This year on Labor Day, September 4, the Student Activities Board is offering Eastern students the opportunity to go on fun and exciting day trips with their friends. In previous years there have been trips to Ocean City, the zoo, South Street, King of Prussia Mall, the National Constitution Center and Hershey Park. This year, […]

Fundraising will look like swing dancing at the Swing Into Life dance party. Sponsored by the Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council, the September 13 dance party will help fund the nonprofit organization’s goals of preventing suicide and helping the loved ones of those who have committed suicide. The idea to do swing dance as a

Pat (Ling) Magdamo ’53, Tony Campolo ’56, Phyllis Walles Twiss ’54 and Shirley Claghorn. The three women came to visit Eastern earlier this summer. Their visit included a tour of Heritage, a meeting with Tony Campolo and director of alumni relations Mary Gardner. They also met vice president of Student Development Bettie Ann Brigham and

The summer movie season was filled with ups and downs and was dominated by pirates and snakes. Several highly anticipated films like The Da Vinci Code and Superman Returns turned out to be disappointing. But such popcorn flicks as Miami Vice and Pirates of the Carribean 2 did end up winning over the audiences. However,

Late on April 8, after annual spring fling activities including on-campus partying, 21-year old Cabrini College student Kyle Foley was stabbed at the school. The reason that led to the conflict has not yet been determined; however, upon initial response to the stabbing, local authorities took two men into custody for questioning. After they were

When the theatre department decided to put on a production of The Laramie Project in the spring of 2003, it stirred controversy all over campus. During a session entitled A Community is a Conversation: Eastern, the Laramie Project, and the Equality Ride, theatre director Mark Hallen moderated a discussion about the show’s impact on the

After months of planning, many Eastern students trekked into Philadelphia for a “Global Night Commute,”which was planned by the organization Invisible Children, Inc. The Commute was organized in order to raise awareness about children in Uganda, who walk into major cities each night in order to avoid abduction. The Commute was scheduled to take place

“Turn your head and Gough.” Just kidding. Gough’s real motto is “Gough into all the world,” as in the Great Commission. Say it like this: “Vincent Van Gough into all the world.” Good job. Gough Hall is the five-star hotel, the shining jewel of Eastern’s motley collection of dorms. The ground floor boasts of a

The Journeys segment of the Equality Ride offered students the opportunity to hear personal narratives of some of the hardships faced by some of the Riders. Five stories were shared about how hard it was to “come out” to the various aspects of society. Some were funny, others disturbing and some provided hope. Jarett Lucas

What’s $23 compared to thousands? That’s the opinion of Adam Brittin, SGA president and graduating senior, on the question Eastern students must face when presented with their tuition bill: Check “yes” or check “no”? If each Eastern student decided to check yes, Eastern could be 100 percent wind powered. Recently SGA unanimously passed a proposal