Nationwide, 85 percent of college students have Facebook accounts. According to a survey done by political science professor Kathy Lee, approximately 68 percent of Eastern students have Facebook accounts. Approximately 73 percent of students surveyed reported checking Facebook three or more times a day. Over 66 percent of Facebooking students felt violated by the new […]

Five years ago, the university gathered on the baseball field when they heard about the attacks in New York. On the fifth anniversary of the tragedy of September 11, a portion of the Eastern community gathered together on the baseball field again. The commemorative service began with the meditative words of chaplain Joe Modica, followed

Katrina one year later…

The political science department welcomes Dr. Rosemary “Rosie” Cowan, Ph.D. Cowan hails from Lisburm, northern Ireland. She is teaching justice in a pluralistic society, American government, and political theory classes this semester. “I feel quite strongly about the integration of evangelism with social injustice… in terms of where I’m coming from,” Cowan said, referring to

September 15, 2006 (1:00 p.m.): The road trip to our tournament this week wouldn’t be quite as bad as the last one. Instead of flying for an entire day to California, we were only going about an hour away to Lebanon Valley College. We loaded our 15-passenger Eastern van with seven players, two coaches and

At the word piracy, what comes to mind first? Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean? The last picture that comes to most minds is the unauthorized duplication and/or distribution of music that includes illegal downloading, file sharing and CD-burning. When it comes to downloading from the Internet, there are many gray areas on what

Walking into the Continental Midtown restaurant, one might feel as if she is walking into the set of some high profile movie. Or better yet, it might feel as if one should be mingling among Hollywood’s rich and famous. Think you are going crazy? Think again. Owner Stephen Starr hired a mastermind designer from Los

As school continues to roll along and it seems like there is no end in sight, remember that the Philadelphia concert scene will always be there to ease students’ pain. From the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby to the Wachovia Center, Philadelphia offers a wide variety of venues and shows that spread across nearly every

Rain or shine, and sometimes in snow, students are found throwing Frisbees somewhere around Eastern’s campus Dispersed throughout campus are a growing number of students who have taken throwing a Frisbee to a heightened level. Sophomore George Swank said, “The sight of a floating disk just makes me jump.” Over 30 students, male and female,

Most of us have seen the clearing of trees that marks the ground breaking of the new dorm on campus. For some, I suspect it is a bit jolting to see, maybe even upsetting. For others, I imagine it is exciting to see the expansion of the school and the improvement of our facilities. Whatever