Growing up, I hated my hair. It was big and unmanageable, and I cried every time my mom combed it. I saw girls in magazines and on TV with long, shiny, straight hair, and dreamed that someday I could look like them too. I couldn’t braid it or straighten it – all […]
The Art of Hair: A reflection on the secret to embracing your locks. Read Post »
Eastern has made several adjustments to help preserve the earth over the years. The most impactful thing they have done has been their implementation of wind energy. Our campus is solely run on wind energy, which helps to protect the earth from harmful pollution. However, there are some things that Eastern is
Human impact has degraded the planet to a point of crisis. According to the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere right now are higher than any point during the 3 million years the study covered. The International Panel on Climate Change published a study in
With comedic roots in his famous comedy show Key and Peele of his namesake, Jordan Peele continues to show his prowess in story writing as he dips his feet into the horror genre. When Peele’s Get Out hit theaters in 2017, no one knew what to expect. We most certainly did not
On April 12 and April 13, Eastern University’s graduating Dance Majors performed their Senior Thesis Dance Concert. The four graduates were Neeka Skelton, Gabriella Williams, Alexandra Swank and Emily Pastin. Each of these seniors choreographed a selection of dances. The first quarter of dances were choreographed by Skelton. She
Last month, students came together to celebrate our queer christian community here at Eastern University. Each day of Solidarity Week, Refuge, Eastern’s student-run club advocating for LGBT+ issues, ran events to celebrate the community, but also to bring light to issues and injustices they and many others face. Chief among these issues is
Originally, Easter was a celebration of the Vernal Equinox and was based on the German pagan goddess, Eostre. Her animal was a rabbit and her symbol was an egg. Eostre was seen as the goddesses of rebirth and new beginnings, so it would make sense that the arrival of Spring in full
The world and writing of Flannery O’Connor revolves around seeing, and Dr. Caren Lambert’s experience teaching O’Connor has certainly affected how she sees the world. Dr. Lambert came to study O’Connor through her scrutiny of Southern literature. O’Connor can be approached from two very different angles, Dr. Lambert points out: through the lens
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Eastern’s Enactus geared up for another Shark Tank Event on Thursday, April 4. Based on the hit show Shark Tank on ABC, Eastern students pitched their business ideas to a panel of professionals with a chance to win up to $1,000. The contestants ranged from a high school student from Lancaster Christian School to
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On April 14, I spent the day getting to know and bonding with the new 2019-2020 Resident Life Staff. Although the bonding, located at a Resident Director’s friend’s house in Devon, Pennsylvania, started at 3 p.m., myself along with junior and fellow Eagle Hall RA Bryan Eltman shopped with our RD, Alexis “Lexi”
