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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

The weeks from March 25 through April 8 were rough for the ladies, whose PAC record dropped from 5-3 after their split double-header against Wesley College to 6-6 after another split double-header against Immaculata University on March 31 and a double-header loss to conference favorite College Misericordia on April 1. In non-PAC play, the team

On March 6, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges must allow military recruiters on their campuses or else lose federal funding. “That’s a big stick the courts and Congress are using,” said Jeff Van Dusen, collections and student financial services technical assistant in the Student Accounts office. Van Dusen is in the Army Reserves, so

The team is currently 7-1 in the PAC, with an overall record of 8-3. In the past two weeks, they have garnered victories over Alvernia (16-7), Gwynedd-Mercy (15-9) and Arcadia (19-2). Their latest victory was over Cedar Crest with a score of 21-3. Their only loss in the PAC was to Cabrini (8-9) on April

This summer, the student group SPEAK plans to send about a dozen students to Northern Ireland in the hoping to help end a conflict that has plagued the Irish for over 400 years. “When I first heard the potential of a trip to Northern Ireland, it was from an impassioned Tony Campolo. Needless to say,

These quotes were gathered from a random group of Eastern students by staff writers Nick Agazarian and Amanda Gagnon to represent the range of opinions Eastern students hold about the upcoming Equality Ride visit. “I will probably disagree with a lot of their views, but I’m interested in hearing what they have to say as

Not many colleges offer classes with a view of a cabin and snow covered mountains. Nor do they offer a library in the valley of the Rocky Mountains. But there is one exception: At Eastern, that class is Youth Ministry in the Wilderness. The two-week class travels to Colorado each year after the spring semester

Dear Editor: I am writing regarding the article on transcripts in the March 16 issue of the Waltonian. I felt that one point was unclear from the article, and, as the transcript officer here at Eastern University, I want to make sure our students have all the information necessary for successfully requesting a transcript. Caleb

Villanova has recently found itself at the center of a media frenzy having nothing to do with basketball. The school is slated to join only a few other universities, including Stanford and the University of Michigan’s Dental School, in a deal with Apple’s iTunes. The contract will allow students to download lectures, news and campus