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After months of planning, many Eastern students trekked into Philadelphia for a “Global Night Commute,”which was planned by the organization Invisible Children, Inc. The Commute was organized in order to raise awareness about children in Uganda, who walk into major cities each night in order to avoid abduction. The Commute was scheduled to take place […]

Ask seniors what they fear the most this spring, and the answer may vary from thesis presentations to student loans to making it across the stage without tripping. Yet one fear that most seniors are likely to agree on is the status of the post-graduation job. What they may not stop to realize, however, is

Multiple ECards bring multiple memories By Tremonisha Martin When people ask me if I’m ready to graduate, I simply inform them that I’m on my fifth ECard. I think getting to ECard number five is a poignant indicator that your Eastern University experience should be approaching its finale. Especially if it has been five cards

An Eastern student was recently arrested for driving under the influence, according to head of security Jack Sheehan. Early in the morning of April 8, a student who lives in Gough reported seeing a small, dark-colored car driving onto the turf soccer field. It drove around in a circle and then left the field. The

Dear Editor, Just over two years ago, I wrote a letter as a student about how I believed Eastern’s administration was suffering from a “crisis of authenticity” in which the asserted mission of Eastern did not match the unclear and seemingly unjustified business practices in dealing with staff and faculty. Unfortunately, I find myself writing

Eastern is a Christian university. Its professors must sign a statement of faith, and the combination of faith and learning is supposed to infuse every classroom. There are chapel services every week, student chaplains in the residence halls and myriad opportunities for praise and worship. But here, unlike many other Christian colleges, those outward recognitions

This isn’t about guilt; it’s about action. This isn’t about blame; it’s about responsibility. This isn’t about some faceless, fragmented mass of humanity; it’s about your brother, your sister, your Savior. You do know this is about Jesus, don’t you? I’m not sure how many of you know about the situation in Northern Uganda. But

The Notebook is a chick-flick from 2004 that’s nowhere on the Internet Movie Database’s top 250. Would you believe that it is the most popular movie among not only Eastern students, but all college students across the country? The Facebook’s newish trendspotting feature, the “Pulse,” claims that this is true – and has the data

Someone once told me that we are what we eat; that the things we allow into ourselves influence what comes out of us. In terms of the music that we choose, what should we be listening to? In a poll of Eastern students, 52.7 percent of respondents said that they listen to secular music more

God is not a Republican or a Democrat. So then why is there such a heated debate between the two parties as to who can claim God’s allegiance? This topic was discussed in the McInnis auditorium at the most recent “Conversations that Matter.” Jim Wallis, the editor of Sojourners magazine, led a panel discussion which