Faith Focus: A Reflection on Lent
Jordan Kolb Before we can discuss the nature of Lent, we must first discuss why it is important that Lent is a season. To say that something is a season is to…
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Moonlight and Eastern Solidarity
Anthony Barr One of the most memorable scenes in “Moonlight” features a black man teaching a black boy how to swim. I think the power of the imagery is that it is…
Fixing the Warner Library Door
Jared Maier It’s an atrocity on our campus. Students scream in terror before it. Small children run in fear from it. Professors are generally miffed by it. I am, of course, talking…
Communities As Webs of trust
Madeleine Harris James K.A. Smith, a professor at Calvin College and esteemed author, recently wrote an editorial piece for his online journal “Comment,” entitled, “Teach Us (How) to Trust: Suspicion and Cynicism…
Faith Focus: The Race of Grace
Hector Davila After many days and long hours of training, today you finally make it to race day. This is the moment you have been waiting for, to put your skills to…
Eastern Hosts ISI Conference
Elizabeth Byrd On Feb. 17, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) hosted guests from University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, John Jay Institute, Alliance Defending Freedom and various other organizations. It was a time…
What Is the Future of Conservatism?
Gaelan Campbell What does the future of American politics look like? That’s a question a lot of people are asking these days. We’re almost two months into the new presidency, and already…
Why I Protest
Brooke Scott Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In light of recent events that have taken place in our nation, I believe this concept…
Creating a Common Memory- A reflection on Black History Month
Why does America need a Black History Month? Why do both Caucasian and African Americans need to acknowledge this month? We need to acknowledge this month because we do not…
Language and Victimhood
Emmalee Moffitt This February, Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered a lecture at Eastern on the current state of social and political discourse on college campuses. Zimmerman’s thesis…