News & Features

What is your favorite song to dance to?

 On Oct. 29, the crowd in the Dinning Commons watching Mr. Eastern roared even louder than the moaning Phillies fans in the Breezeway. This excitement arose when the four judges selected not the winner but the final three contestants: Dominick Baruffi III, Tommy McGrady and Kenneth Hufnal, all seniors. After the final round of “Whose

Do you feel that Christians should celebrate Halloween?

Eastern welcomes all visitors with open arms, particularly on preview days for prospective students. On Nov. 9, there will be a different kind of preview day with a much younger group of prospective students. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., current students will lead 115 seventh and eighth graders from John Welsh elementary school in

After many years of struggling to leave his past in Ethiopia behind, Degefa Etana, 64, began working at Eastern as a security officer in 2000. Etana came to America from Ethiopia in December of 1998 to see his son graduate from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. “I had a round-trip ticket when I came,” Etana

Issue 4

from the desk of Jim Magee, Director of Security

International students find a second home on campus

After years of begging for something resembling a student center, the wait is over.Or at least it will be soon. The KaGe, the renovated, former Guffin apartment located beside The Breezeway, opened its doors on Oct. 21 as a new space for students to relax. KaGe visionary and Coordinator of Student Activities Paul Daigle will

According to junior Beth Sherron, the coordinator for this year’s Mr. Eastern, there will be four different rounds in the competition. “We will have the talent section, lip-syncing, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and, since the event is happening so close to Halloween, we will have them dress up for Halloween and make them bob