Growing up as a Christian can mean a lot of things, mostly good things. You grow up—in most cases—in a family that cares about you, that teaches you right from wrong and that makes the Bible the focus of family life. Growing up as a missionary kid includes a lot of the

      I’ve been going to church my entire life, but the day I stepped inside my Bible class it felt as though I knew nothing. The things that I had learned at church are nothing compared to the things that I am learning now. I was expecting the class to be about how

      When coming to the decision to major in Journalism, I concluded that my interests went beyond the confines of that major. I like reading, writing and leading the newspaper, but I also am an advocate for social justice, and I wanted at least a part of my education at Eastern to reflect

      Religious persecution– something that Christians hear too often; however, religions across the world today still experience varying levels of persecution and oppression for believing in their faith. Religious persecution relates to the systematic mistreatment and alienation of a group of people based on what they believe or what their beliefs lack.  

      For the past few years, I have served as the president of Model United Nations here at Eastern University. The club might be familiar to some of you who participated in high school, but in college, it is another experience entirely. Eastern University sends a team every year to the Harvard Model