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Student Activities try their best Dear Editor, I’m a big believer in a citizen’s right to complain; even so, I was disturbed by the editorial, “Student activities disappoints,” in the February 7 Waltonian. I found it to be mean-spirited and uninformed.Part of the problem is that the author didn’t speak with Director of Student Activities […]

Dave Volpe, a junior point guard hailing from Harleysville, Pennsylvania, has been a vital link to Eastern’s basketball success. “This season has been my best so far at Eastern, not only because the team’s success on the court has surpassed what we have done in the past few years, but also because of the relations

I came to Eastern University with the belief that most people would have the same, or at least very similar, views as my own. I went to high school in an area where my views and beliefs were very different from those of the community’s. I thought that Eastern was going to be a place

For many years, Eastern has attracted people from a wide variety of ethnicities, cultures, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations and, in particular, religious belief systems. This is still true to this day. The students and faculty of Eastern attend at least 80 churches from 17 different denominations. There are also students and faculty who attend nondenominational

On Jan. 16, sophomores Ryan Ward and Justin Tomevi launched their website, halfcollegebooks.com, through their own corporation: Ward and Tomevi. With the month of February about half over, they have already made a couple thousand dollars. When they began, their mission was to provide cheaper colleges books to students in the general Philadelphia area, which

Of all the things that make Eastern proud, welcoming back one of its own is really something that makes the school hold its head high. That is why there is a buzz everywhere about Eastern graduate, Dr. Christine Bayles Kortsch, who is now a new faculty member in the English Department, where she is teaching

For the past several decades, Diane Keaton has entertained us on the big screen and occupied our television sets, delivering memorable and remarkable performances in dozens of Hollywood hits. Anticipating the release of the new major motion film Because I Said So, Keaton’s fans and movie-goers were eager to see her star in a new

Oscar outcomes: predictions of winners in six major categories

Poll The Waltonian polled 256 students about diversity at Eastern. Here are the results: 1. Do you think that Eastern, as a whole, welcomes diversity? Yes: 91%No: 9% 2. Was Eastern’s diversity (racial, ethnic, religious, etc.) a factor in your decision to attend?Yes: 28%No: 72% Poll conducted by Ruth Robinson, editor-in-chief. International Students ArgentinaAustriaBelarusBermudaCanadaChinaCosta RicaEnglandGrenadaHaitiIndiaKenyaPapua-New

In a classroom of 27 students sit 25 Caucasian students and two black students. An Eastern professor says something to the effect of, “Today we will talk about race and racism.” One black student sits with folded arms as if to say, “This is going nowhere.” The other sits in anticipation. Amidst the sea of