President Bush has been granted a last wish, blindfolded and put in front of a firing squad. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Bush’s critics have taken aim at his untimely reaction and appointment of FEMA director Michael Brown through the age-old buddy system. There’s no denying that the president’s actions (or inactions) were embarrassing […]

In a culture that increasingly pursues pleasure for pleasure’s sake, I find myself in a difficult position when faced with the question, “Why do you read?” This is because my answer–to be entertained–usually flies in the face of several underlying assumptions. First, there is the assumption that reading is a fundamentally boring pastime, and second,

I entered college with a sketchy concept of what my food options might be. I didn’t expect to find gourmet cuisine, but I never expected I’d have such a hard time simply eating. I suppose some of it is my own fault. I’m a vegetarian, so right away about 75 percent of Sodexho meals are

Notes From Afar

Homecoming is a good time to think about what makes a university different and what holds true about it over time. Eastern is a young school, barely 50 years old. That means it’s very light on tradition, the identifying characteristics that make Wheaton and Harvard different from each other and better than Strayer and DeVry.

Right: due to the rain, some of the Fall Festival booths were moved into the Gough Great Room. In this photo, people visit the booths and take shelter from the rain. Below: Homecoming also featured a student art show. This is the best of show winner, “Discussing Jesus,” by junior Jean Komline. Other ribbon winners

“Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about rock and roll.” -Shigeru Miyamoto, inventor of Mario and Zelda. Far from being bad, video games are good for you! First off, video games do not cause or increase violent or sexual activity. There has been no proof to support this claim, despite many

In your article on poker you said that commuters and women were underrepresented. I disagree. Commutters, for one, are not effected by any rules laid down for residence on campus. Also, while some women do play poker, men are more likely to be actively involved in the game. Women had a larger percentage of the

For those of us who thought that rock ‘n’ roll died, we can rest easy that it has returned in the form of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. A Bigger Bang is the first studio album by The Rolling Stones since 1997’s Bridge to Babylon, and it could not have come at a better time.

While the Residence Life staff considers implementing an official policy regarding recent poker-related problems on campus, the RDs of each residence have instituted differing informal rules for their own buildings. The residence directors are investigating the poker-playing habits of the students to find out if there is a real problem, not to “slap another rule