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No, curling is not what they do at Arby’s to get your curly fries the way you like them, or what’s done to a woman’s hair to get those luscious locks cascading in a glorious whirlpool. Curling is actually a Winter Olympic sport. During the Winter Olympics, you just may have asked yourself while flicking […]

During a time when people often look out for themselves more than anything else, an act of true sacrifice is hard to come by. The ideas of keeping others first and laying down one’s life for a friend are taken to heart but, unfortunately, not as readily practiced. For these reasons, the story of Eastern

Thanks to a private donation, the Eastern biokinetics program, which is comprised of the athletic training and exercise science majors, will be receiving a new laboratory space in McInnis Learning Center. “We are excited, we love being in the athletic training room, but it will give us more space. We won’t be in the way

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,

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

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

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

If people have had a hard time reaching the president of Eastern University this year, there’s a good explanation for it. Dr. David Black, president of Eastern University, has spent the 2007-2008 school year on, what fellow administrators are calling, a fundraising sabbatical. While it is not uncommon for the university professors or administrators to