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Hainer Hall, located in between Gallup and Gough, is admired by the majority of students that reside there. Its unique qualities and impeccable features make it one of a kind. One of the interesting things found in Hainer is the setup of lounges and halls. In Hainer you have to go through one of the […]

Prior to the 2004 election, a buzz was started online over an animation featuring candidates John Kerry and George W. Bush singing and acting to the tune of “This Land is Your Land.” Gregg Spiridellis, the creator, recently spoke at Eastern about his own experiences within the entertainment world. On Friday, November 4, nestled in

The federal government may soon have the power to watch everything you do over the Internet. The government wants to monitor all internet usage; every website and e-mail that students visit, send or receive. This would require universities across the nation to re-work their internet networks, at their own expense. “It’s an invasion of privacy,”

Those with some extra cash, about two hours and a strong stomach should head to the Body Worlds exhibit at the Franklin Institute. Body Worlds is a display of over 200 real human specimens that have been preserved through the process of plastination. The exhibit is meant to educate both the medical expert and layperson

Forced prostitution. Bonded slavery. Abuse of street children. These are three of the many terrible injustices that International Justice Mission is striving to eradicate throughout the world. IJM, which started in 1997, is a nationwide group that strives to fight against injustice, specifically: “sexual exploitation, slavery and oppression,” according to the official website, www.ijm.org. “We

Christians have a tendency to canonize certain books, imbuing a select few authors with Saint Paul-like authority. Despite that pesky stipulation at the end of Revelation, which promises a plague for adding to Scripture, some believers seem as if they would love to sandwich Lewis’ Mere Christianity between Luke and Acts, or insert Foster’s Celebration

With the increase of students that attend Eastern every year, the Board of Trustees has voted to sell $14.6 million in bonds in order to have a new dorm built. It will include space for up to 160 students. There will also be an office building built next to it. “I think that building a

As final exams loom, college students seem to be hard pressed for time. Yet, being called to do the work of Christ is a call that is very important, which was equally stressed during Mission Emphasis Week on October 26 -28. During these three days, students were exposed to a wide variety of speakers, shows

The Intercollegiate Gospel Choir Event was not just any concert, but a gathering of diverse people together to fulfill what is believed by Christians to be the greatest purpose of all humanity-to praise God. There was a sense of indescribable peace, and the songs of joy and happiness were great blessings to everyone present. October

“I wrote this book upside down and backwards,” first-year Becky Plourde said, referring to her novel, Rose of Many Colors, that was just published in July. “I wrote chapter 3, then chapter 20… I wrote the epilogue before the book was finished.” Becky grew up in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, with her parents and two brothers. She