While some people probably cannot even remember the topics of their middle school papers, Renee Meshach’s sixth grade paper on the Holocaust proved to be a turning point in her life. “Ever since then I’ve been really interested in the subject,” said Meshach, now a senior at Eastern. “I just can’t get enough of it.” […]

Men’s basketball and cheerleaders make an ‘assist’ off court

In light of the recent bumper sticker theft, what shines from the professors who owned the stickers are various beams of opinion regarding the motive. Dr. Wendy Mercier, Dr. Kathy Lee and Mark Hallen all found their political bumper stickers stripped from their doors on September 22. “Theft should be investigated. It’s illegal,” said Mercier,

With the Presidential election drawing nearer, there have been a plethora of issues concerning me. The issue that most concerns me is the notion that people of color, particularly African Americans, will determine this year’s election. As a young African American in today’s society, I find it very interesting to see the attention that has

Two years ago, 45-year-old actress Jamie Lee Curtis posed bluntly for More magazine, in a sports bra and spandex underwear-without makeup, special lighting or air brushing-in defiance of Hollywood’s standard for physical appearance. Little did Curtis know the full impact her decision would make. Jessica Devaney, a first-year at Lake Forest University’s masters program in

To on-campus students, there is a sense of mystery surrounding Pennswood, Eastern’s off-campus residence hall. “It’s a piece of heaven!” said Kevin Maness, Pennswood resident director. Pennswood is a three-floor residence hall located at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr. Eastern University rents the top floor. The building is shared with students from Harcum and Villanova

“The four horsemen of the apocalypse walk into a bar…” What sounds like the beginning of a joke is actually the inspiration behind artist Marcy Abhau’s “Behind Bars.” The series of paintings reflect experiences she had as a bartender while attending art school. “I wanted to paint all the people who came into the bar

Doctors are healers. We take this fact for granted, trusting in those who take an oath to protect the sick. But as Robert J. Lifton’s The Nazi Doctors shows, that trust has a dark side. Lifton’s book details how the traditional physician’s vision of healing individuals was applied to the Nazi biological vision of “healing”

I think chapel would be much better if we had biblical preaching each week-that means, the speaker tells the students to open up to a particular passage, reads the passage and explains what the passage means in its context and how it applies today. I have had enough of Christian pep-talks, pithy catch phrases, and