After five years, Harold C. Howard Center opens
After a year of construction, coordination and a lot of patience, the Warner Memorial Library has finally opened its doors and introduced its new and improved library facility, the Harold…
New turf inconveniences teams, but not for long
The new artificial turf playing field is under construction and on schedule for completion by Homecoming. Meanwhile, some of the sports teams have had to practice elsewhere. “It is an…
The fall sports teams look forward to a new season, new players and new challenges
Eastern’s fall sports teams are looking forward to big competitions and new challenges as the 2005 season rolls around. Last year’s men’s soccer, women’s soccer, tennis, volleyball and field hockey…
Faculty, alumni active in summer drama camp
Theater group Yes! And… invites urban and suburban kids into a play’s creative process. “We tell these less fortunate kids that if they can imagine it, we’ll make it,” said…
The truth and nothing but
Open the newspaper on any given day and you are bound to find at least one news article documenting the political conflicts in Iraq. But the reality of the war…
New biology professor Benjamin Dube, hailing from Zimbabwe, focuses on better crop production
A concern for Zimbabwe and a willingness to help students characterize Eastern’s new associate professor of biology.
Sabbaticals make things a little better for everybody, profs say
Each year, a few professors disappear from campus and some students find strangers teaching courses that used to belong to their favorite professors. The culprit is the sabbatical, the leave…
New majors and concentrations hit Eastern’s academic shelves
International business and health & physical education are now declarable majors at Eastern. For those seeking a concentration in English other than writing and literature, journalism is now available. “As…
Arts, humanities divisions split
Last spring, David Greenhalgh, Dean of Arts and Sciences, announced an administrative change: a new performing arts division. “It seemed to me that each of these have grown and have…
The five ultimate rules for adjusting to college
Advice, of a sort