To be “dating” (v.)- the secondary phase when the two people who are romantically interested in each other both agree to elevate their casual interest to a more formal interest; when the two permit their feelings for one another to be put out in the open for them to accept […]

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 […]

We’ve all experienced it. The push for social action at Eastern is unavoidable. STV, Justice, INST 150 and the general mood of our school pushes students to get out and do something. Many of us love this aspect and may have come to Eastern for this very reason. But there’s […]

At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday Jan. 5, nine Eastern students, including myself, along with one staff member, left the Philadelphia International Airport for New Orleans, La. We were on our way to help with the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. I made the same trip with a group from my home […]

The tragedy and hope that can be found in Israel and Palestine are displayed in photographs in the McInnis lobby. Junior Adam Beach and senior Peder Weigner travelled there this past summer to capture the realities of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict through photography and documentary. Beach’s passion for the […]

This spring break, from March 1 to 8, Eastern’s Habitat for Humanity club will be taking two teams to Valdosta, Ga., and Christianburg, Va. “Over the last four years I have learned to install drywall, siding, trusses and roofing,” said Andy Horvath, director of service learning and campus ministries, in […]

Some religious upbringings teach adolescents the dangers of rap music. Though rap as a genre could never be defined as evil, if it ever were, artist Oppose in his new album Time to Deliver, Psalm 32:7 is working to redeem it with his beats and lyrics. Hailing from Philadelphia, the […]

After enduring months of grueling construction traffic along Thomas Drive, not to mention the large amounts of dust that accumulated there, CCGPS, an acronym for the Campolo College of Graduate and Professional Studies, is now open and in full use. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony was on January 17. The building, […]

The core courses such as INST150 and BIB101 are a part of Eastern that most students take for granted, but the core curriculum review committee has been meeting about possible changes occurring in the core. Betsy Morgan, dean of arts and sciences, said that four plans have been proposed, but […]

After a fall season that saw the women’s soccer team break numerous records and claim their first PAC championship, it is only fitting that junior Ashley Hackman add one final piece to the historic year. On Dec. 17, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America announced that Hackman earned a […]