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Staff Spotlight: Linda Hytha

Administrative Assistant at Eastern The Administrative Assistant for the Youth Ministries, Sociology, and Missions and Anthropology departments, Linda Hytha, has been working at Eastern since 2007. Her previous work experience includes co-owning a real estate business with her husband and being a member of a family band. Hytha assists 11 […]

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Ode to Fall

A creative writing piece Fall is a pumpkin spice latte Happiness in a cup Fall is curling up by a bonfire Enclosed in a thick, warm hoodie Fall is the lily-padded pond, the old stone The gurgling streams Of my university Fall is the birdsong and the crunchy leaves A […]

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(Campus) Clubbed to Death

The dangers of getting too involved in campus clubs It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about pumpkin spice lattes (although who isn’t excited about those?). In all seriousness, it’s that time of the year when you’re about to be clubbed to death. Yes, I am being […]

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A Day in the Life of an Eastern Commuter

They brave traffic, train delays, the elements and everything in-between with one goal in mind: get to Eastern University. I’m talking, of course, about the Eastern commuters. You have likely passed them in the commuter lounge or the Jammin’ Java on your way to the Dining Commons, and if you […]

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In My Mind

A creative writing piece No matter how much You replay in my brain You are now only a piece of film tape And I’m the lens Trapped inside the camera Searching for something to capture A beautiful moment, a breathtaking view But no matter how much I seek They slip […]

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The Forest

A Creative Writing Piece I went to bed early that night. It had been a long, stressful day. We’d had a fight; she told me that I had never been worthy of her. That she wished she’d never started dating me. I’d failed my second exam for the semester. I […]

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Get the Look: Fall Fashion Trends

Fall is the season of fashion weeks, when high-class designers and fashion lovers alike flock to some of the world’s largest cities to see what is new in the world of fashion. But the fashions on the runway are quite ostentatious and are not meant to actually be worn as […]

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Preventing Teenage Suicide in America

People have the power to positively or negatively transform a person’s life. It seems that the influence on some people’s lives has been more damaging than uplifting, resulting in suicides. There are 4,600 youth suicides each year among those aged 10 to 24, according to Statistic Brain. Young adults can […]

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Professor Spotlight: Dr. Burnette-Bletsch

Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch is Eastern’s latest addition to the biblical studies department. Erudite and compassionate, Burnette-Bletsch feels very welcomed to the Eastern community. The youngest of three girls, she grew up on a tobacco farm in North Carolina with a Southern Baptist family. She is the first person in her family […]