From Rick Jonsen Housekeeping staff appreciation day had special meaning this year when Allison Cox and hundreds of other students decided to replicate an action that Shane Claiborne and the Eastern students of his era took: take over St. David’s campus housekeeping duties for a day so the housekeeping staff could take a paid day-off […]
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[twocol_one]Appropriate for YA Kit Apostolacus It could be argued that young adult literature is not appropriate for its target audience—depicting unhealthy relationships, romanticizing abuse, and a slew of other reasons—but it seems to me that these are not inherently inappropriate for the target audience. Of course, the presentation of certain things as “good” or “desirable”
The Issue: Is young adult literature appropriate? Read Post »
Often in our culture today, money takes precedence over relationships. The culture preaches that money will make us happy and that relationships are expendable. This is certainly not the Christian position. Christ tells us that we can serve only one king, either God or Mammon. Further, in the Kingdom of God, persons, like God and
What’s Expendable: Finances or Friendship? Read Post »
A lot of what we believe about health and fitness is derived from creative marketing schemes, the influence of lobbyists and distorted information. It is no wonder that there are so many diets that uphold conflicting messages. As consumers, it can be downright confusing trying to figure out which foods to eat when establishing a
Four Food Fallacies Read Post »
1. Winter Break being wasted away. Now that the anticipated week of finals is nigh, it is time to begin thinking about the activities you will partake in during your long awaited vacation. You will spend the first week watching “The Office,” the second week watching Christmas movies (except for Kirk Cameron’s “Saving Materialism Christmas,”
Thank God for the Eagles. The Birds have been a rare bright spot in what has been a relatively dark year for Philadelphia’s professional sports teams. The quick recap: the Sixers continue with Tank, Round Two and have only twomore NBA victories this season (as of this writing) than I do sitting on my couch,
Sixers Win a Game, Birds Keep City Sane Read Post »
[twocol_one]Yes Elizabeth Vollmer The United States pays its professional athletes way too much. According to the Huffington Post, within a five-year period an average professional athlete in the NBA makes $24.7 million, $17.9 million in the MLB, and $1.9 million in the NFL. To put this in perspective, the President of the United States has
Are Professional Athletes Overpaid? Read Post »
Eastern’s men’s basketball team is having a rough start to the season. As of right now the Eastern Eagles are 2-5. Four of the five losses have been very close games. The one game that was not close was against Baldwin Wallace University. Eastern lost that game by a score of 56-82. Other than that
Eastern Holds Own Against Cabrini Read Post »
Eastern’s women’s basketball team is off to a great start. They began the season 7-1, with many impressive victories. They started off the season beating Cabrini by a score of 72-61. Eastern’s lone loss this season came at the hands of Lebanon Valley. They lost that game 59-74. Of all the games so far this
Women’s Basketball off to Flying Start Read Post »
Intramural sports allow athletes who are interested in a sport and athletes whose sport is not offered here at Eastern the opportunity to become an athlete for forty minutes, one to three times a week. Brittany Stroop, the Intramural coordinator, Head Softball coach and adjunct professor here at Eastern University, took over the intramural program
Intramurals on the Rise Read Post »
