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Two Eastern students took their passion for justice a step further than most when they went to Washington, D.C. to speak for action in Darfur, Sudan. First-year Naomi Sonne and junior Dorothy Stowe visited D.C. on April 6 as part of the Genocide Intervention Fund’s 100 Days of Action Campaign kickoff and Congress RUSH. The […]

Business majors make me laugh. Many of us goof around too much, laugh too much, don’t show up for classes enough and don’t know anything about anyone save ourselves. Most of us like money too much and don’t use our heads as often as we should. We are a weird breed, and we need to

This school is full of crap. You teach Christian values to be used by students in their professional and personal lives, but the school does not follow their own teachings when they see it fit.. This institution purposefully leaves loopholes in the rules so that they may be manipulated by the institution to their benefit.

Sheila Jordan is draped in flashy red velvet. Her bangs are cropped just above her eyes and a silk flower adorns her dark hair. She croons, snaps and sways her way through two sets of jazz compositions. The 76 year-old, award-winning vocalist is one of an eclectic array of jazz and international musicians who perform

I recently returned from a year-long combat tour in Baghdad, Iraq. During a recent visit to Eastern University, I was appalled and infuriated by the actions of a few Eastern students at a lacrosse game, more specifically, during the playing of the National Anthem. While the rest of us stood, either in reverent silence or

Since his first year, junior Rob Granholm has toyed with the idea of creating an Eastern version of eBay. Now, over sixty users are logged onto a site called EUtrader, which Granholm built. The site grants students the freedom to buy and sell many kinds of products. The aim of the site is to give

You remember the Paddington Bear you slept with as a child and the Easter bunnies strewn around the house every springtime and those pink cuddly animals on the dashboards of girls’ cars in Upper McInnis Lot. Are those fond memories? Do they make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? They shouldn’t. Stuffed animals may

Having first-hand experience of the university, we students have some right to make suggestions (or, in a few cases, to whine). One of our most popular complaints is having to spend $17,600 on something that seems like an overly-demanding job or, at times, a prison sentence. An increase in overall tuition price should not incite

Technical difficulties were not able to stop the EU Idol show hosted by International Justice Mission the Thursday before Easter. The Dining Commons was filled with an estimated 160 students by 8:30 p.m. Due to a video of recorded auditions that wouldn’t start, the show was delayed by nearly half an hour. The time contstraints

An athlete’s log of spring break in Florida