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English department head Caroline Cherry has taught a course, Text in Context, for the past 10 years. The highlight of the course is a mid-semester trip to Italy, Ireland or England. This year, she and a group of students will be traveling to Italy for eight days. They will visit Rome, Venice and Florence and […]

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,

Community service as a requirement may seem strange, but it is truly worthwhile. As a first-year student I held the popular belief that it was ridiculous for the school to force us into community service. It should be a choice, not a requirement, right? It was easy to hold this belief until I actually started

My name is Sarah, and I am mentally ill. As hard as that is to say, I’d be willing to bet that many of you reading this are mentally ill as well. And I think I would win that bet if Eastern is at all representative of the United States where, according to the National

Dear Editor, Ben Wallis is to be commended for his willingness (in the Sept. 15 Waltonian) to discuss an issue many of us would rather simply avoid — namely, whether or not churches should support monogamous same-sex unions. However, on three issues I believe a deeper understanding is necessary. Those three issues are as follow:

To The Editor, Though I am not a current student nor an alum of your University I felt prompted to write after reading several letters which state firm opposition to the acceptance of homosexuality in Christian Churches. First, contrary to all of the author’s assertions, accepted science tells us that sexuality of all kinds is

http://www.waltonian.com/media/paper752/news/2005/09/28/Opinion/no.Easy.Cure.Understanding.The.Nuances.Of.Mental.Illness-1001810.shtml Editors: First and foremost, “mental illnesses, ” please. Plural. As with physical illnesses, there are many, and they range from minor to severe. And, as with physical illnesses, people do, or do not recover, though most do. And, as with physical illnesses, people’s responses are as varied as the illnesses, themselves. Some of us