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Graduation is associated with any number of emotions: anticipation, joy, excitement, relief, anxiety, terror and at times, overwhelming heartache. It’s the last of these emotions that I have to question. After all, the hard cold purpose of going to college is to get a better job than you had in high school. But somewhere along […]

Each Thursday night over the past five weeks, Eastern gamers were given the chance to compete at various video games in the Breezeway. Each week featured a different game and a new chance to win a $50 Best Buy gift certificate and a custom-made trophy. Breezeway employees Steve Jacke and John Sours were the competition’s

The addition to Warner Library is finally on its way to completion and will be ready for use when school reopens in August. However, contrary to earlier plans, the bookstore will not be moving into the library’s basement by that time, holding up other changes in space use in Walton Hall. Currently, construction workers are

All across the world, a tremdous outpouring of grief came at the death of Pope John Paul II. Eastern, though a Protestant university, is no exception. “I was shocked when he died,” said junior Jen Rump, who converted to Catholicism last year. “He was such an important figure in the Catholic Church and the world.

There is a cloud of doubt over the world of professional sports. Several recent allegations concerning steroid and performance-enhancing drug use among athletes, specifically in Major League Baseball, have brought to question the ethical backbone of professional sports. Though steroid use in sports is not a new problem, there has been recent buzz surrounding the

Rosemont College recently presented the film A Model for Matisse: the Story of the Vence Chapel. The event, held April 8, was sponsored by the Alliance Francais, a French Teaching Association, whose goal is to spread French culture and language through education and cultural exchanges. The film followed the story behind the building of the

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Next year’s parking permits will be smaller, and the new lounge in Walton will be color-coordinated to the Jammin’ Java, thanks in part to the piles of recommendations the SGA recently approved. As planned with SGA input, the current bookstore will become a maroon-painted lounge. The SGA office will move to the bookstore’s backroom, and

70 parking spots in the gym lot to be lost temporarily