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While turkey and cranberry gelatin are still digesting from Thanksgiving, Black Friday hits with a vengeance, filling shopping malls and department stores with people whose appetites have moved quickly from food to sales. But there is an alternative to braving the malls on Black Friday, and it is as simple as staying at home and […]

I recently came across a statement uttered by St. Claire of Assisi that said, “Christ chose to appear despised, needy, and poor in this world, so that people who were in utter poverty might become rich in him by possessing the kingdom of heaven.” I spent some time this past week pondering on St. Claire’s

Coach Nadelhoffer stopped practice midway through an inter-squad scrimmage last week to stress his point. “You have to rebound. Our guards, you have to rebound,” Nadelhoffer yelled, and then went down his roster, saying, “You have to rebound” after each guard’s name. Before practice began for the men’s basketball team last Wednesday, Nadelhoffer noted with

By mid-semester, the classroom starts to close in like a vice, and the dorm room seems to lose square footage by the hour. Although campus is an oasis of trees, wildlife and ponds, academia has a way of cutting off the fresh air from one’s lungs. But there is an antidote to classroom claustrophobia, according

Though the bark crumbled in his hands, structural engineer Rick Ortega of Hillier Architecture still expressed optimism for the preservation of the log cabin. On the very day the cabin was slated for demolition, Ortega was performing a pro-bono consultation for Ted Pollard, the president of the Radnor Historical Society, and Charles Kline and Beverlee

Due to students and SGA who have supported Eastern’s partial use of wind energy in the past, SGA recommends 100% wind energy. The wind power will be purchased from Community Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of IBERDROLA. “To our knowledge, Eastern University would be the first Christian college to be 100% wind powered,” according to CEI.

The PAC championship looked more like a reality for Eastern’s men’s soccer team after their dominating regular-season-ending win over Wesley College on Oct. 25. With a roster of 21 players, including no seniors and 11 first-years, head coach Mark Wagner is leading the way to what will hopefully be Eastern’s third PAC title since he

Three days a week, Shannen Shadel rolls out of bed sometime around 4:30 a.m. in preparation for physical training at Valley Forge Military Academy. After a half-hour of strength training drills like sit-ups and push-ups, a half-hour of running and a number of stretching exercises, Shadel completes her morning PT. And then she comes to

I would like to comment on Josh Andersen’s article in the October 18 issue. First of all, I consider myself a fundamentalist Baptist. The Westboro Baptist Church has been in the news several times over the past several years, and I would like to make it clear that they do not represent mainstream fundamentalist Christians.

Whether it was spending summer at her house, going shopping, or choosing my career, my aunt was the biggest influence in my life. I lost that influence to alcohol. She always drank socially, but about a year ago, her alcohol intake began increasing. I ignored it for several months; she couldn’t be an alcoholic. Then