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Philadelphia is a sports hotbed, home to five storied franchises – Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, 76ers and Union. But are five teams really enough for the city’s rabid fanbase? The answer is no. Introducing, The Wings, The Fight, and The Spinners. At one time or another, all of Philadelphia’s major sports teams were new on the

The Dark Knight Rises

Change is a good thing!

Is News Media Traumatizing the Nation with Coverage of Mass Shootings?

The Fall Season of EU Athletics is going to be a lot of fun. Young teams and optimistic coaches seem to be the standard for the six teams competing this fall. How young? This seems unbelievable, but 56 of the 119 student-athletes competing this fall, are freshman. Don’t think of this as a rebuilding year.

A creative nonfiction piece

On May 12th, 2012, the Franklin Institute will be opening the newest exhibit in partnership with Israel Antiquities Authority. The Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered in 1947 by a shepherd boy in a hidden cave along the shores of the Dead Sea. These scrolls were found to be ancient texts that had been lost

Why We Should Be Hesitant

One week after competing in the difficult East Penn DIII Conference Championships against the 2011 Conference Champions Lafayette and Nationals qualifiers Lehigh and Swarthmore, the Eastern University Exiles rebounded strongly at the Hucks4Haiti tournament with a 4-0 record and a first-place tournament finish. Hucks4Haiti wraps up the Exiles’ 2011-2012 tournament slate which included matches against