Relient K’s newest album, Forget and Not Slow Down, is a compilation of Matthew Thiessen’s deepest thoughts over the course of three months spent alone in Tennessee after a tragic breakup with his fiancée.    The reasons for the severed relationship have not been explained to the public […]

    It’s Saturday night, and there’s nothing to do. You’ve finished your homework, you’ve already watched season one of Grey’s Anatomy–twice–and you don’t want to drive out to Wayne or Philadelphia. What can you do? Go to the Jammin’ Java.   Starting this semester and continuing next semester, there […]

    On Nov. 23, the Contemporary Music Center is putting on a concert at Eastern. CMC is a study program that is offered at Martha’s Vineyard.   Senior Steven Diaz, who took part in the program last semester, explained the program as the equivalent to a conservatory, except that […]

The sounds of the 1960s filled McInnis auditorium when The Return took the stage in front of a mostly older, but excited, crowd. The band looked like The Beatles, with shaggy hair and trim suits. Some of the crowd members even came dressed as The Beatles on the cover of […]

Eastern’s theater department has the privilege of being the first company to hold a production of My Soldiers. A reading of the play, directed and produced by Mark Hallen, was held in Oshkosh, Wis. in March, but this will be the first full production. “It will be a rather surprising […]

In 2004, the British film, “Shaun of the Dead,” introduced a new film genre: the “zomedy.” Following that tradition, this year’s “Zombieland,” directed by Ruben Fleischer, is a zombie flick with sick laughs. While there are comedic elements, “Zombieland” is still considered a horror film. The overarching theme is somewhat […]

Where the Wild Things Are too dark

In a large room where sunlight spills in from large windows, there stands a small shack.   Built of scrap metal, salvaged wood and paint rags, the structure is a replica of a shanty house. One can find this structure on the outskirts of many cities in developing nations. The […]

 There aren’t many places where you can be completely transported into an entirely different time period within just a few hours. At the Renaissance Faire, however, you can.     Located in Manheim, Pa., just an hour from Eastern’s campus, the Renaissance Faire has been giving people a deeper look […]

  After four years of Blink-182 hiatus, fans everywhere were ecstatic to watch the Grammy Awards on Feb. 8 and learn that the band was back together.    Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker came on stage to announce the “best rock album” for 2009. While doing so, Barker […]