David Lee Castañeda, an alumnus of Eastern who graduated in 2005, stated in an interview that overcoming color prejudice does not lie in ignoring the color differences that individuals have. Castañeda is from Costa Rica. At Eastern, he was a sociology major. Currently, he is working with Eastern University financial services and Nueva Esperanza. During […]

I am a true Philadelphia Eagles fan, one that will stay with them until I die. These guys go out and play hard every given Sunday from September until the playoffs in January and the Super Bowl in February, like the 31 other teams in the National Football League. But some of the students at

What could one do with $2 million? People dream of winning the lottery or befriending a long-lost rich uncle who is about to bite the dust. Essentially, that’s what happened to Eastern, or at least to our seminary. That money won’t be coming to the St. Davids campus, at least not all of it. But

Trust me: do not let the fact that The Yes Men is a documentary keep you away from this funny and interesting film. Sure, it cannot compare to hilarious comedies like this summer’s Wedding Crashers, but I think this documentary can almost reach the greatness of last year’s Supersize Me. The documentary chronicles the events

You are what you eat. But are you also what you drive? According to some Eastern professors, the connection between vehicle and personality is remarkably strong. History professor Stephen Gatlin’s 2005 Beetle convertible, for example, links him to the past he so dearly loves. “Several things converge,” he said. “It’s kind of a nostalgia piece

Grosse Fuge to be sold at Sotheby’s London, proceeds going to the Seminary

I read with interest your account of the discovery of the Beethoven score at Palmer Theological Seminary. Information attributed to me was slightly but significantly misreported. I did not say that this and other valuable musical scores were donated to the sacred music department. They were donated to the Seminary but were in the possession

The sold-out concert put on by Thousand Foot Krutch, Hawk Nelson, Dizmas and 4th Avenue Jones allows for the possibility that Eastern’s gymnasium will again rock as it did on October 16. The concert, which was the last of the “Art of Breaking Tour,” sold over 250 tickets on campus and about 900 tickets total.

Ten Eastern students recently put their faith into practice when they gave up four days to help with cleanup work after the devastation of hurricane Katrina, travelling 27 hours to Pass Christian, Mississippi. “I felt so insignificant because of everything that needed to be done,” sophomore Christie Davis said after taking the trip. “But in

Harriet Miers, White House Counsel and President Bush’s nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, attended not one, but two worship services on Sunday, October 9, in her hometown, Dallas, Texas. After an early Episcopal service, she joined a breakaway group from Valley View Christian Church (her home church for over 25 years) in singing