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The end is near. Thanksgiving is in a week, Christmas in less than a month. Papers, tests, and projects are mounting. Stress is escalating. This is the most important and stressful time of the year. How will you survive? We here at the Waltonian have come up with some ideas, based on our experience. 1. […]

On the day that SPEAK hosted the Gerry Adams event, I stood at the entrance of the Campolo School parking lot wearing a maroon Eastern t-shirt and giving parking instructions as people came in. But the whole time, I had to pee wicked bad. As soon as I got into the building, I bolted to

Through Federal Work Study, Warner Library is offering paid positions to build a virtual world of resources. After a few years of planning, the Virtual Bibliographic Instruction Project has begun at Eastern. VBI is a 3-D website where electronic resources from Warner Library, other libraries and websites can be accessed by students. Several high schools

Mandy Matthias,’06 alum, describes her first two years at Eastern as a dark time, filled with tension between her sexuality and her spirituality. She was a quiet, withdrawn girl, focused on the tumult inside her mind. “Then I had the guts to actually talk to a professor and she said, ‘Look, you’re okay and it’s

Smiles and enthusiasm stand out on the faces of the women’s basketball team at Eastern this year. What they may not have accomplished in the past has been no discouragement to the positive spirit of a team that is ready to open some eyes. As one of Eastern’s more developing athletic programs, it has a

It wasn’t until her first year of high school that sophomore Kara Hildebrand gave volleyball a try. She proceeded to join the Jr. Olympic Volleyball in tenth grade for a team called Norlanco. It was during her playing time with Norlanco that she was found by Eastern’s volleyball coaches. During the last two seasons, Hildebrand

Forget about Pilgrims. Forget about Indians. Forget about turkeys. Forget about all of those clichés that make up Thanksgiving. That is not why it’s important to me. Thanksgiving is a reason to celebrate family and friends. Sometimes, that means families that live far apart have the chance to spend time together. It’s a time to

November marks the end of a rewarding season for all of Eastern’s fall sports. In the end, Eastern had claimed two more PAC Championships, and each of its teams had reason to be proud. Here is a summary of how they performed. Women’s Soccer Women’s soccer was first to fall out of the PAC playoffs.

Some Eastern students regularly smoke behind McInnis. A faculty member and a staff member in McInnis know every time those students light a cigarette. Director of INST 150 and Christian ethics professor Julie Elliott and transcript office and office manager for the registrar Crystal Tracy work along the side of McInnis where the students smoke,

Just three days before the Democrats took control of Congress, several key candidates appeared at a rally at Cabrini College. While recieving an ovation, Senator Bob Casey, Governor Ed Rendell, Congressman Joe Sestak, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Al Gore urged America to vote for change. “We have one message. Change,” Sestak