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Accounting professor Rick Jonsen believes that it is “God’s timing” that brought him to Eastern from the huge multinational company Johnson & Johnson, where he worked from 1997 until 2009. Recently, Jonsen and his wife transferred from California to New Jersey for his post as the Director of Talent Acquisition for Pharmaceutical Businesses. “We recruited […]

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 no objection to Timothy Turner’s

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 the couple. Tony Campolo, the

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 English “This summer I completed

“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 umbrella of the School for

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, Homer appeared to be in