Sports

In America, 34% of our population is obese. Maybe this is a statistic that the Eastern athletic department took into consideration when it sought the opportunity to finance a new weight room.    Anyone who has walked through the weight room to enter the gym or to shortcut through campus has noticed these considerable changes. […]

The NFL is about midway through the 2010 season, and it is arguable that there is a clear cut winner of every game. Unlike years past where the Patriots or Colts have dominated the NFL, this year’s season has been full of unpredictable upsets. Along with upsets, there has also been to some new rules.

Gough dominated “Dallup” (a team made up of students from Doane and Gallup) in this year’s PowderPuff Super Bowl on Nov. 7. “It was a very quick game, on a very cold day,” junior Lauren Rabeler, head of PowderPuff said. Although “Dallup” was the first to score in the Super bowl, Gough made its comeback

Women

Men’s basketball

After coaching the past ten years for men’s Division II programs at Mansfield and the University of South Carolina – Aiken, Coach Nathan Davis decided to give women’s basketball a chance: specifically Eastern’s. As this year’s women’s basketball coach, Davis expects a tough and competitive 2010 season. “I worked with the new Athletic Director Brad

Christine Atkins is a four-year cheerleader for Eastern. Watch this exclusive interview as Atkins sat down with the Waltonian to talk about her experiences as a cheerleader.

The NFL now says that you are not allowed to hit a player too hard or else you will be fined. The NFL has cracked down on devastating hits, especially after Eagles’ Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson went down after a hit from Atlanta’s Dunta Robinson a few weeks ago. Jackson lay motionless on

Rutgers junior Eric LeGrand paralyzed

Whitney Kerner is a junior runner on the cross country team.