Many Americans have recently been getting more involved in exercise and dietary support plans to loose weight and get in shape. Organizations like Weight Watchers and Curves have built business empires based on people’s need for support in the process of self-improvement. Many adults have developed exercising habits to improve […]

Doctors are healers. We take this fact for granted, trusting in those who take an oath to protect the sick. But as Robert J. Lifton’s The Nazi Doctors shows, that trust has a dark side. Lifton’s book details how the traditional physician’s vision of healing individuals was applied to the […]

Alumni honored, share memories-by Ruth Robinson, Staff Writer Memories, achievements and change were all honored at the homecoming alumni luncheon on Saturday. Relationships were the focus of many alumni memories. “It’s nice to come back and see people,” said Kathy Furlong ’94. “The best part of my college experience was […]

The American legal system is more than just Atticus Finch or Law & Order, and students will have a chance to learn all about it when Eastern gets its very first pre-law club later this year. Junior communication studies major Adrienne Cleveland has begun the process of getting approval and […]

A new small group forum was developed at Eastern with the purpose of listening to the concerns of targeted campus groups in an attempt to be responsive to their needs. The C.A.R.E. groups, which stand for Concerned Active Relationships at Eastern, were developed by Bettie Ann Brigham, vice president for […]

“The four horsemen of the apocalypse walk into a bar…” What sounds like the beginning of a joke is actually the inspiration behind artist Marcy Abhau’s “Behind Bars.” The series of paintings reflect experiences she had as a bartender while attending art school. “I wanted to paint all the people […]

Topics like sex and money have traditionally been private family issues, with that of birth control being especially sensitive. According to philosphopy professor Dr. Randall Colton, natural family planning, though traditionally embraced by the Catholic Church, has a place in the discussion of family planning among Protestant circles. Colton discussed […]

Just before school started this semester, Warner Library added a new system called PALCI E-Z Borrow that makes interlibrary book loans quick and easy. PALCI is an online catalog that allows users to search over 50 member colleges and universities for books. “It’s much more self-service oriented,” said Dan Iddings, […]

To on-campus students, there is a sense of mystery surrounding Pennswood, Eastern’s off-campus residence hall. “It’s a piece of heaven!” said Kevin Maness, Pennswood resident director. Pennswood is a three-floor residence hall located at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr. Eastern University rents the top floor. The building is shared with […]

Two years ago, 45-year-old actress Jamie Lee Curtis posed bluntly for More magazine, in a sports bra and spandex underwear-without makeup, special lighting or air brushing-in defiance of Hollywood’s standard for physical appearance. Little did Curtis know the full impact her decision would make. Jessica Devaney, a first-year at Lake […]