It’s the time of year when snow starts falling, people chop down trees in their natural habitats to put in their houses and cover them with lights and children wake up to see oversized socks over their fireplaces filled with candy. It’s Christmas, everyone! While in America these traditions are widely accepted as normal, other
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A creative writing piece “The only people for me are the mad ones…” – Jack Kerouac My friends, my brothers: all of us are full of madness. You have seen me grow, from grade school to graduation, and now you watch me wander, from here, from this city, in which we were raised, to distant
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Eastern University’s Winter Music Festival took place on November 21 and 22. The festival included performances from Eastern’s Wind Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, String Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, MIDI Ensemble, Jazz Band, St. Davids Orchestra, Turning Point, Angels of Harmony, and the University Choir.
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Image Quest | The Waltonian For broke college students, Christmas is a time of great joy and fear. During the holiday season, we are filled with peace and hope as we remember the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, when God became incarnate and entered our world. At the same time, we simultaneously celebrate and
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A Satire About Being a Black Face in a White Place *Note: Spoiler Alert* The movie “Dear White People,” released Oct. 17, seemed controversial to some and honest to others. It courageously presented honest questions that addressed racism in the 21st century “Dear White People” was directed by Justin Simien. He began writing the script
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Stabbing cakes, Victorian clothing and ripping apart paintings are all a part of Taylor Swift’s new music video, indicating quite a shift from the country sensation that arose in 2004. There has been a huge buzz around her recent music video for the song “Blank Space” in which Swift is in a relationship with an
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I think because of the impending anxiety of being a senior at Eastern I’ve fully embraced the holiday season in all its snowy, light-filled glory. For those who know me, I would generally categorize my music preferences as “hipster”, so many friends are shocked to find how much I enjoy Christmas music. Christmas music is
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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”
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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
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