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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

From the outside, Tom Jones Family Restaurant, looked like nothing special: a brick box with big windows and a sign that could be decades old. Inside, the place was grungy and worn looking. The dessert case was displayed in the waiting area, and it was filled with sundae dishes of red, green, yellow and orange

Spanish professor Elvira Ramirez anoints members of the women’s lacrosse team at the new Spring Break commissioning service, held at Windows on the World on Friday, March 3. Each member of an academic, sports or missions trip was anointed with oil. Photo provided by Patti Singleton of the Communications Office.

Shakira’s Oral Fixation Volume 2 es muy bueno

Depending on one’s route to school, most commuters pass a hundred options for food before they reach campus. Once they arrive, the options continue, with the Breezeway, the Eagle’s Nest and, of course, Sodexho’s cafeteria all vying for their dollars. So how do commuters sustain themselves? Is off-campus living any healthier or cheaper than a

“I never direct the same show twice,” Teresa Moyer, Eastern’s musical theater director, said. This year she is breaking that rule with Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, which was last performed at Eastern 10 years ago this March. Into the Woods combines four main fairytales (Little Red Ridinghood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel and Cinderella)

Most college students look forward to a good home-cooked meal during breaks or at the end of the semester. But for students who commute from home, those meals are within their reach every evening. “If I had to eat here every day, I think I’d kill myself,” sophomore Mike Smith said. Smith and his sister,

Music 440 has a syllabus, an instructor and a grade. Unlike most other classes, however, it also draws an audience. The course is also known as the senior music recital. Performance, church music, composition and electronic music majors must each organize and give a 60-minute recital, while all general and music education majors put on

Eastern’s undergraduate program will be one college larger this fall, as the School for Social Change opens a community college-like two-year institution in urban Philadelphia. The first year’s pilot program, funded in part by the sale of the Beethoven manuscript found at the Palmer Seminary last year, will include about 100 students. It will be