“Charlie Hebdo” is not a person. “Charlie Hebdo” is a French satirical weekly magazine, which uses cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes as medium for their satire. The magazine is notorious for publishing questionable content. Particularly, the magazine has often published articles not only depicting the Islamic prophet, Mohammed (which is forbidden in Islam), sometimes nude, […]
Finance management seems to be a skill that often gets overlooked in college. Financial Aid Counselor Ron Toles and the other members of the Financial Aid office staff want to make sure that is not the case here at Eastern. This semester, the financial aid office created a Financial Literacy Program, and Toles was tasked
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In the early morning on Dec. 28, 2014, Leelah Alcorn was killed by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 71, just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. A suicide note that queued on her Tumblr later indicated that this was no accident. In the note, she detailed the alleged abuse her Christian parents had put her through in response to
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On Thursday, Jan. 15, Eastern’s Human Sexuality Task Force, appointed last semester by President Duffett to address questions of human sexuality on a Christian campus, hosted an event, “Opening Panel: Why is it important that we are having this discussion?” This panel, presented to a packed McInnis Auditorium, is the first event of this year’s
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To every Eastern student wondering how you’re going to fill your weekends this semester, have no fear! The Student Activities Board (SAB) has planned a semester-full of great events, including past favorites, like Ice Skating. One of the most anticipated events of the semester is always the Spring Banquet, and SAB has secured another great
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A creative writing piece One of the most enjoyable parts about life is having the opportunity to interact with different people on a daily basis from all different walks of life. Over the years, I have had the privilege of meeting a variety of adults and children who speak different languages, come from different cultures
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Over the past few weeks the Eastern University community has been much more involved in the lives of our housekeeping staff than normal. This has been due to the change in vendor that Eastern will use for their housekeeping staff. Some students are upset with the way that the whole situation came about, and would
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A growing trend within the world of academia is the additional use of and dependence on adjunct professors. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an adjunct professor as “a teacher ranking next below a professor.” Adjunct professors are college professors who are hired to teach specific courses for a designated length of time. According to Collegefactual.com, colleges
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Fr. Justin Sinaites Speaks about St. Catherine’s Monastery At a recent lecture hosted by the (proposed) Institute for Orthodox Thought and Culture, an old monk with a long beard told the tale of an ancient monastery. Father Justin Simaites, head librarian of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mt. Sinai, Egypt, oversees some of the oldest Christian
Observatory Administrator at Eastern At the risk of sounding like an Eastern University advert, Steve Sanders, resident star nerd and astronomy sage, raves about our school’s community: “The reason why I love it here? Community, community, community; it’s why I’m still here.” If you’ve contemplated the heavens in any of Dr. Bradstreet’s classes or witnessed
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