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Volleyball makes NCAA Sweet 16, falls to Juniata

The Eastern volleyball team’s outstanding season ended November 12 with a loss against Juniata in the NCAA regional championships. Eastern won the first two games of the championships, beating Scranton and Gettysburg each in three games, but could not pull off the win against Juniata. “It would have had to […]

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Alumnus hosts open poetry night, publishes anthology

To promote his new, self-published poetry anthology, 2005 Eastern alumnus Brian Baker organized an open poetry night at the Jammin’ Java. On November 15, people came in and out of the coffeeshop, grabbing a hot cup of coffee and sitting down to enjoy the various poetry selections that were read. […]

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Dances with Cellphones answered with applause

“Can you hear me now? How about right now?” Cheers, laughs and clapping were recently heard at Eastern’s production of Dances with Cellphones, directed by professor of theatre Mark Hallen with assistance from 2001 Eastern alumnus Jake Miller. The four night production, held from November 17-20, showcased the uses of […]

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Evaluations taken seriously

Did your professor talk too much, give too many papers and present information terribly this semester? Or, did they give great lectures, teach you information that is useful to your life and treat you as though they care about you? Let your voice be heard when you fill out course […]

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NECHE receives grant for program, facility expansion

Nueva Esperanza Center for Higher Education recently received a $2.1 million grant that will allow it to expand its facilities and programs. NECHE, which is Eastern’s satellite junior college, will also change its name to Esperanza College of Eastern University. The grant, which is from the United States Department of […]

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Students, admins discuss poker and gambling at forum

On November 15, the SGA held a poker forum in the Dining Commons to discuss gambling and poker issues on campus. In attendance were Heidi Birtwistle, Shannon Hartsock, Gershwin Sandberg, John Romanski and Teresa Noye, the RDs of Hainer, Doane, NCH, Gallup and Kea-Guffin, respectively. The only RDs not present […]

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Violence, Christ and the view from outer space

Imagine you are an alien. You have been sent to Earth to survey the human race and to report on all its dealings. Now imagine trying to explain human war. It might go something like this: “Every now and again, certain humans decide that other humans no longer have the […]