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Whenever there is a global crisis, the world can count on facebook to raise awareness. Anyone who is a member of the popular world-wide-friend-network has found themselves enlisting in more causes than they can count. It is amazing that with such a spike in activism the U.N. peacekeepers have not already doubled their numbers. The

Just before the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics, a friend told me there was no reason why the United States shouldn’t win every medal there was to win in Beijing. His argument, in a nutshell, was that we are a vastly superior nation to any other country in the world. Unfortunately, being one of

With 18 of 20 players returning from last season’s PAC champion team, the women’s soccer team seems ready for everything. Ten of last year’s 11 starters are returning, including seniors Ashley Hackman, Kara Neef, Corie Brant and Amanda Daveler. Junior Jill DiRenzo also returns to the team after leading the conference in goals with 25

With the 2008 Olympics and the all-important medal count now over, preparation for the next games is already beginning. However, there is one sport the United States won’t be training for: team handball. A combination of soccer, football, basketball and hockey, team handball is an indoor adrenaline rush that is one of the world’s most

Even though Eastern has joined the MAC, the Cross Country team will continue to face many of the same teams they did last season. With juniors Mike Wilson and Mary Fitch returning to the sport, the team hopes to be stronger than ever. Assistant Coach Carrie McTague hopes that the team will see their personal

Finishing second last season and snapping their ten-year championship streak, the women’s volleyball team is back with a vengeance. Six talented newcomers will add to a team that is also getting junior Kara Hildebrand back. An All-American from two seasons ago, Hildebrand was red-shirted last year due to injury. First-year Maria Horning will start immediately

Even before having played a game in the MAC, Eastern’s field hockey team already has a rival in their new conference. Alvernia College reached the PAC Championship game against Eastern each of the past three years, winning last year’s championship by the narrowest of margins in penalty shootouts. Alvernia will join Eastern in the Freedom

Ten years after graduating from Eastern, Mark Spangler returned last spring to coach the men’s tennis team. This fall he will be extending his responsibilities to include head coach of the women’s tennis team. “I thought some of the things we did with the men’s program we could do with the women’s program,” Spangler said.

Coach Mark Wagner called his team to focus last Wednesday on a group of veteran players performing a passing drill. “That’s what we want, boys: fast, crisp perfection,” Wagner told his team. “Everything must be fast.” Achieving perfection will certainly be more difficult this year. Not only does the switch to the MAC mean a