Sophomore Timothy Turner is experiencing dorm life in Sparrowk Hall at the age of 59. He graduated from Thomas A. Edison High School in Philadelphia in 1969 and then served with the United States in the Vietnam War before getting married on June 13, 1970. His wife Yolanda Turner has […]

The Warner Library atrium was filled to capacity when Dr. Tony Campolo and his wife Peggy came to debate the controversial topic of homosexuality. The event was sponsored by Refuge, Eastern’s gay-straight alliance. The room buzzed with anticipation as junior Elise Yarnell and Abby De Silva, co-presidents of Refuge, introduced […]

A dozen Eastern students chose to spend their Saturday evening on Sept. 12 at a different type of celebration. As part of his Heritage of Islam class, Dr. Andrew Bush takes some students to Villanova’s Foundation for Islamic Education each year to experience Ramadan firsthand. The feast began immediately after […]

AP Images Eastern students and faculty now have access to 5 million copyright-free images on the AP Images database.  The images on this database will not have distracting watermarks and can be enlarged without looking grainy.  Specific searches by color, subject and other categories are possible, and the images can […]

No blood, no foul

from the desk of Jim Magee, Director of Security

Gatlin prepares for his unusual classes

Dr. Joselli DeansAssociate Director of Dance Dr. Joselli Deans spent part of her summer working on her Faith in Learning Paper, which is part of the tenure process. Her paper, focused on dance ministry, contains “a theological explanation of ministry with a presentational understanding of dance.” Dr. Christine Bayles-KortschProfessor of […]

“After three years of serving students and shaping leaders who will surely change communities and lives, the Eastern in the City one-year undergraduate program will be closing,” according to the letter that was distributed to the administration, faculty and staff of Eastern in February. EIC was a program under the […]

While addressing an audience of about 300 in McInnis auditorium, legendary Philadelphia radio broadcaster Irv Homer suddenly collapsed. On June 24, Homer was scheduled to introduce author G. Edward Griffin for a program by The Big Talker 1210 AM when he suffered a massive heart attack. Standing at the podium, […]