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The fall convocation this year featured a new ceremony: the dedication of all first years and transfers to Eastern’s mission. At the end of the September 2 ceremonies, the INST director, Julie Elliott, filling in for Vice President of Student Development Bettie Ann Brigham, asked each of the first years to stand and gave a […]

In the United States, oppression, discrimination, misrepresentation and marginalization of African-Americans are an integral part of our history and experience. We live in a society where social stratification exists. That is, people are routinely and hierarchically categorized on the bases of race and class. Low socio-economic groups and people of color often lack the access

–FYI–Recently came across your pic of me w/kids from one of this summer’s camps, and wanted to point out that the camp being pictured was not held in Chestnut Hill, as the caption suggested, but rather the Brewerytown section of North Philly at Trinity Baptist Church.

On September 1, the National Guard called first-year student Shawn Rose to Louisiana to work with the victims of Hurricane Katrina. “It was a surprise,” said his RA, senior Juan De Angelo. “He was really enjoying Eastern, so he was sad about not being able to continue.” Rose is part of the 56 Stryker Brigade,

If you’re from Philadelphia, New Jersey, or eastern Pennsylvania, you probably know who the Amish are. To some, they stand out like fish on dry land, or, more noticeably, like horse-drawn buggies traveling alongside automobiles on Route 30. The Amish are a peculiar people who dress as if they’re living in the 1700s, live by

Beer is good, and sex is too. Now that I said it, I’m sure it got your attention. But before you form a lynch mob, hear me out. The traditions in which most of us were raised have us too afraid to talk about these important issues. But instead of fearfully shrinking away from these

The former Eastern SGA president responsible for the wind energy program has taken the first steps toward running for a U.S. Representative position in southern New Jersey. Robin Weinstein, who graduated from Eastern in 2003 and from Palmer Theological Seminary (formerly Eastern Baptist) in 2005, has formed an exploratory committee for the state’s 2nd congressional

There is a parking problem on this campus. And it is not that there are too few spaces, because little can be done about that. It’s that people can’t park in the spaces we have. Almost every day, there are vehicles parked inappropriately in the upper and lower McInnis lots. Some vehicles straddle two parking

I’d like to make it clear that I DO hug trees, but only for money. I’m an arborist, which means I climb all over maples, poplars and oaks, but do it surrounded by gas-powered chainsaws, leaf blowers and an old Dodge dump-truck whose tank costs around $90 to top off. Despite the immense fuel costs

Theater group Yes! And… invites urban and suburban kids into a play’s creative process. “We tell these less fortunate kids that if they can imagine it, we’ll make it,” said Mark Hallen, director of Eastern Theatre and member of the YAboard. Y A has held 19 camps over the last eight summers that have let