As the campus community says goodbye to the class of 2005, it will also bid farewell to two full-time professors. Eastern veteran Dr. Marv Meyer is retiring this year along with communication professor Dr. Emily Langan. For 30 years Meyer has taught courses in the biology department, namely mircrobiology and TCP earthkeeping. In addition to […]

With the advent of spring, love has been on the forefront of many students’ minds. However, according to Dr. Wood Bouldin, the white-bearded teacher of the love capstone, love is not everything it is cracked up to be. Bouldin, who described himself as a “historian of intellectual ideas,” has a distinct message for students. “Romanticism”

Campus life is dead. At least that is what Nietzsche would say if he were a resident student at Eastern. And he would be right. Walk around just about any dorm hall on a Friday or Saturday night, and you’ll find next to nothing. This might be heaven for a hermit, but for the average

Regarding the sentiments of Peter M. Cooper of the U.S. Army, I must agree with him in regards to the flag having a symbolic representation and that it is more than just a piece of cloth. But I must differ with his holier-than-thou attitude because he is in the armed services and went to Iraq.

Each Thursday night over the past five weeks, Eastern gamers were given the chance to compete at various video games in the Breezeway. Each week featured a different game and a new chance to win a $50 Best Buy gift certificate and a custom-made trophy. Breezeway employees Steve Jacke and John Sours were the competition’s

Graduation is associated with any number of emotions: anticipation, joy, excitement, relief, anxiety, terror and at times, overwhelming heartache. It’s the last of these emotions that I have to question. After all, the hard cold purpose of going to college is to get a better job than you had in high school. But somewhere along

The students of the Templeton Honors College have ratified the THC Constitution, a document which provides for the mandatory participation of all new honors students in committees related to the Honors Council. The constitution received insufficient support in its original form and was revised by current council members. The requirement that each student serve four

Are biblical authority and male/female equality as incompatible as Mac software on a PC? Eastern University will play host to this and other gender-related questions at the ninth annual Christians for Biblical Equality conference entitled One Body, Many Gifts. From July 29-31, hundreds of biblical scholars, church workers and interested individuals will gather to explore

Three psychology majors presented their theses at the Delaware Valley Undergraduate Research Psychology Conference at Arcadia University on April 22. They are, in the front row and from the left, senior Tiffany Grant-Callender, alum Michael Walk and senior Marianne Behnke. Behind them are psych professors Doug Trimble (left) and David Tyson. Grant-Callender’s work was on

A former Eastern student who was planning to return soon and who had recently been on campus died unexpectedly last week. Joshua Gerber, 23, was reportedly found by friends from home last Wednesday morning, April 27. The funeral was held on Saturday. Those who knew him well describe him as very friendly and generous, someone