When asked, “What is sport?” we often go to the natural prototypes of football, basketball or even baseball. However, we are reluctant to answer the question with cheerleading or horseback riding. Why? In our society we tend to think that if it does not involve a ball and men yelling, it cannot […]
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On April 3, the Philadelphia Phillies will begin the 2017 MLB season against the Cincinnati Reds at 4:10 p.m. in Great American Ball Park. Jeremy Hellickson is expected to get on the mound for the Phillies, which will make it Hellickson’s second-straight Opening Day start. The Reds plan to put Scott Feldman
Baseball Begins Again- Philadelphia Phillies prepare for season opener Read Post »
The EU Women’s Golf Team began their spring season on March 17 and March 18 in the Browngolf Intercollegiate Invitational, hosted by Mercyhurst University. In the fall season, Paige Hollingsworth led the Eagles in average strokes with 88.50 in six rounds of golf. Sofia and Summer Frantz trailed closely behind, averaging 88.83
Eastern University Sports Recap- Men’s and Women’s Golf and Track & Field Read Post »
For the Villanova Wildcats, the 2015-16 season was one to remember. Led by four-year starter, captain and Langhorne, Pennsylvania native Ryan Arcidiacono, the Wildcats started the season ranked no. 11 in the AP Poll with high expectations after a Round of 32 departure in the NCAA Tournament the previous year by NC
Former Champs Fall in Round of 32- Wildcats take early departure in NCAA Tourney Read Post »
I am a senior attacker on the Women’s Lacrosse team at a Christian university who loves Jesus—but I do have a confession: I don’t read Scripture as much as I should. But really, when do we read it enough? In all honesty, to me, being a Christian has never boiled down to sitting
The Spirit of the Game Reflections from Moriah Bourk of Women’s Lax Read Post »
The Bible is without a doubt the most misquoted and misunderstood book ever to be written. Because the Bible simply feels like it’s only a book made up of a bunch of texts thousands of years old, written by dozens of different people, and some of the things it contains just don’t
The Bible, It Is What It Is. Read Post »
In these troubled times, I would like to take a moment out of our busy days to sit down with everyone and discuss something close to my heart: the scarf. A relic left over from the old days, when people didn’t have zippers or jackets and were forced to slap errant pieces
Scarves- In Memoriam Read Post »
In a recent article entitled “David Foster Wallace Was Right: Irony Is Ruining Our Culture,” written by Matt Ashby and Brendan Carroll, the argument is made that the irony and cynicism that so heavily color our culture are really only aimed at nothingness. I argue further that the way cynicism is praised
Irony, Laughter, Sincerity Read Post »
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” -Naguib Mahfouz “It’s not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.” -Albert Einstein In the course of our lives, we seek answers. We want answers
Sometimes, We Get Answers Read Post »
Before we can discuss the nature of Lent, we must first discuss why it is important that Lent is a season. To say that something is a season is to say that it is part of an ever-changing cycle—e.g., winter, spring, summer, fall and so forth. The season of Lent is part
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