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Is a painful memory haunting your every thought? Or do you know someone who has become so overcome with grief that it consumes them? Such questions were the topic of the 19th Annual Peacemaking Colloquium, which was hosted by Eastern’s social work department. On Monday, March 27, the Gough Great Room was flooded with social […]

Alumnus responds to Rebecca Harwick’s review from the last issue

By spring 2008 there will be two new buildings on campus-that is, if plans fall into place the way the university hopes they will. Eastern has run into opposition during the planning stages from numerous sources. The proposed new additions, which would be located at the corner of King of Prussia and Eagle Roads, will

Mark Twain may have called it a “good walk spoiled,” but five afternoons a week seven players from Eastern’s golf team return to the links for as many holes as they can get in before the sun sets. “Sometimes people think of golf as a recreation – but it is a legitimate NCAA sport, it

Ruth Robinson- An argument is always convincing when it stands by itself. That’s why lawyers get to cross-examine witnesses. That’s why political leaders debate each other. And that’s why point-counterpoint articles–a set of articles which lay out two sides of an issue–are valuable assets to a newspaper. Point-counterpoint articles allow more than one side of

The clothesline project was originally started in Boston in 1990 by a small group of women to raise awareness of issues of intimate violence like rape and abuse. They began hanging clotheslines all over the city with different shirt colors to represent different issues. For example, yellow shirts symbolized battered assault. The project was brought

Softball Away vs. Cabrini, April 21, 3 p.m. Baseball Home vs. Alvernia, April 18, 3 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse Home vs. Misericordia, April 20, 4 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse Home vs. Neumann College, April 19, 4 p.m. Men’s Tennis Home vs. Marywood University, April 13, 4 p.m. Golf Widener College at Wild Quail Country Club, April 20

Like it or not, the Equality Ride is coming on April 24 to Eastern. And, clearly, the stage has been set for a confrontation-filled day where only bad feelings are created. But that is not how it has to be. According to the plan, the Riders – a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender

Clips: Shorter reviews for shorter attention spans

Duke’s decision to suspend their men’s lacrosse season in response to allegations of gross misconduct by several team members is all over the news. This story stands in contrast to the feel-good stories of George Mason men’s basketball and national championships for Maryland women’s basketball and Florida’s men’s team. Millions of people around the country