The pious Ash Wednesday has passed, overshadowing the parties of Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras.
Those of us who were raised Catholic can feel a sort of sentimentality to the days, even if we no longer attend...
A group of students organize for a Bible study through Campus Outreach on Thursday night in the Andrews Hall basement. There were about 40 students in attendance Thursday for the group’s large meeting....
There are multiple organizations at Eastern to support students through faith and fellowship.
Campus ministries provide the opportunity for students to strengthen their spirituality and faith while being...
Jed Smock, a member of Campus Ministry USA, returned to Eastern’s campus to preach his faith in the Library Quad on Tuesday afternoon. The campus police supervised the event as Smock spoke about drugs,...
If you’ve been paying attention to the news or social media lately, you’ve probably seen a lot of discussion about abortion.
Many states have been passing legislation recently that restrict women’s...
A lot of horrible things happened to me these past couple weeks.
On April 29 at night, my mother's birthday, I got a call from my father--a call I've been dreading since the beginning of the Spring...
Queering Religion, a discussion-based event focused on educating people about religion and the gender and sexual diversity community, was open to students Tuesday night.
Queering Religion began with a...
When I was thinking on what to write for my last column of the semester, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to tackle. There’s plenty of challenging issues facing our nation, but it’s hard to cut through...
There has been a disheartening rise in religious, as well as ideological, extremism in America. You can see it in the comment sections of Facebook.
You witness it when someone you once respected uses...
For those of you who read my columns, the left-leaning political musings of a college student, I’ll have to ask you to skip this week’s column. Because this week, I want to write on a topic that is...
This story is the first in a series of stories exploring religious organizations on campus and in the community.
Eastern is a place where different cultures and lifestyles collide....
Some students on campus have parents who worry that homework, social media and extracurricular activities will distract them from their faith at college so ministers and students give advice on how to...
