An anonymous buyer bought Palmer Seminary’s eighty-page Beethoven manuscript at a London auction for $1.72 million, which is roughly $21,500 a page. The manuscript, discovered at Palmer in July, was sold at Sotheby’s of London. The manuscript was displayed at Palmer and then in New York and London, where Sotheby’s […]

The SGA sponsored a student forum on the proposed curriculum changes on November 30. The proposed changes would change student course loads from five three-credit classes a semester to four four-credit classes a semester. The forum was in preparation for the faculty vote on the proposed changes, set to be […]

The flu shot is at a premium these days. Fewer than half of the vaccines ordered this year have arrived, and those that have are only being offered to a small number of students. “As of the past Wednesday, (November 30) we received 100 doses out of the 300 ordered, […]

Need to raise that algebra grade? Need some help with that calculus problem that you cannot seem to figure out? Or do you just need someone to help you with math? The Abelian Group has answers to all these problems and more. Comprised of three members, the Abelian Group joins […]

Eduardo and Elvira Ramirez advocate that in order for a Christian to effectively reach out to others, he or she must strive for cross-cultural understanding. It is for this reason that Mr. Ramirez, professor of youth ministry, and Mrs. Ramirez, professor of Spanish, will teach INST 480, Cross Cultural Mindset […]

Gallup may be four different buildings, but those four buildings have come to equal one home. Gallup, which consists of buildings A, B, C and D, is a separated residence hall environment. The first three buildings house girls, while Gallup D is home to the guys. One might ask if […]

Africa and Hollywood suddenly have a cozy relationship. Films such as The Interpreter, The Constant Gardener and the Oscar-winning Hotel Rwanda portray a more realistic (albeit stylized) view of contemporary African issues. From pharmaceutical malfeasance to power-hungry dictators to ethnic cleansing, Africa is more central to our western screens than […]

David Kim’s connections to Eastern are growing deeper. Since moving to Philadelphia in 1999, he has sent his children to Church of the Savior, made music and friends with its minister of music, Eastern professor Ron Matthews, and read a book by Tony Campolo. On December 8, Kim, violinist and […]

Even as Eastern considers the switch from a 3×5 credit scheme to a 4×4 credit scheme, other similarly sized schools have made the move in the other direction. Eastern Nazarene College and Whitworth College, both small Christian liberal arts colleges, have recently switched from 4×4 to 3×5. According to Rick […]

After four years of hard work, Eastern received a grant of $1 million from Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania. Each year the governor asks for a set amount of funds, called Redevelopment Assistance Capital Projects, that he allots to different public works projects. Senior vice president Tom Ridington, with the help […]