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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 […]

“Young enough you want to change the world-old enough to do it,” is the motto for City Year, a non-profit organization based out of Boston, Massachusetts. “As a City Year corps member, you will serve as a tutor or mentor in schools, run after-school programs, plan and host day camps for kids and help rebuild

Africa and Hollywood suddenly have a cozy relationship. Films such as The Interpreter, The Constant Gardener and the Oscar-winning Hotel Rwanda portray a more realistic (albeit stylized) view of contemporary African issues. From pharmaceutical malfeasance to power-hungry dictators to ethnic cleansing, Africa is more central to our western screens than ever before. But Tinseltown limelight

We’ve got to get our priorities straight. I refer specifically to Josh Andersen’s attitude toward the Iraqi war, which he expressed in his November 12 Waltonian article. In that article, he voiced his grief over the deaths of 2,000 American soldiers and his anger at the war we have waged in Iraq. I feel his

It’s been a little over a decade since I met Jesus in a Tennessee Waffle House. He plucked me out of my plastic orange booth and, simultaneously, from a deeply destructive lifestyle. It was a radical conversion on Halloween night. A waiter pranced around in full Elvira drag while I recited a tearful sinner’s prayer

Tony and Peggy Campolo recently discussed the controversial topic of homosexuality during a Perspectives session. Much of Eastern’s student body, faculty and administration were on hand to hear the pair compare and contrast their differing views. Tony’s view of homosexuality is not, perhaps, the traditional “evangelical” stance. Most evangelicals dismiss homosexuality as one of the

From Wayne’s World to Rocky, Blue Velvet to Pulp Fiction, Clerks X to Twin Peaks, all kinds of movies were represented at Movie-oke. Sponsored by and held at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Movie-oke took place the night of December 1. Movie-oke is a twist on karoake. Instead of a person singing the lyrics to

The Eastern volleyball team’s outstanding season ended November 12 with a loss against Juniata in the NCAA regional championships. Eastern won the first two games of the championships, beating Scranton and Gettysburg each in three games, but could not pull off the win against Juniata. “It would have had to be our best game for

LASSBORO, N.J. – On November 18, the Eastern women’s basketball team lost to the Rowan Profs, 77-59. “We came into this game undermanned with two starters injured and another player academically ineligible,” head coach David Storms said. After several attempts to penetrate the Profs’ defense, sophomore Abbey Reed dropped the first two-pointer for the Eagles.

SALISBURY, Md. – It took less than three minutes of the Eastern men’s opening NCAA tournament match for opponents Stevens Tech to take a 1-0 lead. The remaining 87 minutes were too few for Eastern to catch up. Stevens Tech midfielder Craig Moquin scored the game’s only goal on a breakaway, fed by forward Mike