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From Fiddler on the Roof to The Sound of Music, the familiar tunes and lyrics of several Broadway musicals filled the McInnis Auditorium on Feb. 23. The Saturday afternoon presentation marked the final performance of the collegiate career of GODCHA senior co-founders Bailey Pretak and Natalie Cisternas. GODCHA, which stands for Global Outreach Drama Company […]

You will not find many people who would argue that Chester needs a facelift. Well, Chester’s plastic surgery is coming in the form of a Philadelphia Major League Soccer team. The 414 million dollar Rivertown redevelopment project will hopefully do just that, and it all starts with the new 18,500 seat soccer stadium to be

This year Eastern is saying goodbye to four of its fine arts majors: seniors April Cuthbertson, Michael Skinner, Stephanie Connell and Amanda Crowell. Since arriving as first-years, these students have had a few obstacles to overcome to achieve their final goals in graduating. Describing the level of difficulty of an art class, Crowell said, “Being

Halo 3 may not be considered a sport, but it is now an intramural. Eastern recently added a Halo 3 tournament to its list of competitive intramurals. The student director of intramurals, Ryan Matteuci, known to many students as “Moe,” came up with the idea of having a video game-based intramural last year. “It started

Five first-year students were involved in a serious car accident on Saturday night around midnight. The students were driving on Eagle Road, heading for the main entrance to campus, when they hit a telephone poll and rolled the car. The car landed sideways against a tree. The five students, Evan Winter, Ryan Fineran, Steph Onarecker,

On February 2, Eastern alumnus and American Idol contestant, Rod Snyder, put on a concert in the Gough Great Room. Snyder was a contestant on American Idol in 2004, the year that Carrie Underwood won. He made it to the semi-final round. “It sounded a bit unpolished, but I liked it,” sophomore Steven Chaffee said.

The Philadelphia Small College Basketball Coaches Association awarded senior men’s basketball player Matt Flanagan with the Sam Cozen award for the week ending Feb. 3. Throughout that week, Flanagan set career records in both of Eastern’s games. Against rival Cabrini, Flanagan led a late overtime comeback with 20 points and then topped that with a

Amanda Gass came to Eastern University as a first-year, not knowing she would have to leave a year later. Gass, among other students, decided to transfer to a college that offers nursing programs for undergraduate students. “I loved Eastern, it was a great school,” Gass said in a phone interview, now a nursing student at

There are a few things that you wouldn’t expect walking into the gym on Tuesday night, one of them being an intense dodgeball match that had teams pumped and excited. Team So Fresh and So Clean! were taking on Team Rhymenoceros. With yells as team members got out and cheers when an opposing player was

“You just have to wake up and be responsible,” Mercedes McNeal, 17, said of the Saturday morning commute from Philadelphia to Eastern’s St. Davids campus as part of the Cross Boundaries program. McNeal is one of eleven high school juniors and seniors who are part of the applied chemistry class that will be traveling to