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We at the Waltonian, traditional undergraduate students at the traditional undergraduate campus, worry about Eastern’s direction. It seems sometimes that what the University really needs is not another new non-traditional college or new name or new organizational structure, but just the opposite: a renewed focus on the undergraduate endeavour. But we’re very excited about the […]

As my title euphemistically suggests, I would like to address those who will cast their vote in November based on the candidate’s position on abortion. I respectfully and urgently disagree with your decision. I do not wish to minimize the importance of the abortion debate, but rather contend that it should not be ascendant among

At their most recent meeting, the faculty voted not to implement the proposed four by four curriculum change. Out of the 100 eligible faculty members, 65 cast ballots. The final vote was 54 to 11. “It’s dead,” Walt Huddell, math professor and head of the natural sciences division, said. Huddell, along with the other three

After reading Shane Claiborne’s book, The Irresistible Revolution, selling all my possessions and helping the poor doesn’t seem like a bad idea. In fact, it seems as if that dedication to the poor is just what Christians ought to have. Claiborne himself lives out that kind of dedication and, in fact, calls himself an “ordinary

It’s half-past seven on Sunday night and the lights are going down on a large sanctuary milling with young people. The neon stage lights come up on a small worship team surrounded by white candles, and the worship of almost one thousand voices begins. The Bridge is the name for the Sunday night services at

It is not often that one gets the opportunity to travel abroad. When that chance comes, one might be satisfied to visit one country. Not so for six of Eastern’s students. During the fall of 2005 semester, seniors Elizabeth Hatch, Timothy Hart and Shannon Whiting along with juniors Joni Smith, Matthew Gordon and Karen Gelzhiser