Author name: Brian Lines

Opinion

Sit Down for Comedy: Stand-up comedy is losing its touch in the digital age

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Stand-up comedians have been around for decades, some would even argue that the concept of stand-up comedy originates from court jesters, which would date stand-up comedy as centuries old. Across cultures, jesters served many roles reaching from simple entertainment to political critique and correction.  Today, stand-up comedians continue to carry on that fluctuating tradition. Some

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Sports

2022 FIFA World Cup: A preview for the momentous soccer events held this year in Qata

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By: Brian Lines Every four years, in the summer, the world’s largest sporting event takes place. The FIFA World Cup was last played in Russia in 2018, where France made their mark by defeating Croatia in the cup final.  Four years have passed since the spectacle that was the 2018 World Cup, but summer of

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A&E

Hidden in Plain Sight: A highlight of the artwork displayed in the Warner Memorial Library

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By: Brian Lines Students usually use our Warner Memorial Library for three functions: a quiet space to get work done or get away from people, study rooms as a social environment and sometimes they check out a book or two. I’m going to provide you with something new in the library to do whenever you’re

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A&E

The Illusion: A review of EU’s Theater department’s Fall 2022 production of “The Illusion.”

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By: Brian Lines Eastern University’s theater department recently put on “The Illusion,” a play by Tony Kushner that was adapted from Pierre Corneille’s 1634 play “L’Illusion Comique” in 1994. The show is full of romantic drama, passionate rivalries, magic and a look into a complex father-son relationship.  Freshman Amari Dickerson portrayed the unorthodox hero in

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Sports

Beast of the East: The Philadelphia Union went into the MLS playoffs with the first seed in the Eastern Conference

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By: Brian Lines The Philadelphia Union, Philadelphia’s professional soccer team in Major League Soccer (MLS), have had a wonderfully successful 2022 season. The Union have ended in the top five in the Eastern Conference in the MLS the past four years, coming in sixth the year before. The Union finished the regular season this year

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News & Features

Halloween Howls: Some Eastern students shared their favorite Halloween costumes

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By: Brian Lines Halloween is quite different for college students than for children. Most college students aren’t dressing up in costumes and going trick or treating. Many students however will still dress up and go to Halloween parties… any excuse to spend time out with friends.  That being said, college students don’t usually put as

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News & Features

Protests in Iran: Protests began in Iran after a woman, who was arrested for breaking a modesty law, died in an intensive care unit

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By: Brian Lines According to AP News, it was on March 7, 1979 that the Islamic state in Iran first announced that all women must wear hijabs in public. Today, 43 years later, this is still the law. All women who are citizens of Iran and who are visiting the country must wear a hijab

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