News & Features

from the desk of Jim Magee, Director of Security

There are a lot of existing theories and ideas that deserve to be questioned, but most people do not second-guess the concept of gravity. At least not anymore. According to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, in the early 1900s, self-made millionaire and one-time presidential candidate Roger W. Babson believed gravity could be

After more than four weeks of troubleshooting, administrative computing is baffled by the ongoing e-mail server issues. The same goes for Communigate software and Hewlett-Packard hardware technicians. “We’ve run (the server) for four years without incident,” Mike Sanker of Academic Computing said. “This is the first major repair problem we’ve had. “We took the issue

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Students who received Federal Work Study in previous years, but have been denied this semester, are puzzled by the change, but the Financial Aid Office said the available funds have not decreased. Senior Dan Ison received FWS to work in Sodexo during his first year and to work as a hall monitor in Workman Hall

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With the first student case of H1N1 confirmed on campus last week, professor of nursing Dr. Chris Jackson offers advice on how to stay healthy. The H1N1 case was originally diagnosed as Influenza A, but, after being sent for further research, tested positive for the H1N1 virus. The student overcame the virus before the tests

Dia del Este came back bigger and better than ever this semester, causing the entire campus to burst with excitement from Sept. 17-19. The festivities began Thursday night with a showing of the theatre department’s Waiting for Godot, which was free with a Dia del Este ticket. The party really started Friday afternoon with the

Toward the end of the 2009 spring semester, news spread throughout campus that two new majors would be available for students: nursing and engineering. So far, these plans are only partially underway: While students can easily sign up for and take nursing classes, there are no engineering classes available on Eastern’s campus. Mathematics department chair

Tony Campolo corrects article on homosexuality