Recently, coverage of the BP oil spill seems to have somewhat fizzled. For those who are interested in what’s been happening, here’s the scoop. The actual oil rig explosion on April 20 killed 11 people, and the substantial resulting leakage affected thousands of lives. Environmentalists were in an uproar as […]

On September 10, six AIDS relief workers were arrested in Zimbabwe under suspicion of administering drugs and health services to AIDS victims without a proper permit. Four Americans from Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, Calif. were among those accused, as well as someone from New Zealand and another from […]

When Eastern’s Habitat for Humanity chapter held the “Act! Speak! Build! Week” last April – raising funds, writing letters to officials regarding housing and building homes in Philadelphia – they would have never guessed that their efforts would win recognition from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. On September 20, Delaware […]

Troops withdraw

There are a lot of people who work hard to make Eastern what it is; it is not an easy task to say the least. Last year, EU began what’s called the “self study” process, a procedure required by The Middle States Commission on Higher Education.  Middle States is the […]

Fiber optic to be installed at EU

“We started the process over two years ago,” President Dr. David Black said. The action he speaks of is the recently finalized acquisition of land from Valley Forge Military Academy & College. The university purchased a 19.4 acre parcel of land from VFMA&C for $10 million. John Miller, spokesman for […]

Russia’s wheat harvest is going up in smoke. For nearly a month, hundreds of wildfires have burned across the country, destroying hundreds of homes and devouring thousands of acres of farmland. Fires began on July 29 when several small peat fires broke out in southern Russia. The fires were caused […]

In June, the University embarked on an innovative symbol as a representation of Eastern and its beliefs. The new logo is Eastern’s first official logo. Prior to the new logo, Eastern had been using its official seal. The seal was originally revised in 1932 from the Seminary seal and was […]

After years of pulling a head out of a paper bag, history professor Dr. Robert Price will be retiring from teaching. Price has spent the last ten years teaching African-American and Modern European history at Eastern, along with a few Western Civilization classes. For many students in his Western Civilization […]