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Imagine you are an alien. You have been sent to Earth to survey the human race and to report on all its dealings. Now imagine trying to explain human war. It might go something like this: “Every now and again, certain humans decide that other humans no longer have the right to go on living. […]

The average church-raised 20-year-old has sat through roughly 1,000 Sunday morning sermons. For most, the “pulpit” means the place from which one is preached to.

Did your professor talk too much, give too many papers and present information terribly this semester? Or, did they give great lectures, teach you information that is useful to your life and treat you as though they care about you? Let your voice be heard when you fill out course evaluations. Course evaluations are done

In August of 2001, as his sixteen year old brother Caleb lay dying in a hospital bed, Kevin Ruff laid hands upon him and trusted his new found faith in God to restore his younger brother. Sadly, Ruff’s brother passed away, causing Ruff to question his beliefs. Today, Ruff is a junior at Eastern University,

To promote his new, self-published poetry anthology, 2005 Eastern alumnus Brian Baker organized an open poetry night at the Jammin’ Java. On November 15, people came in and out of the coffeeshop, grabbing a hot cup of coffee and sitting down to enjoy the various poetry selections that were read. Baker read several selections from

On November 15, the SGA held a poker forum in the Dining Commons to discuss gambling and poker issues on campus. In attendance were Heidi Birtwistle, Shannon Hartsock, Gershwin Sandberg, John Romanski and Teresa Noye, the RDs of Hainer, Doane, NCH, Gallup and Kea-Guffin, respectively. The only RDs not present were Gough’s Brian Crawford and

Nueva Esperanza Center for Higher Education recently received a $2.1 million grant that will allow it to expand its facilities and programs. NECHE, which is Eastern’s satellite junior college, will also change its name to Esperanza College of Eastern University. The grant, which is from the United States Department of Education, is part of a

Starting in the fall of 2006, incoming students will again be expected to spend their entire college careers living on campus. For current students, the policy regarding off-campus living will remain the same, said Bettie Ann Brigham, vice president of student development. At the same time, there will be exceptions granted for some incoming students.

“Are we ever going to kill anyone?” a jaded Marine asks after waiting for an eternity in the desert for the Persian Gulf War to begin. A war movie without combat, many casualties and a political agenda, Jarhead is in a class all its own. Sam Mendes, the Academy Award-winning director of American Beauty, tackles

It took long enough, but Eastern finally has the Fair Trade option. There’s only one catch: students have to want it. Under SPEAK’s current agreement with Sodexho, unless students are willing to pay the extra 50 cents for a cup of coffee, the deal is off. And SPEAK won’t always be sitting outside Walton Hall