Baseball goal: ‘Erase last year’
Archive Last season, Eastern baseball only won two games while losing 23. “Erase last year,” new head coach Keith Curley said. “Everybody has a clean slate this year.” Six weeks ago…
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Be prepared to fight for your transcript if you are in debt
The momentous day is upon you and as you reach for your diploma, a warm feeling of accomplishment and pride sweeps over you. Now as a real college graduate, you…
Free hugs for everyone!
So you’re having “one of those days” again, as you step out of Walton and make your way towards McInnis, when suddenly you look up and are welcomed with open…
Men’s tennis works hard, sets personal goals
The 2006 season is here, and men’s tennis is eager to take on another year. Seven players and two coaches have prepared a season full of challenges. “Our team may…
Head-to-Head: Miller’s Blue Like Jazz and Lamott’s Traveling Mercies
Donald Miller has been described by Christianity Today as “Anne Lamott with testosterone.” Indeed, Miller’s Blue Like Jazz and Lamott’s Traveling Mercies have strong parallels. Both tell the stories of…
Equality Ride to visit Eastern
The Equality Ride is scheduled to visit Eastern in late April. The Ride is organized by Soulforce, a Christian gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights group. It will be visiting…
Let’s all take a wild ride on Spaceship Eastern U.
I’m sure we’re all familiar with the futile battle to cool off by opening windows inside certain buildings around campus. Add to this the energy released from the impressive grid…
The missions trip puzzle: Short-, long- or no-term?
For the last four years, I’ve generally disliked the idea of short-term mission trips. After studying abroad in Uganda, that opinion became even stronger. It got to the point where…
All I know about justice I learned from Cinderella
When I was five years old, my father took me to see the Disney version of Cinderella at a packed theatre. During the scene in which the ugly stepsisters start…
Why students go traditional
Anja Eltgroth was raised in an Episcopal home. Before she entered Eastern, she had left that more traditional church and “trended fundamentalist-like,” she said, even somewhat anti-Catholic. But now, as…