Imagine being afraid to spend the night in your own home for fear of being kidnapped during the night as you lay sleeping. Imagine walking miles to the nearest hospital or safe haven every night to sleep for a couple of hours and then waking before dawn to walk all the way home. Imagine living […]

The Equality Ride is scheduled to visit Eastern in late April. The Ride is organized by Soulforce, a Christian gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights group. It will be visiting 20 religious and military schools that they feel have discriminatory policies toward homosexuals. Many of the schools that were targeted are members of the Council

So you’re having “one of those days” again, as you step out of Walton and make your way towards McInnis, when suddenly you look up and are welcomed with open arms to a free hug. One can only dream, right? Well dream no more students of Eastern, because now every Tuesday and Thursday between 10

Eastern’s undergraduate program will be one college larger this fall, as the School for Social Change opens a community college-like two-year institution in urban Philadelphia. The first year’s pilot program, funded in part by the sale of the Beethoven manuscript found at the Palmer Seminary last year, will include about 100 students. It will be

Most college students look forward to a good home-cooked meal during breaks or at the end of the semester. But for students who commute from home, those meals are within their reach every evening. “If I had to eat here every day, I think I’d kill myself,” sophomore Mike Smith said. Smith and his sister,

Depending on one’s route to school, most commuters pass a hundred options for food before they reach campus. Once they arrive, the options continue, with the Breezeway, the Eagle’s Nest and, of course, Sodexho’s cafeteria all vying for their dollars. So how do commuters sustain themselves? Is off-campus living any healthier or cheaper than a

Spanish professor Elvira Ramirez anoints members of the women’s lacrosse team at the new Spring Break commissioning service, held at Windows on the World on Friday, March 3. Each member of an academic, sports or missions trip was anointed with oil. Photo provided by Patti Singleton of the Communications Office.

My friend Anthony and I spent this past week interacting with a few families from different social classes, all of which were located in neighborhoods that were severely affected by hurricane Katrina, to observe what the differences were in the recovery process. What we noticed was that the poor seem substantially behind in the recovery

With prom season just around the corner, many high school girls are already looking for the perfect dress. But not all of these girls will be able to make their Cinderella dream come true. With most dresses costing over $100, junior Angela Houser knows that finances can keep a lot of girls from attending prom.

The momentous day is upon you and as you reach for your diploma, a warm feeling of accomplishment and pride sweeps over you. Now as a real college graduate, you are set to embark on a journey into the real world. Armed with your diploma and years worth of higher education, the time has come