As I began to read God and Evolution by Eastern professor David Wilcox, I expected to encounter a direct attack on creationism written from the perspective of an ardent evolutionist. To my surprise, I found instead that an intelligent Christian thinker had written an equally intelligent and thought-provoking book. Wilcox’ aim is to convince conservative […]

Chaplain numbers down 40 percent at start of year

Imagine that you have to walk 14 miles one way to school. Or that your school is not held in a building, but under a tree, in all kinds of weather. This is the reality that Eastern men’s soccer player Manan Abdul wanted to address when he brought 400 bicycles to several villages in Ghana

Of the 19 players on the women’s soccer team this fall, 13 of them are first-year students. This opens the door for an interesting season. “They have to adjust to our playing and we have to adjust to their playing,” senior captain, Elaine Wagner said. For the first-year players, it is a major adjustment from

I have come to expect a certain moment in a novel by Chuck Palahniuk: a moment that is so horrifically disgusting that it makes me cringe. I find myself reflexively grabbing on my own body parts that have just been grossy mutilated in the novel, as if to protect them from the same fate. Haunted,

Parkway event offers free fair, concert and museum passes

Within the blackened stone walls of the deserted Eastern State Penitentiary, a drama pulled from the pages of real life was performed this past week. Ray Hill: The Prison Years, a one-man play starring the man whose name the show bears, is all about a man who was sentenced to 160 years in prison but

On August 27, popular local band Dreaming Under Mercury performed at the Trocadero Theater in Philadelphia. Dreaming Under Mercury was started by former Eastern student Luk Eccles in 2002; Eccles is the vocalist of the band and plays guitar. Another former Eastern student, Cliff Homan, plays lead guitar and Eastern junior Brendon Krout plays bass.

16 Horsepower’s 1996 release, Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes, was certainly an interesting listen. The CD, comprised of thirteen songs, is a blend of folk, country, and goth. Not that they blend well. The band uses instruments such as the banjo, piano, guitar, accordion, fiddle, drums and mandolin. The first song, “I Seen What I Saw,” gives

In recent years, one of the most engrossing debates in Christianity has been whether to openly affirm homosexuality. Heated arguments, and even violence, have been the hallmark of what should be a civilized exchange of ideas. This is not new to Church-wide debate.: Issues such as multi-ethnic churches, slavery and women’s rights all shared a