Archive

Who says you need to know it all as a first-year? If Amy Achey knows one thing, it is that since the age of five, soccer has been the sport for her. “Soccer stuck,” Achey said. “In basketball and football, there are set plays, but in soccer it’s always unpredictable.” After playing through grade school […]

Everybody likes a good lip-synch competition. When the participants are first-years willing to make fools of themselves for the audience’s enjoyment, the show is even better. On the evening of Aug. 31, the first-year color groups performed at the annual variety show in Eastern’s main gymnasium. Amidst entertained upperclassmen, the first-years danced, acted and lip-synched

Each September, Eastern’s theatre department features a play involving a variety of alumni, students and staff. This year, the campus will be treated to a very artistic showing of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by alumnus Justin Poole. Poole, who graduated from Eastern in 2002 and is currently working on a doctorate at the University

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 held a good clean place in society, controversies have caused their integrity to be lost. In the span of just a summer, a fury of

“Eat, think and be merry” at the 2007 GreenFest Philly on Sept. 9. This year the annual street festival is bigger, better and greener than ever, bursting with environmentally concerned exhibits, artists, shows, concerts, games and speakers. Created and run by the Philadelphia-based Urban Green Partnership, GreenFest orients around the idea that responsible living is

Written by ’02 alumnus Christopher Tolomeo and produced on-campus last spring, the musical has roots in St. Davids, but its wings stretch over the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and beyond

Mr. Conrad J. Fowler has been a part of the Eastern community for close to 30 years, and the school has honored his dedication to its legacy by recognizing him in a special way. As of this year, the building that was formerly known as Heritage House will now officially be called Fowler Hall in

For those of you wondering what you’re about to read, here’s a short explanation. This year in the Waltonian there will be a recurring column where a staff member attempts to explain an otherwise confusing sport. To start off our year, I’ve chosen field hockey for two reasons. First, last year’s squad hosted and won

Eastern University will be home to the East Coast debut of “The Zula Patrol: Under The Weather,” a television show that has become a domed adventure. The show is aimed at younger children, but according to observatory administrator Steve Sanders, everyone can learn something from it. Produced in conjunction with E&S Spitz Creative Media, a

As the athletic department gears up for its move to the MAC next fall, one goal is in the back of every coach and team’s mind: “Win the PAC, flat out,” Women’s Soccer Coach Dan Mouw said. “We want to leave as champions, to prove that last year wasn’t a one-time event,” Field Hockey Coach