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The end of another academic year has come, and with it the chance to reflect on the Waltonian’s work in the past year and look forward to the coming year. The Waltonian has had a good year. Eastern has undergone a lot of changes, from building a new residence hall and office building to dealing […]

Over Christmas break, we sent a group to New Orleans to work on homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Twenty-three students applied, and all were female. Not a single male student bothered to apply for a week long construction trip that only cost $150. Construction! Using hammers and crowbars! But no guys were interested enough to

Two days after the Virginia Tech tragedy, Bettie Ann Brigham, vice president of student development, expected more than two students to show up for the open forum addressing EU security on April 18. Despite the small turnout, Dean of Students Daryl Hawkins, Head of Security Jack Sheehan, University President David Black and Brigham tackled the

On May 12, Eastern’s graduation commencement will take place, and Roberta Hestenes will be speaking to the graduates. Hestenes served for almost 10 years as president of Eastern University, then Eastern College, and was the first woman to be president of a n institution in the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities. Hestenes has had

A successful spring season saw the Eagles pull off major feats, break records and send several teams to the playoffs. Baseball A difficult season left the Eagles with only five wins and a team ERA of 8.41 to show as of April 28. Rain delays and a grueling schedule made it difficult for the Eagles

Over the past ten years, a generation of youth in the United States has witnessed tragedies of enormous proportions. The Virginia Tech shooting that took the lives of 33 students and faculty was the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. We have not only been taught about the history of wars and violence, but we

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Two students have recently found a unique way to combine music and ministry. During the fall of 2005, juniors Natalie Cisternas and Bailey Pretak thought of founding a group called GODCHA. Since they were both music majors, they wanted to find a way to do music ministry after college. “I was trying to find a

Soon it will all be over. My time as an Eastern Eagle is about to end, and I have absolutely no regrets. That’s how your college experience should be. As I sit and look back upon the last four years, I remember them as being some of the best of my life. In college, the

Competing in the National Tournament in Louisville, Ky., Eastern’s men’s club volleyball team once again turned heads. As the 17th seed, Eastern played in a field comprised of 48 teams from a wide variety of both Division I and Division II schools. Eastern, part of the Division II bracket, put up a strong performance in