Time changes just about everything. College marks an important bridge between adolescence and adulthood, where independence blossoms and relationships with parents change from what they were in simpler years. For many students, Homecoming represents the opportunity to see parents for the first time since the summer. Where childhood would garner […]

On Sept. 28, the world lost a journalism great-a news hound who worked hard, burned the midnight oil and loved every minute of it. This enthusiastic journalist, affectionately known as Waltoniben or Gentle Ben, left big footprints in the lives of his Waltonian colleagues. Here are a few parting memories […]

Is it really possible to become stress-free? Some people encourage breathing techniques or daily planners that help structure your time. Others say that you can be stress-free if you have balance. These are all good suggestions, but we all know a college student’s life is anything but balanced. A normal […]

Dear Editor, SPEAK would like to clarify some details about its sweatshop-free campaign. The purpose of this campaign is to critically evaluate our own participation in this system of oppression and how it is both fed by and continues to perpetuate Western materialism; however, this does not mean that we […]

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Dr. Cora Sparrowk has dedicated over 20 years to Eastern University and to honor that dedication on Oct. 19, one of our newer residence halls, North Campus Hall, will be named after her. As with every dedication, the recipient is one of high character and one which the Eastern community […]

Every time that free download button is clicked, somewhere there is a band that is not getting properly paid. Without even the aid of a record label (they split from EMI in 2005), this English rock band has devised a potential compromise. The idea is this: if someone politely asks […]

As the semester came to a close last spring, one group of Eastern students spent the last two weeks of May in Cochabamba, Bolivia. They helped build homes, worked for a school and supported girls in a clinic for the sexually abused. The school and clinic were started by 2007 […]

Philadelphia is known for the Avenue of the Arts, museums, eclectic culture and great food, and here is one more thing you can add to your list. The Mural Arts Program is more than just a group of pretty paintings around the city. With more murals than any city in […]

London, England A statue of a fallen Prince Harry is set to go on display at the Bridge Art Fair. The statue, which depicts the prince as a fallen war hero, is a memorial dedicated to those who are willing, but are unable to serve in the Iraq war. Prince […]