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The SGA sponsored a student forum on the proposed curriculum changes on November 30. The proposed changes would change student course loads from five three-credit classes a semester to four four-credit classes a semester. The forum was in preparation for the faculty vote on the proposed changes, set to be held on Thursday, March 16. […]

When I was seven years old, I used to pray that the powers that be would release movie versions of the final three Chronicles of Narnia books. I loved the BBC versions of the first four books. Sure, they seem terrible now, but back then it made no difference to me that Mr. Beaver definitely

Even as Eastern considers the switch from a 3×5 credit scheme to a 4×4 credit scheme, other similarly sized schools have made the move in the other direction. Eastern Nazarene College and Whitworth College, both small Christian liberal arts colleges, have recently switched from 4×4 to 3×5. According to Rick Stephens, dean at ENC, “That

An anonymous buyer bought Palmer Seminary’s eighty-page Beethoven manuscript at a London auction for $1.72 million, which is roughly $21,500 a page. The manuscript, discovered at Palmer in July, was sold at Sotheby’s of London. The manuscript was displayed at Palmer and then in New York and London, where Sotheby’s has offices. Executive director of

David Kim’s connections to Eastern are growing deeper. Since moving to Philadelphia in 1999, he has sent his children to Church of the Savior, made music and friends with its minister of music, Eastern professor Ron Matthews, and read a book by Tony Campolo. On December 8, Kim, violinist and concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra,

SGA sophomore president Shannen Shadel recently resigned her post in order to pursue a career in the Army Reserves. “It’s a personal decision, and I want to be involved with something bigger than myself,” she said. She has always expressed support for the armed forces. She made her announcement on December 5 at the SGA’s

Dear Editor, In the last issue of the Waltonian, one of the front-page articles addressed the issue of mandatory on-campus living for students. This may seem like a good idea at first, but I personally do not think it is going to work. There are many issues that are not brought up regarding the reasons

For the CHIA club, Christmas arrived 41 days early, and it brought with it 117 gifts for children all around the world. CHIA sponsored an Operation Christmas Child Collection Night on Monday, November 14 in the Gough Great Room. It was a night filled with Christmas cheer and shoe box wrapping. People could drop off

Vincent Calloway gave a talk on being single to Eastern students on Friday November 11th.

Every time a big holiday such as Christmas comes around there is a plethora of emotions and expectations. A swarm of good vibrations inundates our radios and a spirit of giving places many of us in department stores looking to find perfect gifts for our friends and relatives. Nevertheless, the emotions that overcome people during