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Students are pulling everything but extra cash out of their pockets these days. The culprit: inflated textbook costs. According to the Washington Post, textbook prices are on the rise with no leveling in sight. The Post reported students can expect to pay an average cost of $102.44 for just one textbook. The statistics are alarming. […]

For previous generations of college students, the name Napoleon stirred up images of a short, French emperor obsessed with world domination and putting his hand up his shirt. Recently, however, the name is being associated with images of snow boots, big sleeves, one percent milk and “ligers” in correlation with the newest “it” film: Napoleon

I did something over Christmas break that I had vowed never to do. I watched the movie American Pie. I do not think there is any other movie that made me feel so guilty after watching it, except maybe for Mulholland Drive. It is already pretty clear where this editorial is going, but before I

Several upcoming events at and around campus will benefit the victims of the recent tsunami and earthquake. The Feb. 9 Justin McRoberts concert will take donations. There will be a spaghetti dinner at the First Baptist Church in Conshohocken on Feb. 12 from 4 to 7 p.m. All proceeds from the faculty talent show March

Like to find out if that boy in literature class is single? Does that friend at the University of Illinois still like the movie Top Gun? How many people does the girl down the hall know at Eastern? These urgent questions and many others can be answered thanks to the addictive online phenomenon, new to

Season jumpstarts with practices despite weather

After the turmoil surrounding last year’s racial incident, this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation held added significance for the Eastern community. Along with an address from President David Black and a viewing of part of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the new documentary theater production Within the Walls, Between the Lines was given

The question was not whether the show would go on, but just how much money the school would dish out to allow it to go on. Eastern’s theater program nearly suffered a budget cut and is soon to suffer the absence of director Mark Hallen, who will be going on sabbatical in the spring. Hallen

Overcrowding in the parking lots, which apparently stemmed from a rise in first year permit grants and illegal parking by resident students and commuters, has been a source of frustration for many Eastern students. “I don’t think first-years should be granted parking permits,” said junior Kim Siegel. “First-years should build a community with one another.

Dear Sir/Madam I was dismayed to stumble across your contributor, Ruth Robinson’s review of Tom Baker’s book. I was disappointed to see her come down so unthinkingly and wholeheartedly on the side of the bigotry, scare-mongering and wilful misunderstanding that defiles every page of this unfortunate tome. But I had at the back of my