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According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, in the past five years, Philadelphia’s homicide rate has increased 36 percent and is still rising. Among the nation’s 10 largest cities, Philadelphia has the highest murder rate and sees more than one killing per day. Ivory Khalid, a senior psychology major and a former intern at Philadelphia’s Juvenile Court, […]

At the last Board of Trustees meeting this past October, Dean of Templeton Honors College and Provost Dr. Chris Hall announced his resignation as dean of THC effective sometime in the future. Hall, who was appointed as dean of THC two years ago, will use the rest of the school year as a transition period

Using Halo to witness to today’s youth

It’s happened to the best of us, guys. You planned this date on Monday, looked forward to it all week, and then your phone rings on Friday. “I’m sick,” she says. And you’re stuck. Being that she actually is sick, and that you weren’t just shafted, you can’t take your significant other out. She would

It’s dark. It’s dusty. It’s private. It is no wonder we speculate about it. Rumors have been floating around that the fourth floor of the original Walmarthon is haunted. Walmarthon is the present Walton Hall, the original mansion built by Charles Walton and completed in 1914, according to The Main Line Country Houses by William

Moscow – The celebration of Halloween has been banned from schools in Moscow, Russia to preserve students’ moral health. Symbols of the holiday, like witches and pumpkins, are still decorating the city for parties and bars even though the Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Church have attempted to sway eagerness from adopted holidays. Madrid – During

Some statistics on why students are so addicted to Facebook

In 1977 Eastern’s men’s soccer team made the national championship. So did the college’s kazoo band. Void of a marching band and desiring to create some fun at the halftime of soccer games, a group of guys got together and began what became known as the kazoo band. “A couple of us in the crowd

The reality of injustice occurs even at Eastern

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