News & Features

New Summer Course Options

Every Monday morning at 10:00 am in the Baird Library, we meet to talk about what students want to see at Eastern. We discuss changes that are coming, as well as changes that should come. We want to make our school a place we’re proud of­­: a place to look back on and know that

Funds being raised for Memorial Scholarship

For the past eighteen years, through Operation Christmas Child, Samaritan’s Purse has been taking empty, ordinary shoeboxes and transforming them into small miracles all around the globe. This year, Eastern University is participating in the program. Simply by donating a few small gifts, students can help bring Christmas cheer to children in other countries who

This week, Eastern University’s YACHT (Youth Against Complacency and Homelessness Today) Club will be celebrating its annual Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. This awareness campaign is held by charities across the country. YACHT will be hosting its own from November 15-19. Through HAHA, YACHT Club seeks to bring awareness to justice issues, especially homelessness. “There

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On October 10, Eastern graduate Shane Claiborne, ‘97, returned to his Alma Mater advocating social justice. The Christian activist took to the stage at the East Falls Center to answer questions about social justice. One of the biggest names in the fight for social equality, Claiborne is the founder of The Simple Way, an organization

The term “holistic” has been part of the American vocabulary since 1926. It has been used in scientific circles, the world of anthropology and even economics. In the medical sphere, the term has been used to describe a more involved method of preventing and treating illnesses, accounting for the mind and spirit as well as

Summer trip to support anti-trafficking organization

After 42 years of tyrannical reign, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi has been killed. The former Libyan leader was pronounced dead on Thursday, October 19th in his home town of Sirte during a raid by Libyan rebels. Hoping that the colonel’s Mediterranean homeland would not fall into loyalist hands, Libyan rebels persisted through weeks of fighting, making