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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

I Heart Huckabees is the story of Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman), a disillusioned environmentalist who starts to question whether his efforts to save the earth are really worth it. Albert enlists existentialist detectives Vivian and Bernard Jaffe (Lily Tomlin, Dustin Hoffman) to help him out. The two follow Albert everywhere he goes, hoping to fit

Through a labyrinth of puzzles and codes, a Harvard symbologist and a French cryptologist race against monastic knights and a faceless powerbroker to retrieve a secret knowledge that, if unleashed, has the power to alter the world forever. This summarizes Dan Brown’s bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code, upon which Dr. Gary Jenkins has recently

One thing that no one will have to worry about catching Vanessa Pagenkopf doing is nothing. “I’m always busy. Always,” Pagenkopf said. That is probably because, as financial aid counselor and student employment counselor, Pagenkopf does the work of at least two people. Before coming to work at Eastern three and a half years ago,

Eastern students know that when a bill needs to be paid or a paycheck cashed or a loan applied for, they must head to Mall Cottage, the tiny building situated neatly between McInnis and Walton. Once in the door, however, students are faced with a tough decision: choosing which counter to direct their question, financial

The additions of the cross country and men’s lacrosse teams to Eastern’s PAC competition next year are the buzz of the athletic department. Until now, cross country has been running on its own. The team is excited to be gaining a coach and joining the PAC. The men’s lacrosse team has been participating in the

The men’s volleyball team may only have club status, but they still have competitions and feel the frustrations of not enough practice. Since volleyball is not currently an established varsity team, the team faces challenges getting practice time in the gym. “We don’t get anything,” said first-year Jon Falcone, one of the members frustrated with

The final touches are being placed on the dance department’s upcoming 15th anniversary concert. Dr. Karen Clemente, head of the dance department, said that the concert, which will be held April 29 and 30, will consist of a mixture of dance works, mainly modern and jazz. “Most are connected to dancing our stories, dancing our

Whether they see it as a distant event or an approaching reality, students have many questions about marriage. The campus mentoring group ENDURE helped students get some of those questions answered by an actual couple involved in a successful marriage in an April 18 seminar. The seminar was led by Henry and his wife Theresa