Dia del Este came back bigger and better than ever this semester, causing the entire campus to burst with excitement from Sept. 17-19. The festivities began Thursday night with a showing of the theatre department’s Waiting for Godot, which was free with a Dia del Este ticket. The party really started Friday afternoon with the […]
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Wouldn’t it be great to have a birthday celebration that lasts all year long? While the Philadelphia Zoo’s official birthday is on March 31, the celebration was extended to last the whole year so that everyone can take part. There may not be any cake, but there will definitely be lots of party animals. For
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As I walk onto the third floor of Warner Memorial Library, I become aware of the quiet attentiveness that accentuates the air. A sure voice slices through the quiet, declaring that we should love everyone no matter what their sexual orientation. I was stunned to hear this comment from the speaker, Dr. Tony Campolo, because
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After more than four weeks of troubleshooting, administrative computing is baffled by the ongoing e-mail server issues. The same goes for Communigate software and Hewlett-Packard hardware technicians. “We’ve run (the server) for four years without incident,” Mike Sanker of Academic Computing said. “This is the first major repair problem we’ve had. “We took the issue
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There are a lot of existing theories and ideas that deserve to be questioned, but most people do not second-guess the concept of gravity. At least not anymore. According to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, in the early 1900s, self-made millionaire and one-time presidential candidate Roger W. Babson believed gravity could be
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Tony Campolo corrects article on homosexuality
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Sophomore Timothy Turner is experiencing dorm life in Sparrowk Hall at the age of 59. He graduated from Thomas A. Edison High School in Philadelphia in 1969 and then served with the United States in the Vietnam War before getting married on June 13, 1970. His wife Yolanda Turner has no objection to Timothy Turner’s
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On Jan. 16, two Eastern faculty members were arrested in Philadelphia for participating in a non-violent protest against gun violence at Colisimo’s Gun Center. Professor Drick Boyd and Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education staff member Melissa DeLong (pictured right) were arrested with 10 other protesters at the shop, located on Spring Garden Street.
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While many will take the trip to Paoli solely to visit Plato’s Closet, a consignment shop that buys and sells gently-used brand name clothing, there are a wide variety of other shops and restaurants surrounding the train station. In addition to Plato’s Closet, several quaint thrift stores, such as The Palm Tree of Paoli Hospital,
A dozen Eastern students chose to spend their Saturday evening on Sept. 12 at a different type of celebration. As part of his Heritage of Islam class, Dr. Andrew Bush takes some students to Villanova’s Foundation for Islamic Education each year to experience Ramadan firsthand. The feast began immediately after the fourth of five prayer
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