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In the fall of 2007, Eastern University will have its newest addition to the residential life on campus, Eagle Hall, and also an office/ classroom building yet to be named. The Eastern network on Facebook.com has a group titled, I Got 99 Problems and 82 of them are the Parking Spaces That You Can’t Find […]

There is definitely a need to pump up the volume, as the rock band Stereos mixes a diverse variety of Christian messages with powerful rock. The band consists of Ben Smither, a sophomore and student chaplain at Eastern, as well as Kina, Bryn and Ryan Graybill, and Scott Leonard. With the exception of Bryn, who

All politically savvy eyes are on the intense race to the Nov. 2 Pennsylvania senatorial elections. The candidates are very similar, both pro-life, family-oriented and active Catholics. Democrat Bob Casey has had a slight lead in the polls over Republican Rick Santorum throughout the entire race. Here is a look at how the candidates stack

This year a long-sought dream of music majors and professors alike, an orchestra ensemble, will be realized. “Last year everyone wanted to come together,” Kristin Snyder, a sophomore violinist and in the orchestra, said. “We talked about it with Dr. Matthews. This year I heard this rumor about the orchestra.” The final planning for the

President David Black granted a last-minute stay of demolition for the old Log Cabin, which had been slated for destruction on the 16th. The Oct. 13 decision came after a group of Radnor township residents involved in historic preservation, joined by Eastern senior Emily Carlson, appealed the planned demolition. Ted Pollard, the president of the

If you are determined to break Eastern’s codes of conduct, why are you here? In the last issue of the Waltonian, Kate Savo wrote in response to the letter we all received concerning irresponsible drinking. Her basic argument was that we should not be prevented from attending parties where there is underage drinking because resisting

Eastern State Penitentiary delivers real scares

“Sometimes other things just need to take priority,” former Eastern student Rebecca Bartram said. “I’ll finish college eventually.” On September 15th, Bartram will have marked the one year anniversary of the day she left her college days of music and philosophy behind and joined the Army. Over the past year, she has spent nine weeks

I have a strange imagination that, at times, projects me into tragedies. Maybe it’s my feeble attempt at empathy. Sometimes I read the newspaper, read about some horrible event, and try to imagine what exactly was going through the minds of the people involved. So it was no surprise when I woke up the other

Along with five other college students from across the U.S., senior Christopher Franklin traveled in a school bus this summer to speak to thousands of people at youth programs in churches and schools. Leaving from Washington, D.C., and ending up in Seattle, Wash., the Living Hope Bus trip covered 16 states and was sponsored by