College.com: the new Facebook?
Archive Early September brought the advent of College.com, the latest in a series of online social networks. The site is hoping to attract the market of frustrated college-age Facebook users. Over…
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The deteriorating face of American sports
Over the course of the last hundred years or so, America has placed a great deal of interest, passion and pride into its professional sports teams. Where sports have traditionally…
SGA Update
Come out and represent your first-year class as part of the Student Government Association for the 2007-2008 school year. Applications are still being accepted. Election packets can be picked up…
Eastern to participate in NCAA drug testing study
Drug testing could potentially reach Eastern’s campus with a new pilot study the National Collegiate Athletic Association is implementing in Division III. According to the NCAA website, the drug testing…
Private lenders not always best choice
As tuition steadily rises and scholarships are in high demand, students are often left wondering what their best options for covering college costs are. An overwhelming amount of college students…
The not-so-dreamy American dream
Eight anti-depressants and $5,000 worth of debt later, my grandmother found herself in a hospital bed. Pulling back the curtain that shielded her from the busy ER, I found her…
On the sideline: Drag Racing
While drag racing is a sport that seems simple, in reality it is very complicated. There are 12 classes of cars, four of which are professional. Each class has a…
Around the World
New OrleansIt has been two years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and students in the areas most affected are still facing difficulties such as poor attendance, underachievement and a…
The truth about living on campus
I know that returning students who are reading this right now were just as heated as I was when rumors were going around about the Eastern’s new housing policy last…
Assistant soccer coach helps Philadelphia Kixx claim national title
The Philadelphia Kixx won the Men’s Indoor Soccer League National Championship this past spring, breaking the fabled Curse of William Penn, which has haunted many other Philadelphia teams for years.…