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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

Weekend party finds success as biggest campus event ever

“When I was 18, I was watching tennis on TV and that was when I realized I wanted to play that sport,” junior Jordan Gates said. Four years later, Gates is on the Eastern men’s tennis team and, according to Head Coach Mark Spangler, “Gates understands the game and the intricacies of each stroke and

Eastern’s current Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Betsy Morgan, will soon step down from her position. Last semester, a committee of seven faculty members met and interviewed approximately 30 people hoping to earn a job as Eastern’s academic dean. Dr. Beth Doriani shone through the other applicants and will begin her

EU athletes work at local school over Spring Break

MAC Freedom All-Conference Second Team

Since MPAA implemented the film system rating on November 1, 1968, as a response to massive citizen complaints about the appearance and increase of explicit sexual content, graphic violence and profanity, violence and sexuality continue to push the boundaries in many films today. The most recent film that I watched was Watchmen. This is a

“No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.” This quote from evangelical Christian author Philip Yancey is spelled out in white block letters on an otherwise black screen. It is a quiet, gentle reminder before viewers are barraged with loud, abrasive clips from a diverse group of talking heads expounding on religion