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Summer is gone, and the cool breeze of fall has blown its way into the St. David’s area, leaving birds flying south, beautiful foliage and morning frost. With the warm weather gone and the beaches closed, many think that all forms of entertainment have vanished. Think again. The southeastern part of Pennsylvania is chock full […]

Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest American film directors of all time. It’s really that simple. There have been others who have made great films and are in the same league as Scorsese but few are better. He continues to impress audiences with his new film The Departed. Set in the streets, bars and

Eastern’s Finest: Homecoming 2006

Eastern’s finest: Homecoming 2006

“Eastern University Football undefeated since 1952,” jokingly proclaimed t-shirts made last year, emphasizing the lack of football on campus. Unlike larger state schools where football games and tailgating are normal, Eastern places its athletic focus on the other ten sports that it offers its students. Eastern is affiliated with the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, which is

Warner Library invites students to curl up with a bestseller. The library’s new bestseller display is located on the main floor, between the computers and the study area. Provided by McNaughton Book Services through the Brodart company, for a yearly fee the library will lease about 200 bestseller books at a time, replacing 10 to

Yes, Eastern has a fine arts department. The department is growing, although struggles still exist. Ron Matthews is the chair of fine arts and music. He has worked in the music department since 1992, but he has also taken on the fine arts department in the past few years. “I appreciate the strength of the

About 30 students attended the kick off of Eastern University’s Alcohol Awareness week Oct. 3. On that evening, there was a forum sponsored by Cruisin’ Not Boozin’, a program presented under the auspices of Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. The members of the program are all survivors or family members of survivors of incidents involving drunk

The political science department welcomes Dr. Rosemary “Rosie” Cowan, Ph.D. Cowan hails from Lisburm, northern Ireland. She is teaching justice in a pluralistic society, American government, and political theory classes this semester. “I feel quite strongly about the integration of evangelism with social injustice… in terms of where I’m coming from,” Cowan said, referring to

Thanks to a generous donation by former board member Conrad Fowler, Eastern University’s planetarium is receiving an upgrade. Its waning optical-mechanical projector will be replaced with a new digital projector run by computer. The SciDome projector, created by Starry Night, is state of the art and one of only about 35 of its kind, according