On Jan. 10, Jeff Groff, the Estate Historian at Winterthur, delivered a lecture on the 19th and 20th centuries of the Main Line at the Radnor Fire House. Entitled “More English than England,” Groff argued that the Main Liners of the “Gilded Age” not only attempted to transplant English culture and architecture to […]
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The arrival of a new year brings new opportunities, new hopes and obtainable goals. This is also true for Eastern as we strive to continue climbing up the ladder of success and expand to reach new territory. Attention all students: Eastern University has begun 2017 with good news. Moving from 18th
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The Templeton Honors College will now offer a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) with a uniquely classical framework. The program, developed in partnership with Great Hearts Academies, is built upon the philosophy that the purpose of education is greater than assimilating knowledge or training for a job; rather, the goal of education
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With the beginning of the spring semester, members of the Eastern community are seeing many of the plans outlined in Phase I of the Campus Master Plan come to fruition on the St. Davids campus. Many of the proposed changes, which include renovations in Walton Hall, Kea-Guffin Hall and Warner Library, have recently
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The Eastern Women’s Basketball team started off the 2016 season with three consecutive wins. In the season opener against Eagle Road-rival Cabrini University, the Eagles won by a score of 59-53. Their first loss came from Messiah College; however, the Eagles were able to recover from the loss and pick up another win
The Eastern Women’s Volleyball team progressed far in the NCAA Tournament. In the first three matches of the tournament, held between Friday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 13, the Eagles played Farmingdale State College, Ramapo College and Stevens Institute of Technology. The team won each match with a score of 3-0, earning them
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The Harvard Men’s Soccer team has been suspended from participating in the rest of their season due to the leak of a “recruit book” that rated the Harvard Women’s Soccer team on physical appearance. Although this story was originally described as an isolated incident in 2012, reports have found that the current Harvard
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The year after I graduated high school, I asked to volunteer as assistant coach for the home-school league in which I had played for the last four years. At that point in my life, I had played soccer every season from the time I was four years old and often played additionally in
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I am not a sports-loving kind of guy. My personal favorite is America’s beloved game of baseball, but recently the NFL has caught my attention. I know how football is played, and from the Super Bowls I have watched, I have a general feeling of what is a fair move and what deserves
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I used to think my body was something I had to tame. I thought that if I didn’t closely monitor my body it would look unkempt, like a garden becomes overgrown when neglected and left to the elements. Gardens require constant upkeep, with the proper balance of trimming, watering, weeding and sunlight. I thought
One Step at a Time: Reflections from Sports Editor Shelly Lister Read Post »
