has been ravaged by governmental collapses, frequent civil wars and, most recently, a continuing and devastating drought and famine. Somalia’s economy is based on agriculture, making
During the first weekend of November, Eastern sent 10 student representatives to the National Christian Multicultural Student Leaders Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The purpose of the conference as outlined on its Web site is to “provide participants with knowledge and skills that enhance their understanding of multicultural ideals, challenges and realities, and the role of
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I must admit that I wanted to see “In Time” because I am deeply in love with Justin Timberlake. After viewing the film, I was stunned to find that it also presents an intensely rich message and I am confident that Timberlake’s acting career will continue to soar. “In Time” is set in a bleak
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This week, Eastern University’s YACHT (Youth Against Complacency and Homelessness Today) Club will be celebrating its annual Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. This awareness campaign is held by charities across the country. YACHT will be hosting its own from November 15-19. Through HAHA, YACHT Club seeks to bring awareness to justice issues, especially homelessness. “There
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On October 29, while most of the student body was sitting comfortably inside their dorm rooms watching the unseasonable snowfall, sledding down the Kea-Guffin hill or taking part in the Dia del Este festivities, Eastern’s cross country team lined up for their MAC championship race in their short shorts and singlets. Through five inches of
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I want to be a homemaker. I want to get married, be financially dependent upon my husband, and have lots of babies. I want to stay with my babies as long as I can, and when they are old enough for school, I want to give them rides, and pick them up at the end
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