An Eastern professor has been awarded a grant worth over $378,000 to study the global warming effects of fire. Neil Pederson, assistant professor of biology at Eastern, will use a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to uncover patterns of global warming by studying the impact of fires on the climate and ecology of Northern Mongolia.…

Over 100 students showed up in the Ravine Friday night to donate canned goods, build shelters out of cardboard boxes, sumo wrestle in blow-up suits, eat buffalo wings from Hooter's, watch a movie and raise awareness about homeless people in the local community.…

When the new Richmond Centre on the Eastern Bypass is completed, it will house around 800,000 sq. ft. of retail space. But while Richmond is gaining a large amount of commercial space, it is also losing some of the 120 acres of green space the shopping center is being built on.…

A hazing incident at Eastern last semester prompted the appearance this week of a popular educational speaker on campus. Rick Barnes, who has developed a series of programs that teaches college students how to properly deal with problems that plague most campuses, brought his no-nonsense rhetoric tinged with humor when he presented his program Hazing: When will it End? to the SSB O'Donnell Auditorium on Monday night.…

Hallways all over Eastern's campus have displayed some pretty unusual posters for the past few weeks. They heralded the arrival of "The Female Orgasm," which was held on Monday by the Student Activities Council. A packed Posey Auditorium came to hear sex educators Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller give this popular program.…

When Paul Newman passed away this past Saturday, America lost one of its favorite actors. But students at Eastern might not realize that he was a part of our local history. It happens that the film legend's greatest role had its genesis right here in town, just a few doors down from T.…

Liberal Peter Beinart and conservative Jonah Goldberg ignited a lively political exchange last Thursday when they fielded audience questions and exchanged verbal jabs in the O'Donnell Auditorium. The debate, titled "Red v. Blue: Why the Election of 2008 Matters to You," was the second installment in the Chautauqua lecture series on freedom.…

Natural threats to students in the Richmond area are rare. There are no lions or tigers or bears, oh my. The closest things to "wildlife" on Eastern's campus are feral cats and playful squirrels. What many students don't know, however, could hurt them. Lurking in the corners of their apartments or dorm rooms could be one of the most poisonous creatures in the world: the black widow spider.…