I love to play video games, but I also reserve the right to criticize them. Gaming may improve one’s ability to think reflexively, but the negatives may far outweigh the benefits. Video games promote escapism. They separate us from reality instead of promoting responsible approaches to life. Some players say they become more like the

I had two requirements for this year’s spring break: sun and sand. I wanted to escape the freezing winter and get tan somewhere exotic and fun. Last spring I went home and spent a week catching up on sleep. This year, I wanted to go to California and learn how to surf. But somewhere during

I decided to write this article two weeks ago, when the American death toll in Iraq was still shy of 2,000. But I knew the milestone was coming. It doesn’t take a prophet to see a cycle of violence that kills with drumbeat consistency. I marched in protest back in 2003, hollering at the White

Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of modern nursing. Truly holistic in her thinking, she pointed out that “proper portions and types of food presented pleasingly and at the right time” were an important part of the healing process. Hippocrates, credited as the founder of Western medicine, said: “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine

“I wrote this book upside down and backwards,” first-year Becky Plourde said, referring to her novel, Rose of Many Colors, that was just published in July. “I wrote chapter 3, then chapter 20… I wrote the epilogue before the book was finished.” Becky grew up in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, with her parents and two brothers. She

Women’s Tennis participated in the PAC tournament on October 28-29. Danielle Schildt and Ellie Gallagher both advanced to finals matches. Women’s soccer lost to Arcadia 3-2 in the PAC semifinals on November 1. Women’s volleyball setter Erin Meredith tore her ACL at the Juniata College tournament October 21-22. She will be out for the remainder

The field hockey team’s record has not given an accurate picture of the season. With a pre-playoff conference record of 7-3, the team entered the tournament with the number five seed. They have had a lot of tough games and several close losses. “We have just not been putting the ball in the cage,” senior

The final week of the pre-NCAA playoff soccer season saw the Eastern men play three games to three ties in regulation time, but pull out the victory in each contest. The same scene was repeated at the end of each tense match: a ball went from an Eastern player’s foot into the opposing team’s goal,