Eastern University News
The Agora Institute had the honor of hosting Dr. John Haldane, one of the most highly recognized philosophers of our time, on April 4. Haldane is currently a visiting professor at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, while he continues to teach select courses at the University of […]
In October, current senior Emily Cole will be on a plane headed to Ecuador as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright program is highly competitive and involves a rigorous application process. Cole tells me that she started her application this past summer and wrote […]
This year, Eastern’s annual Faith Forum, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Templeton Honors College and the Office of Faith and Practice, featured one of its own: Dr. Phillip Cary. Cary is a professor of philosophy on campus and has published several books, including “Good News […]
I recently spoke with two Eastern seniors to learn about their experiences while crafting their senior theses. Brianna Esposito, English Major (Creative Writing Concentration) 1) What are the requirements for your senior thesis? “As a writing student, our thesis could be written in one of […]
“Vocation manifests itself as a falling in love. In that love…we recognize [God’s] plan.” –Dorothy Cummings McLean One day a couple years back I found myself in a professor’s office crying to him about boys (he was one of those professors that feels like a father—you can’t […]
One Sunday evening in November of this past year, I was doing homework in Baird Library when I received a text message from a student in my youth group informing me that one of the girls in my small group had been in a terrible car accident, […]
Comprised of liberal, conservative and progressive members, new Eastern organization Political Activism Club (PAC) strives to make the campus a place of open conversation for controversial topics. Enacted by senior Samuel Vaughan in response to the 2016 presidential election, PAC launched in the beginning […]
It is all too common to use words without giving careful thought to the inherent meaning of these words. Such careless speech strips words of their potency, degrades language and destroys our capacity for rigorous thought, as argued via metaphor in the Homeric poetry of Wittgenstein. Given […]
When summer comes along, many college students in the nation try to take advantage of this time and relax for a few months. Among the standard pastimes we college kids take advantage of, a seldom few have a positive effect on our future careers. We ought to […]
A couple hundred colleges from across the globe. Thousands of eager students ready to debate. Four days of pretending to be a delegate to the United Nations. That’s what you’re told you’re in for when you join Eastern’s Model United Nations (MUN) club. They tell you what to […]