Since the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, the safety of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has been called into question innumerably because it was damaged from the natural disaster and is now leaking. The results of nuclear radiation can range from minor headaches to death, and […]

Most Monday mornings, Eastern students can be found in the Jammin’ Java getting their coffee fix, in the library catching up on last minute homework for the week or often dragging themselves drowsily back to their dorms after an early class. However, on Monday morning, April 4, the uncertainty was […]

After weeks of fear and uncertainty regarding the increasing use of American military forces to quell the recent unrest in Libya, President Obama addressed the nation on Monday, March 28. In his speech, he updated the American people on vital plans for success and gave assurance in the midst of […]

It all began in 1999 when Betty Dukes, then a Wal-Mart greeter, got into an argument with her boss over her frustration with how the company was treating her. “I wanted to advance. I wanted to make that money,” she said in an interview with the Huffington Post in 2010. […]

New meal plan options for Fall 2011

The Wisconsin law which will reduce the collective bargaining rights of state employees has been put on hold. Federal Judge Maryann Sumi issued a restraining order on Friday, March 18, blocking the official publication of the law. Sumi issued the restraining order, which does not overturn the law, in response […]

On December 13, 2010, the Radnor Township Board of Commissioners passed Ordinance 2010-41, which establishes regulations for the inspection “of all rental units in Radnor Township, including student housing…(and) dormitories.” According to the ordinance, rental units such as dormitories will be subject to a minimum of one safety inspection every […]

On March 17 and 18, two Eastern seniors, Katherine Girsch and Evan Kerstetter, presented papers at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in New Brunswick, N.J. At meetings of the SBL, a broad variety of biblical scholars present papers within sessions focused on specific topics or […]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America is now facing some of the toughest legislation of its history. The United States House of Representatives has voted to bar Planned Parenthood health centers from all federal funding for birth control, cancer screenings, HIV testing and other care in attempt to decrease the abortion […]

“When a leader’s only means of staying in power is to use mass violence against his own people, he has lost the legitimacy to rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now,” President Obama said in a phone call on Saturday, Feb 26, 2011 […]