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Bringing an end to malaria one net at a time

Dr. Bret Kincaid, Political Science department professor, offers you the trip of a lifetime: ten days of complete emersion in Palestinian life. If you want to understand the truth behind the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, then join others like yourself this Spring Break. Warning: you may never be the same again. The purpose of this trip is

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 out

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

Chen-McGrew joins faculty

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

Latest Spring Break trip hosted by Dr. Caroline Cherry

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

By now, the Eastern community should know that Habitat for Humanity helped pass a resolution in Harrisburg on Sept. 20 that recognized the hard work Habitat has done by providing housing for low income families. However, what isn’t known is how much of an impact Eastern students had on the passing of the resolution. According