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Pennswood Hall, Eastern’s only residence hall not on the St. David’s campus, is a unique mixture of living off-campus and living in a dorm. Located on Harcum College’s campus, 4.3 miles from Eastern in Bryn Mawr, Pennswood is home to fifty-eight Eastern students, including the twelve women in the international nursing program. Professor Kevin Maness […]

Baseball (top): Chris Hoffman (#12) catches the throw to first for an out in one of the games against Gwynedd-Mercy on March 25. Eastern lost both games of the double-header, shut out in a no-hitter in the first game 14-0 and then losing the second game 7-4. The losses bring Eastern’s record to 3-11 (0-3

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In a small room by the nursery, four-year-old Regal Noye is talking with volunteer Karen Hertzog about building a lower-case “a” out of crayons. It was Regal’s idea and now Hertzog caught on. “Six months ago, he could not say all that,” Regal’s mother, Resident Director Theresa Noye pointed out. “That’s a miracle.” Half a

The Eastern men’s tennis team matched up against West Chester University on the afternoon of March 21, 2006. While the bright shining sun popped out from behind the clouds, the men were led to the courts by their coach, David Storms. Eastern seemed ready to take this game home as their first victory, winning three

Over 20 students and two faculty and staff members gathered on March 20 for Eastern’s first Gay-Straight Alliance’s first meeting. According to senior Mandy Matthias, the group was formed in order to create “a safe atmosphere of support for students dealing with sexuality.” Matthias and junior Jeri-Lynn Aquino have been working to start the alliance

Last week, Eastern President David Black announced the appointment of Templeton Honors College Dean Chris Hall as provost. Hall, a longtime theology professor who became dean of the THC two years ago, will become provost at the end of the academic year when the current provost, David Fraser, officially resigns. Hall will remain the dean

Dear Editor, Eastern’s administration recently invited Andres Lara, “The Cuban Guy,” to speak to a group of students. I have to admit he sounded intriguing. At the age of 16 Lara escaped from Cuba, spoke no English, had no money or home. Yet he learned English, attended college and started a multi-million dollar company. A

I come from a small private Christian high school where a swear word was rarely dropped and, when it was, no one took it lightly. The worst thing a person could say was “Oh my god.” It had been instilled in us from the time we were young that we were NEVER to use God’s

We need more fine arts at Eastern. That is, we need more fine arts activities at Eastern. We already have a dance, theatre and music department. We already have a writing major. We already have professors who love and promote the arts, thinking and talking about the connection between what we believe and how we