[twocol_one] By Ryan Klein Yes The Digital Age has improved journalism in obvious and numerous ways. Not long ago, a news story could spread only so fast and so far as someone could carry it. Whole towns were once limited to the perspectives of their local publishers. Nowadays, thanks to […]
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Dedicated to Christ: The Legacy of Dr. Hall
When Dr. Christopher Hall first arrived at Eastern University’s McInnis Hall to teach undergraduate classes in the fall of 1991, he had no idea what God had in store for him. During the past 24 years he has not only served Eastern as a distinguished professor, but also as Provost, […]
“Good Food and Good People” at Mexican Restaurant, El Limon
The restaurant El Limon (Spanish for “lemon”) has by far some of the best authentic Mexican food I have ever come to taste in my life. It took me a whole semester to find this little piece of paradise. In Conshohocken on Fayette Street is where your taste buds begin […]
Atheism + Darkness = Hope
A creative writing piece It was a dirty little corner in the back of a short, dark hall. Spiders had strung webs up along the rough, wooden walls, and the cement floor was covered in dust, dead bugs and the occasional waddling beetle. The purpose of the hall was to […]
Upcoming Eastern Arts Events: April and May
Spring Dance Concert: April 17-19 New works by Eastern’s faculty and students. Spring Music Festival: April 24 & 25 Performances from varied sections of Eastern’s Music Department PALR: May 1 & 2 Performances written, directed and produced by the students in the advanced acting/ directing class For more information on […]
Hear Here: Why All of Us Should Start Listening
She looked at me. I looked at her. Silence filled the room as my brain nervously fluttered over the last words that she had spoken. Subject? Check. Verb? Check. Question particle? Check. Then, the lightbulb clicked on at last. Relieved that I finally understood what she had said, I smiled. […]
Saluting Our Seniors
Remembering the stellar group of Waltonian editors before they graduate Lizzie Vollmer: Managing editor, the brains of our operation (because it certainly isn’t me) and a champion e-mailer. 1. Favorite Waltonian memory: Going up to random people in the Jammin Java and asking them to pose for the centerspread photos. […]
Letter to the Editor
I read with great interest and pleasure the article written by Mary Ann Bonner in the Feb. 25, 2015 issue of the Waltonian, entitled “The Danger of Diluting the Gospel.” It was a grace-filled challenge not only to students, faculty and staff of Eastern but to the whole church–a word […]
The Walt-Onion: Eastern’s Finest News Source
“Ring by Spring” Prompts New Eastern Dating Site As many students struggle to find their soul mate before they graduate, the administration has decided to implement an online dating network, my.eastern.edu/equallyyoked. The hope is that students will learn how to have long lasting faith-centered relationships, based on an algorithm that […]
Eastern Theatre Presents “The Picnic”
Eastern University Theatre Presents The Picnic by William Inge Directed by Jenny Tibbels Assistant Directed by Allison Cox In a small town where tradition reigns during the early 1950’s, a handsome stranger arrives and rocks the world of its inhabitants. Who will fight to preserve their way of life, and […]