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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 […]

Eastern’s fall sports teams are looking forward to big competitions and new challenges as the 2005 season rolls around. Last year’s men’s soccer, women’s soccer, tennis, volleyball and field hockey teams are back with the addition of a new cross country team to the fall lineup. The new co-ed cross country team is coached by

The new artificial turf playing field is under construction and on schedule for completion by Homecoming. Meanwhile, some of the sports teams have had to practice elsewhere. “It is an absolute inconvenience,” Harry Gutelius, athletics director, said, “but I think the teams are happy.” The teams have been practicing at Villanova and Rocket Sports, and

Open the newspaper on any given day and you are bound to find at least one news article documenting the political conflicts in Iraq. But the reality of the war is often glossed over by the media in an effort to keep from upsetting the public. Television clips and photographs portray the war as a

Hey Ben, Don’t forget to update the “about us”–or are you not the editor in chief of the online version? 😉 Mom Karen Carr

Although I’ve never slapped a “Kill Your TV” sticker on my bumper, I resonate deeply with those who have. That said, I feel sufficiently qualified to argue the superiority of the written word over flashing, blinking, fancy-sound-tracked nonsense that passes today as TV news. I should warn you, however, for those who might claim I

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Last spring, David Greenhalgh, Dean of Arts and Sciences, announced an administrative change: a new performing arts division. “It seemed to me that each of these [programs] have grown and have unique demands,” Greenhalgh said. Space for lessons and rehearsals, as well as pedagogical needs and the art students’ commuting to Rosemont, are some of

International business and health & physical education are now declarable majors at Eastern. For those seeking a concentration in English other than writing and literature, journalism is now available. “As a member of the curriculum committee, it is good to see faculty debate over what should be offered at Eastern,” David C. Greenhalgh, dean of