“I have to confess, I’m really excited to be here tonight.” With these words, Kelly Hanlon neatly summed up the mood at Agora Institute’s inaugural lecture held at the Warner Memorial Library on the evening of September 29. Hanlon is the executive director of the new organization, officially titled Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and […]
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“We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.” The above statement appears in the “Declaration of the Occupation of New York City,” written by
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The visual arts have made their way back to Eastern’s campus in the form of a new student club. The Society of Art and Illustration, having just recently been named as an official club, encourages students to take advantage of its members’ artistic talents and use them to strengthen fellowship and spread the Gospel. Sophomore
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When Brisa deAngulo of Eastern’s 2007 graduating class wanted to give back to her home country of Bolivia, she found Eastern’s community eager to help her achieve that goal. In the Spring of 2011, her sisters Marta and Nabi continued in that tradition by organizing a missions trip to Bolivia. From May 15 to June
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The latest news craze, other than the Michael Jackson trial, is the White House’s obsession with Solyndra, a Silicon Valley solar company that was reported to be near bankruptcy. When President Obama visited the site in May 2010, he announced that that this was “the future.” The company had received $528 million dollars in federal
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Last March, Yale Law School students were given the opportunity to “rent out” Monty, a border terrier mix, from the school’s library. For a few days prior to finals week, students were able to sign the dog out for 30 minutes at a time. However odd it may seem, nearly 120 students signed up to
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Joe’s Place on Route 30 in downtown Wayne probably serves the cheapest and arguably the best breakfast in town. Eggs and toast run about $3 a plate, pancakes $4 and a sandwich $3.50. If you were to walk into the tiny diner at 8 AM on any given morning, you would find a crowd of
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