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Three psychology majors presented their theses at the Delaware Valley Undergraduate Research Psychology Conference at Arcadia University on April 22. They are, in the front row and from the left, senior Tiffany Grant-Callender, alum Michael Walk and senior Marianne Behnke. Behind them are psych professors Doug Trimble (left) and David Tyson. Grant-Callender’s work was on […]

Regarding the sentiments of Peter M. Cooper of the U.S. Army, I must agree with him in regards to the flag having a symbolic representation and that it is more than just a piece of cloth. But I must differ with his holier-than-thou attitude because he is in the armed services and went to Iraq.

A former Eastern student who was planning to return soon and who had recently been on campus died unexpectedly last week. Joshua Gerber, 23, was reportedly found by friends from home last Wednesday morning, April 27. The funeral was held on Saturday. Those who knew him well describe him as very friendly and generous, someone

Are biblical authority and male/female equality as incompatible as Mac software on a PC? Eastern University will play host to this and other gender-related questions at the ninth annual Christians for Biblical Equality conference entitled One Body, Many Gifts. From July 29-31, hundreds of biblical scholars, church workers and interested individuals will gather to explore

Campus life is dead. At least that is what Nietzsche would say if he were a resident student at Eastern. And he would be right. Walk around just about any dorm hall on a Friday or Saturday night, and you’ll find next to nothing. This might be heaven for a hermit, but for the average

The students of the Templeton Honors College have ratified the THC Constitution, a document which provides for the mandatory participation of all new honors students in committees related to the Honors Council. The constitution received insufficient support in its original form and was revised by current council members. The requirement that each student serve four

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

Wanting to give students from Gough and from all over campus a unique experience, Gough’s hall council decided to perform a show described by sophomore Eddie Hall as an “interactive-dinner-murder-mystery-comedy.” “I don’t know if Eastern has done anything like this before,” sophomore Richard Figueroa said. Hall wrote, directed and starred in the farcical murder-mystery entitled

A new glistening glass award etched with the words “first runner-up” now sits on business professor Dr. Al Socci’s desk. The award is the product of two semesters of work done by Eastern’s new chapter of Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE). Sadly, the club lost to the following three first-placers in their league of six

I was reading an issue of the Waltonian on the website a few weeks ago and saw that within the same issue, there was a review of Hotel Rwanda and an opinion editorial about the war in Sudan. While I’m glad that our school paper pays attentions to world events, I couldn’t help but get