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Friday nights at Eastern University are traditionally a time to hang out and unwind from a long week. Better Part Ministries hopes to provide a good opportunity for worshipping God on Friday nights as well. “The goal is encountering Him; we want God encounters tonight,” Teresa Noye, one of Better Part’s founders, said as she […]

In your article on poker you said that commuters and women were underrepresented. I disagree. Commutters, for one, are not effected by any rules laid down for residence on campus. Also, while some women do play poker, men are more likely to be actively involved in the game. Women had a larger percentage of the

While the Residence Life staff considers implementing an official policy regarding recent poker-related problems on campus, the RDs of each residence have instituted differing informal rules for their own buildings. The residence directors are investigating the poker-playing habits of the students to find out if there is a real problem, not to “slap another rule

For those of us who thought that rock ‘n’ roll died, we can rest easy that it has returned in the form of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. A Bigger Bang is the first studio album by The Rolling Stones since 1997’s Bridge to Babylon, and it could not have come at a better time.

Three-dollar mochas, fifty-dollar parking permits and soaring gas prices may be leaving the Eastern community in a bit of a financial hangover. But there is great news. Several Easterners are saving money by switching to biking. “Besides going to class a tad sweaty, riding my bike is worth it,” junior Emily Carlson said. Carlson bikes

Last spring, Dr. Wendy Steinberg, associate professor of Psychology, conducted a Sexual Behavior survey among Eastern students because she suspected that the nationwide statistics for the sexual behavior of college aged-students was higher than that of the students at Eastern. After she distributed the survey to all undergraduate students, 483 completed surveys were returned. Just

On Friday, September 23, Waltonian staffers asked 143 students passing through Walton Hall to answer the question, “Should the playing of poker ever be permitted on the Eastern campus?” Here are their responses: 46 %- Yes, with no restrictions 17 %- Yes, with some restrictions about money 26 %- Yes, but only when no money

If anyone wonders why a Life Fitness course is a breadth requirement at Eastern, there is a new faculty member on campus who has the answer. Tom Franek is the new director of Eastern’s Life Fitness program, as well as the Clinical Coordinator for the University’s athletic training education program. From his handshake to his

The newly restored Bryn Mawr Film Institute is hosting Jazz’n Film, a daylong excursion into the world of improvisational jazz caught on film. From 3 to 8 p.m. on October 2, jazz greats like Billy Holiday, Dinah Washington and Lester Young will fill the Institute’s screen in a series of short films and “soundies,” a

On September 18, staff and students alike gathered in the Dining Commons to show their support for friend and former colleague Rosetta Linder. The open-mic night, which began at 7pm, was a fundraiser to help pay Linder’s medical bills. Linder, who worked in Andrews Hall as part of the Arthur Jackson cleaning service until 2003,