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…
Buca di Beppo serves family fun, fine Italian cuisine
The room is filled with people laughing and having a good time as the sounds of an Italian opera float through the air. The scent of fresh baked bread and…
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…
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…
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,…
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.…
Inquiring Minds: Optional Fair Trade coffee insults the idea of justice
It took long enough, but Eastern finally has the Fair Trade option. There’s only one catch: students have to want it. Under SPEAK’s current agreement with Sodexho, unless students are…
Jarhead explores a bored Marine’s view of war
“Are we ever going to kill anyone?” a jaded Marine asks after waiting for an eternity in the desert for the Persian Gulf War to begin. A war movie without…
SAB sponsored karaoke night filled with big laughs and bad singing (and some good singing, as well)
During the November 12 event in the Gough Great Room, the SAB men devoted ‘N SYNC’s “God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You” to the SAB women,…
Commercialization, lack of purpose keep modern satire from being helpful
In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the U.S. invades Canada in order to free American children from the smutty influence of the Canadian media industry. Why? Welcome to the…