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Turkey Day has a whole new meaning if you are the one supplying the turkeys. Just ask sophomore Lauren Pounds, whose family has run a turkey farm near Pittsburgh, Pa., since 1935. For Pounds, Thanksgiving means two weeks of butchering (or “processing”), plucking, singeing, bagging and boxing 11,000-12,000 turkeys. She said the farm, which also […]

Have you carved all your pumpkins? Been on a hay ride and through a corn maze? Walked through enough haunted houses? Are you left looking for a way to combine the beautiful fall weather with a creative, inexpensive date idea? As the weather becomes cooler and the leaves turn the colors of the harvest, couples

It was the perfect diversion. According to Director of Security Jack Sheehan, just after midnight on Nov. 2, three security officers on duty were responding to a call from Gallup, where a group of young men had been yelling and banging on a window. Meanwhile, between six and nine people were busy removing the gold

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.

U2’s Bono continues his effort to end AIDS and poverty in Africa by going red. The (RED) campaign, that is. Britain premiered the product (RED) line in January, and it came to the U.S. with the Oct. 13 airing of the Oprah Winfrey show. The campaign will reach Canada, France and Japan by November. Product

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