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 bearing phrases such as “Things […]
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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 boy named Rouvanjit Rawla hanged
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Dr. Lee finds Eastern to benefit him in more ways than one
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Looking forward to the annual trip to the Holy Land
The Apostle and the Apocalypse Read Post »
Sophomore Jeff Stoltzfus “Last year at Penn State, I saw these guys who were dressed normally, except with real stuffed deer heads attached to their chests. It looked like the deer were coming out of their bodies. They were pulling another guy, dressed up like Santa Claus, behind them in one of those Playskool wagons.”
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. Their web press release says
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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 have been reported in Haitian
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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 that they need to lead.
Leadership Fellows Program to double in size next year Read Post »
