On the night of Nov. 15, passerbys may have noticed a strange sight on Eastern’s campus: students sleeping outside. Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week occurred on Nov. 15-20,, and the group sleeping outside took part in one of the many events put on by student-run club Youth Against Complacency and […]
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Tentative floor plans for new student center released
Yes, it will still take five years, and no, there are no actual buildings in place yet. But there is something new to look at: tentative floor plans. Sometime last month, images for the new space in the student center were drawn up by architects. According to Bettie Ann Brigham, […]
Restoring sanity at the National Mall
The National Mall in Washing DC was already packed with blankets and people as the sun was rising over the Capitol Building on Oct. 30. Some had slept out all night, but at 6 a.m., the ones who hadn’t were arriving in droves. The hazy sky illuminated cleverly designed signs […]
Abandoned Heroes
A film about the heroes by a hero
Corporal punishment still common in Indian schools
To most American students, corporal punishment in schools is a thing of the past. Parents or grandparents may have experienced it, but it is not something that garners much media attention these days. However, corporal punishment is still prevalent in many countries, including India. Over the summer, a young Indian […]
Corbett and Toomey win in Pa.
A closer look at the mid-term election and what it means
Anthropology colloquia
A coming together of Anthropology and Theology
New research center to start next fall
What do civic virtue, the common good and freedom have in common? According to the newly created Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good, these three things should have a great deal of similarity. The Institute is a new research center housed at Eastern and the Templeton Honors College. […]
Incidents of cholera climb in Haiti
Varying reports of the recent cholera outbreak in Haiti are all providing differing accounts of victims and those affected, but here’s what we know: it’s happening and it’s serious. On October 22, NPR reported that the illness has claimed 160 lives so far, and 2,000 cases of the disease […]
Leadership Fellows Program to double in size next year
The Leadership Fellows Program, formally the Leadership Grant Program, has been active on Eastern’s campus since 1999. While twenty students from each class have been involved in the program, most of the student body does not know about it. The program was developed to aid aspiring leaders in the skills […]