What if I told you that there was a pandemic raging across our entire country at this very minute. Would you believe me? Common cold and Flu season may be behind us, but currently, the medical world is confronting a new onslaught of cases involving a precarious breed of illness. […]
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Restaurant Review: Bacco Italian Restaurant
Advertising itself as “The Passion of Italy,” Bacco Italian Restaurant does nothing short of bringing Italian culture, customs and especially cuisine to the Philadelphia area. Located in North Wales, Pennsylvania, Bacco is only about a 25 minute drive from Eastern. Whether you’re after a romantic dinner for two or a […]
Restaurant Review – The Cove
The Cove is a little, quiet nook in the corner of the casino floor of Harrah’s Philadelphia in Chester, PA. Apart from the noisy bells and whistles of slot machines, The Cove is a restaurant overlooking the Delaware River, and its not your typical bar and grill. College students are […]
Restaurant Review- Minella’s Diner
There is nothing like the classic American diner. Minella’s Diner in Wayne, PA is proof of this. Minella’s reminiscent of the diners of the 1960s, and yet, provides a modern setting. It is open 24 hours a day, making it a spot that many college and night shift workers stop […]
The Spotlight: Alyssa Cronauer
Eastern junoir, communication studies major Cronauer loves to snowboard like White…just for fun. WALTONIAN: What sport are you most looking forward to watching and why? Alyssa: Snowboarding for sure, both because I snowboard and because those events are high-paced and high-risk! WALT: Shaun white won’t be competing in slope- […]
Top Contenders, Back for Gold
Will these Olympic medalists bring home the gold for team US? Meryl Davis and Charlie White: Figure Skating Davis and White have been skating together since 1997, making the pair the longest-running ice dance team from the US. In 2010, the pair took home an Olympic silver medal and […]
Securing Sochi
Like other Olympic games, security threats are always high, and in this post-9/11 world, the United States becomes increasingly concerned about terrorist activity, especially in the volatile location of Sochi, Russia. As the 2014 Winter Olympic festivities kicked off in Sochi, the U.S. aired their specific concerns with terrorist group […]
Now Introducing… New Olympic Sports
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia will feature some new events and quite a few gold medal hope- fuls. Ski Slopestyle: This longtime X Games staple is making its Olympic debut in Sochi. Skiers must navigate, flipping and leaping, over an adrenaline- packed course of waist-high barriers and […]
Welcome to Sochi!
Every two years since 1924, around the same time, the winter Olympic Games are held in a large inter- national city. Everyone around the world has Olympic fever. We anticipate the majesty of the opening cere- monies, the diversity of winter events, the athlete’s cra- zy uniforms, and of course, […]
While You Were Away…
While we were sleeping away our winter breaks, Eastern was hard at work making some necessary updates to our beautiful campus. Check out some of these changes and how they may affect you. Updated Dining Commons: Over holiday vacation, Sodexo was hard at work making updates to our outdated […]