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The Importance of “I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” and Diverse Literature: Inside how this young novel incorporated many difficult themes, allowing readers to see the importance of readers books written by marginalized authors.

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“How do we tie our shoes, brush our hair, drink coffee, wash the dishes, and go to sleep, pretending everything is fine? How do we laugh and feel happiness despite the buried things growing inside? How can we do that day after day?” Over the summer, I read lines like this from I’m Not Your […]

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Turning Point: An interview with a member of the University’s touring choir.

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If you’ve attended chapel or one of Eastern’s Arts Showcases or concerts, then you’ve probably heard the lovely performances put on by Turning Point.  Turning Point is Eastern’s audition-only choir, performing at events both on and off campus. With classes, schoolwork, and multiple performances a semester, the members of Turning Point have quite a lot

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What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie? A reflection on a spooky Halloween filled with horror movies and an empathetic heart for the flawed protagonist.

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When I was a kid, I insisted on only dressing up as one of the two characters- Dorothy or the Wicked Witch. I traded off these characters each year. Now, I do not know why I only had these two ideas in mind. Maybe I loved Wizard of Oz, which was completely true, but maybe

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K-Pop’s Avengers, SuperM: A look into the new K-Pop group focused on promoting in the United States.

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Imagine if two Jonas Brothers, two members of Big Time Rush, and two members of One Direction came together to make music and top the charts, not only in America but all over the world. For some Korean pop fans, that has just happened. South Korean label SM Entertainment decided to take some of the

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The Art of Being a Chaplain: A reflection on how spiritually mentoring fellow students can become a work of art.

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Art. A scary feat for some. It must be perfect and loved by all. It must be meaningful and deep. It must be bold. That is not how I see it. It is being vulnerable. It is being true to who you are. It is unfinished and always changing. It is perfectly imperfect. It is

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Sony Vs. Marvel: Studios quarrel over Spiderman- Tom Holland swings in to save the day.

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Like the superhero he is, Tom Holland has done the impossible and saved the day once again, uniting Sony and Marvel for at least a little while longer. When times looked darkest and despair threatened to overwhelm fans of the MCU, our favorite Spiderman swung in to the rescue. Ever since Avengers: Endgame released back

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On Uncommon: Inside one student artist’s reflection on how music is a picture of the soul.

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Dressed in grey sweats and his signature vibrant shoes, Simeon Walther describes his journey towards becoming a songwriter. He describes his discovery of the music world and the struggles and inner turmoil that inspired his lyrics. Simeon Walther’s stage name is Uncommon. He calls himself this because “Uncommon” was the name of the Christian camp

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The Blossoming of “flowergirl:” How an Eastern University senior turned her heartbreak into artwork.

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Morgan Leavy is a senior year social work major at Eastern University. Leavy has been involved in theater and music for years, and this September, she released her first-ever EP titled “burnt orange”. Leavy released the album under the moniker “flowergirl.” “I have this picture of me and my dad from my aunt’s wedding and

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Does Mental Health Influence Creativity?: Breaking down the link between the brain’s health and creative expression.

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“Creativity is the use of imagination or original ideas,” as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Generating ideas that are inclusive to one’s imagination and originality, however, may prove to be a more difficult task than expected. “The average person has 60,000 thoughts per day and 95% of them are exactly the same, day in and day

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The Art of Politics: A reflection on finding unity in a divided world.

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In a world obsessed with differences and division, it is tempting to believe that the art of politics has been lost or perhaps never even existed at all. It’s hard to remember a time when two politicians sat down to have a genuine conversation about peace, unity and fellowship in the community they were elected

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