“Oh God, we praise and glorify you; for your grace on South Sudan; the land of great abundance; uphold us united in peace and nation.” The 8 million citizens of South Sudan are also maintaining a thankful attitude about their new nation.  “There are those who would attribute this remarkable, […]

As if the typical summer heat waves and unannounced thunderstorm were not enough, this summer left in people all along the Eastern Seaboard with an even more serious and threatening weather condition to be concerned about. Hurricane Irene, the first major storm of the 2011 hurricane season, struck the nation’s […]

Classmates of Eastern University, hopefully your summer was great and you are well prepared and rested for this upcoming school year. To the first year and transfer students: we at SGA plan to help you in your transition to this new environment in any way we can. Please let us […]

As The Waltonian was being prepared for publication on Sunday, May 1, the news came in: Osama bin Laden, leader of the al-Qaeda organization and driving force of the 9-11 attacks, is dead. According to a statement by Pres. Barack Obama later that night, a small force of American soldiers […]

Surely the students at Eastern University are studying immensely and not doing anything fun.  Right? Actually, a number of students attended Operation Net’s World Malaria Week activities, held Tuesday to Thursday, April 26-29. Throughout the week, Operation Net used fundraisers and activities to inform the Eastern community on what Malaria […]

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) is an international nonprofit organization.   Matea Rajic, president of the SIFE chapter on Eastern’s campus, said “SIFE strives to impact and educate students about the positive power of business – what profit can do besides just fulfill oneself.” With 40 members, Eastern’s SIFE chapter is […]

After the Dining Commons closed on April 11,  people proceeded into the Baird Library to hear Ambassador Tony Hall speak on his fifteenth consecutive day of hunger for the poor. Moved by impending budget cuts to federal aid programs, Ambassador Hall had decided to fast for the second time in […]

With growing political unrest and seemingly unending violence in Libya, a hope for peace between Libyan rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces appears to be the stuff of imagination. Determined to restore the nation to a state of order, however, the African Union has prepared a plan for peace that could end […]

The idea of a federal government shutdown may sound absurd, but it is only history repeating itself.       In Dec. 1995, during former President Bill Clinton’s time in office, the federal government was shut down for 21 days. In the event that the fiscal year is over and a new […]

Pres. Obama explains