Men’s Basketball With nine upperclass students on the roster, EU Men’s Basketball will enter the 2016-17 season with much experience. Coach Eric McNelley will return for his second season with the team. In McNelley’s first season the Eagles finished with an overall record of 11-14 and went 6-8 in the MAC Freedom Conference. […]
EU Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams Eager to Begin Fresh Season Read Post »
Who Do You Play For? One of my favorite movie scenes of all time comes from “Miracle,” the true story of the legendary 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey team. In it, Coach Herb Brooks forces his young, inexperienced team to work out after one of their Olympic tune-ups. The players from the
The Spirit of the Game Reflections From Nate roberts of EU Men’s Soccer Read Post »
What is the problem with the Dakota Access Pipeline? Why is everyone protesting this? Why is Shailene Woodley getting arrested: Is this a part of her secret life as an American teenager? Here is what you need to know. First, this is an oil pipeline that stretches from North Dakota into South Dakota,
Standing With Standing Rock Read Post »
You may or may not be familiar with this situation, but I know it all too well. It is Thanksgiving. All of the food has been passed around the table, and everyone has had their fill. Just before dessert is served, one of the old people at the table (Grandmother, Grandpa, Uncle Joe
Faith Focus: On Being Grateful Read Post »
In 1964, a researcher at MIT named Joseph Weizenbaum created the program ELIZA which functioned as an early version of Artificial Intelligence (AI). ELIZA operated on a script which was designed to mirror the speech patterns of a psychoanalyst (responding to almost everything with a question) such that humans interacting with the program
How Modern Sci-Fi Sees Humans Read Post »
On Friday, Oct. 28, I attended a panel discussion held on campus, entitled “Women, Family and Leadership,” where four professional, working mothers spoke about what their lives have looked like in terms of balancing commitments between home and the workplace. First and foremost, I would like to thank these women, Erin Daly, Melissa
A Question on Work-Life Balance Read Post »
Red Letter Christians are followers of Jesus who try to live out those words of Jesus which in many Bibles are highlighted with red letters. Among those red letters we read in Luke 4:18 that Jesus declared that He was ordained to announce “the acceptable year of our Lord.” Bible scholars explain that
A Call to Red Letter Christians Read Post »
Staff at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, an evangelical organization with more than 1,000 chapters on college campuses nationwide, are not only being asked to take a stance on the topic of same-sex marriage but to leave if they do not stand where the group believes they should. In July, InterVarsity informed their
Reflections on InterVarsity’s Decision Read Post »
On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 6, the walls of the McInnis Auditorium echoed with the uniquely beautiful sound of Znamenny chant and other styles of Orthodox music, all part of the thousand-year-old tradition of Russian monastic singing. All of this music was part of the “Psalms and Hymns” concert put on by the Center
An Afternoon of Orthodox Psalms and Hymns Read Post »
The recent decision to award Bob Dylan with the Nobel Prize in Literature has renewed vigorous debate over whether song lyrics ought to be considered poetry. The debate is not because Dylan is somehow a polarizing figure but rather because poetry is so often neglected as a literary medium that there is legitimate
Hark Ye to the Words of the Bard! Read Post »
