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Last semester, the dance department hosted Deep in December, a collection of dance pieces choreographed and performed by Eastern faculty and students. One of these pieces, “Full Woman,” was co-choreographed by head of the dance department Dr. Karen Clemente and her colleagues Melinda Tatum Kaiser and Lisa Lovelace. The piece was a reproduction of a […]

Imagine a college with about 400 students with an English department of only three professors. This was the state of Eastern when Dr. Caroline Cherry joined the staff 41 years ago in the fall of 1968, when the university was still known as Eastern Baptist College. Cherry, after many decades of service to Eastern as

Eastern does not often compete with schools like the University of Penn, widely considered one of the top business schools in the world. In the last two weeks however, Eastern’s March 28 and Penn’s April 3 microfinance conferences were informal rivals. Two years ago, Dr. Connie Ostwald encouraged her business students to attend Penn’s conference

Photos by Bryon Calawa Eastern students filled the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia for the annual Spring Banquet hosted by SAB. The evening began with a catered dinner, followed by a night of dancing. A DJ provided a wide variety of music ranging from “Cotton-Eyed Joe” by Rednex to “Lip Gloss” by Lil’ Mama. The

I think that most people on campus can agree that one of the most frustrating things resident students face is finding things to do over the weekends besides staying in their rooms and watching movies. In the past, there have been complaints about the lack of a student union, the closure of the Jammin’ Java

Eastern theater’s latest production, Songs for a New World, presented a collection of 18 songs composed by musician Jason Robert Brown. SFANW represents the lighter side of Eastern’s theater, following the traditional plays, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and Three Sisters, which were performed earlier in the academic year. The musical did not have

The Edison Room on the top floor of Warner Library may just look like another study room to a student searching for a quiet place to write a paper, but it contains one-of-a-kind artifacts and photographs related to Thomas Edison. This room was renovated by Friends of the Library last year, said Joy Dlugosz, reader

Tired of studying on campus, but unable to find a study abroad program to match your major? With the addition of two new options this summer, Eastern will offer four different student exchange programs to anyone wishing to spend time studying overseas. “We’ve been looking for exchange programs for majors who have a hard time

If you know anything about the softball team at Eastern, you are sure to have heard about senior Karen Hertzog’s skills for the game and her upbeat nature on the team. She plays center field and has been the co-captain of the team for two years. Last year, Hertzog earned an Honorable Mention award from

What do all those acronyms stand for? Whereas, I am not going to go into detail about these acronyms specifically, I will tell you that they all have to do with your connection to the Internet. This article is written in response to the article titled “Global evolving: The impact of the Internet” in the