With corporate America setting up Starbucks on practically every corner, it can be hard to find a coffee house that has character—a place with its own character, with drinks that taste at least a little different than those of the place down the street, and without that sense that everyone and their mother just goes […]
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“We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.” The above statement appears in the “Declaration of the Occupation of New York City,” written by
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“I have to confess, I’m really excited to be here tonight.” With these words, Kelly Hanlon neatly summed up the mood at Agora Institute’s inaugural lecture held at the Warner Memorial Library on the evening of September 29. Hanlon is the executive director of the new organization, officially titled Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and
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Eastern University student Kendel Jackson (from left) presents a check for $500 to Radnor Library Executive Director Kathy Mulroy and Stephen Paolantunio, President of the Board of Trustees of Radnor Library. On hand for the presentation was Bettie Ann Brigham, Vice President for Student Development at Eastern University. Students in the Eastern University Leadership Grant
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The Waltonian investigates
EU recycling efforts: Too good to be true? Read Post »
Plans for Eastern’s new student center are finally gaining speed! It has been eight years in the making, and big steps are being been taken to get construction underway. We asked Bettie Ann Brigham, Vice President of Student Development, what students should expect from Eastern’s newest addition. “These sort of things are planned six to
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Put down your required reading for a while and make your mark on campus
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 know how we can do
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“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, uncontested independence to the God
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 East Coast in late August
