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Dear Editor, In the last issue of the Waltonian, Josh Andersen reflected on reaching 2,000 deaths of American soldiers in Iraq. He closed his article with the words, “I still don’t get it.” It is my fear that there are many people in our country who “still don’t get it.” It’s easy to point to […]

“I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada,” Henry David Thoreau said. “What I got by going to Canada was a cold.” But like so many Americans who ask, “Do they speak American up there?” Mr. Thoreau likely didn’t bother to do his homework before heading into the Great White North.

Members of Youth Against Complacency and Homelessness Today prepare to hand out clothes and coffee to the Philadelphian homeless on the night of November 18. During the week of November 14-18, YACHT ran Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, which was a time dedicated to becoming aware of poverty issues around the world. Other HAHA week

In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the U.S. invades Canada in order to free American children from the smutty influence of the Canadian media industry. Why? Welcome to the world of satire! The makers of South Park pour derision on a pseudo-morality that finds “fart jokes” and movie sex unconscionable while cheerily applauding (or

During the November 12 event in the Gough Great Room, the SAB men devoted ‘N SYNC’s “God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You” to the SAB women, particularly senior Rebecca Kolb, far right.

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.

“All the believers were together and had everything in common” (Acts 2:47). Welcome to Eastern University. Here, we spend time with believers in classrooms, in residence halls and in socializing. It is clear that we are in a Christian bubble, where we are in companionship with believers and sharing the love of Christ. But does

“Goolishly,” “manditory,” and “McGinnis” have something in common: They’re not words, but Eastern students seem to think they are. “Goolishly” appeared on the event notice triangles in the Dining Commons. “Manditory” and “McGinnis” were featured on swim team signs. “Well be lead,” not “will be led,” appeared on signs for a Monday night worship meeting.

Like many first-years, I suspect, I haven’t found a good church to call my home yet. As part of my ongoing search, I visited King of Prussia Church of Christ on October 30. If you are still looking for a church, this small church is well worth your time to check out. The church has

Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of modern nursing. Truly holistic in her thinking, she pointed out that “proper portions and types of food presented pleasingly and at the right time” were an important part of the healing process. Hippocrates, credited as the founder of Western medicine, said: “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine