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Students precede college with music tour
First-year Kara Hartman took a year off after high school to travel the country with Captive Free, a program that prepares young people to travel as part of a praise and worship team to various parts of America and other countries. First-year Sarah Biddix was also a part of the program, and it was evident
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Students headed to London for Spring Break
Fifteen years ago, English professor Dr. Caroline Cherry began a capstone class called Text in Context in which students would take a mid-semester vacation to go on an exploration of culture and history in London. As the years went on, more destinations were added, including the 2008 trip to Ireland and last year’s trip to
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Joe Sestak brings senate campaign to campus
Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak conducted a town hall-style meeting at Eastern with students, faculty and local residents on Feb. 1. Sestak represents the 7th district and hopes to beat out five-term Senator Arlen Spector to become the Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2010 senatorial elections. The event took place on the second floor of Warner
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Harold Howard portrait unveiled
“Have you ever been somewhere where you thought, ‘Oh, I wish I had my camera’?” General Counsel Rick Eisenstaedt said, opening the Feb. 4 Board of Trustees meeting with an anecdote. “This building used to be named for a man I didn’t know,” Eisenstaedt said of the Harold C. Howard Center, where the meeting was
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Funeral procession for justice in Philadelphia
A mass of heavy-hearted local citizens, including some Eastern students, dressed in black, gathered outside of Broadstreet Ministry, a church in Philadelphia, and mourned a terrible and unjust death: the death of justice. As the protesters marched toward Center City on Feb. 3 carrying candles, banners and signs shaped like skulls, people walking past stared
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Archive, Opinion
Christian dating is about more than ‘I do’
Everyone would like to think that they are going to marry their high school sweetheart. Some might think such a wish is cheesy or trite, but consider this: many Christians go to college with the intent of finding a spouse. The church’s marriage mindset continuously pushes its youth from casual dating into serious courtship. It
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Archive, Opinion
What boils my egg
Another January has come to an end, and so has another month of Avatar being out in theaters. The big Hollywood hit has beaten Titanic as the highest grossing movie of all time. Obviously, the creators have produced something of true value. On the other hand, there are those “movie buffs” who always feel the
Archive, Opinion
Slow on the up-take
Why did it take an earthquake to wake us up?
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