Author: Shelly Lister

Sports

Your Final Eastern Sports Recap

      On Saturday, April 22, EU Men’s Lacrosse defeated King’s College with a score of 9-7. During the match, senior Tim Lamb became only the fourth Eastern Men’s Lacrosse player to reach 100 career goals. Lamb, Matt Martin and Bryan Goetz all finished with two goals each. The […]

Sports

EU Hosts “Faith on the Field”: Phillies Pitchers Come to Talk Baseball and Jesus

      On Monday, April 24, Eastern University welcomed Philadelphia Phillies pitchers Jerad Eickhoff and Jeanmar Gómez, presented by 610 Sports/ESPN Radio. Eastern athletic teams, students, faculty and other members of the community packed into the EU gymnasium to hear Eickhoff and Gómez explore their identities as both professional […]

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The Art of Writing Letters

      In eighth grade English class, the last period of the day, I kept myself busy by passing notes with my friend Allison. We’d spend every free moment of the school day writing long letters to document our inside jokes, tease each other about our crushes and make […]

Sports

The Rebirth of a Runner

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.       I enter the winter season with optimism. In November I begin collecting gear—headbands, gloves, thermal leggings. I fully believe that I will run the entire winter, that nothing but a full-out blizzard will […]

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The Art of Makeup

      I have an on-again, off-again relationship with makeup. We often go steady for weeks at a time. I flirt my long, black lashes with rapid blinks and flash a smile finished with highlighted cheekbones. When I decide that it’s time we take a break, I wipe my eyes […]

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Audacity Brings Spoken Word to EU

      Three years ago in Benin, West Africa, Doxa J. Zannou was introduced to the art of spoken word by Passion for Christ Movement (P4CM). P4CM is responsible for RHETORIC, the world’s largest Christian spoken word conference. Zannou became familiar with P4CM’s online videos, where she watched poets […]