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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 […]

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.

On September 22, Rutgers University first-year, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide by jumping off The George Washington Bridge after finding out a web video of him was released on the internet by his roommate and roommate’s girlfriend. Clementi’s roommate, Dharun Ravi and Ravi’s girlfriend, Molly Wei, have been charged with two counts of invasion of privacy

From the desk of Jim Magee, Director of Security

SGA hosts Government Gala

Alum Michael Krigline serves in China

  Sophomore Nahum Redae “A Penguin. The Penguin and Eagle would coordinate attacks from the air and ground. The Penguin would be referred to as ‘The Belly Penguin’ because it uses its belly to slide wherever it needed to go.” First-year Amanda Cole “A Hummingbird, because they are the opposite of eagles. It would balance

Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese citizen, fierce human rights activist and a long-time public advocate of democracy in his country, was recently awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.  As a result of the aforementioned practices, Xiaobo is serving an eleven-year prison sentence after being charged with subversive behavior by the Chinese government. Xiaobo was awarded the

Chen-McGrew joins faculty

Israel’s ten month building ban on the West Bank, a piece of land coveted by Israelis and Palestinians, expired at midnight on Sept. 22. Although the moratorium’s ending did spark some enthusiasm, events such as the Jewish settlers who “released balloons and broke ground for a new nursery school before the moratorium expired” has left