50 percent chance of life. 50 percent chance of death. This is the grim reality before Adam, a recently diagnosed cancer patient, in the movie “50/50.” Played by Joseph Gordon Levitt, Adam spends the movie struggling with how to handle his maybe-imminent death. The story focuses on Adam’s new outlook on life, including the beginnings […]
When Brisa deAngulo of Eastern’s 2007 graduating class wanted to give back to her home country of Bolivia, she found Eastern’s community eager to help her achieve that goal. In the Spring of 2011, her sisters Marta and Nabi continued in that tradition by organizing a missions trip to Bolivia. From May 15 to June
Students make children a priority during their missions trip to Bolivia Read Post »
The visual arts have made their way back to Eastern’s campus in the form of a new student club. The Society of Art and Illustration, having just recently been named as an official club, encourages students to take advantage of its members’ artistic talents and use them to strengthen fellowship and spread the Gospel. Sophomore
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Eastern University student Kendel Jackson (from left) presents a check for $500 to Radnor Library Executive Director Kathy Mulroy and Stephen Paolantunio, President of the Board of Trustees of Radnor Library. On hand for the presentation was Bettie Ann Brigham, Vice President for Student Development at Eastern University. Students in the Eastern University Leadership Grant
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This is no country for new souls and even children know when schoolyard bullies become dictators, who become elected officials. Our nerves miss when Einsteinian curiosity was not the formula to make whole persons into fractions, communities disintegrate, and ancestral war games nullify under the pressure of new chess strategies. Did the gods conspire
“Why is the youth so violent?” was my mother’s response upon hearing the news that at least twenty violent crimes had been committed in Philadelphia in September alone. My mother always has an answer, but this time she was left speechless. Her question was specifically in reference to the violent flash mobs that occurred in
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The Waltonian investigates
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Over the years, Eastern students have been encouraged to leave behind a legacy. Domenick Rowe and Benjamin Carr are two young men who heeded that call. In light of their recent passing, Eastern University will be honoring the memories of Rowe and Carr, two young men who exemplified what it means to leave a legacy
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