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Robert West and Andrew Whitmore join Web & User Services Team This year brings two new members to the Web & User Services Team, Robert West and Andrew Whitmore. As the newest computer technicians for the Eastern community, they are relatively unfamiliar faces. Although the two come from different backgrounds, they are both very excited […]

All EU students are expected to read and abide by the student handbook upon matriculation, in addition to their respective supplements—one for residential CAS students, another for students of CCGPS. According to Student Development’s page on EU’s website, the handbook (which presumably includes its supplements) will be changed as the community at Eastern changes. The

For Phonathon Spring 2015 the goal is to raise $27,000, and this season Phonathon is incorporating new leadership to oversee the operations of the phone calls. Donations last spring totaled $22,340, and the supervisor of Phonathon, Carley Evangelista, and her assistant managed the student callers during Phonathon. “This year I have hired student captains who

Jason Jensen and Elliot Martin On Jan. 6, 2015, eleven Eastern University housekeeping workers were offered a choice: bring in valid identification within three days, or don’t return to work. Since they could not fulfill the former, they were forced to choose the latter. The two-month long process which would ultimately end in their resignation

In September, Pope Francis will be coming to visit Philadelphia during his first trip to the United States. He will be in attendance for the World Meeting of Families 2015, an event that will bring together Catholic families from across the globe. This year, the theme is “Love Is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”

For years, students have enjoyed living in Eastern’s off-campus apartments, the Village. However, the Village apartments are now being reserved for Eastern’s graduate students. Dr. Bettie Ann Brigham says that this has been the plan since the Village was purchased from the Valley Forge Military Academy. Therefore, undergraduate students will have to stay on campus

Towards the end of 2014, every time Americans turned on the news, it seemed as if every broadcast was about increasing outbreaks of Ebola. Then, as 2015 rolled around, the disease suddenly disappeared. Many individuals have found themselves wondering about the effects of the disease. The main problem is in West Africa, which is where

After nearly an entire year since his inauguration, President Robert Duffett reflected on how it is adjusting to life here at Eastern. With a soft smile, he remarked that he finds the adjustments largely enjoyable. He had known about Eastern long before he had ever thought he’d be president here, so our name and our

A communications professor at a reputable university in Philadelphia once joked that the euphoria transfer students experience in transitioning to a new college is like an envious man admiring his neighbor’s olive green lawn without having a peep at the water bill. Regardless of the relentless efforts students and their parents dedicate to exploring the