For years, women have been battling issues of body image and self-esteem. It doesn't help that everywhere we turn, and at every media outlet, we're bombarded with beautiful, flawless people, who seem to do nothing less than make us feel terrible ...

The film score is one of the most important and underappreciated elements of a film. Aaron Copland, a renowned 20th century composer, commented on background music, 'This is really the kind of music one isn't supposed to hear, the sort that helps t...

The Department of Music of East Stroudsburg University presented Band-O-Rama in the Notre Dame High School auditorium on Nov. 7. The presentation, which was a salute to veterans, was the bands' way of 'Honoring service through music.' Band-O-Rama f...

Women for Awareness hosted Love Your Body Day Nov. 9 in the Science and Technology auditorium. Love Your Body Day was created by the National Organization for Women (N.O.W) with the hope of raising awareness on the issue of popular media and how it aff...

Alumni Brian Xander returned to ESU on Wednesday, November 10, not to visit the place where he earned his bachelor's degree, but to sing. The singer/songwriter graduated from East Stroudsburg University in 1999 where he majored in Elementary and Sp...

Michael Kosta, a 2002 graduate from the University of Illinois, ditched his four-year professional tennis run to pursue a career in comedy at age 27. Kosta isn't your average comedian. His style of comedy consists of high self-confidence and arrogance ...

The band The Trapps feeds ear hunger with an omelet of Americana, folk, and rock music, while adding extra spices to create its original sound. Bringing its 35 city and lsquo;Cheap Seats' tour to Stroudsburg, The Trapps is reaching out to fe...

Marisa Weinberg, recently elected president of the East Stroudsburg University Dance Team, was determined to gather a group of dancers who are born to entertain. Being a junior at ESU, she observed the previous dance team and realized it was in need of...

On a leisurely ride through the Poconos, you're bound to find a candle shop. The Candle Shoppe of the Poconos has an haunted past attracting visitors. ...

The Trapps will hit the Poconos during their 35-city tour on Friday, Nov. 12. The band will begin with a mini performance, continue with a meet and greet at Best Buy in Stroudsburg at noon, followed by an appearance on Penns Peak Radio at 3 p.m., and u...

Time to get excited for a new book in the Twilight Universe, Twilighters. 'The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide' is to be rereleased with more content than ever. As a hardcover edition, this book is the only official guide to the Twilight ...

No offense Santa, but fall is the best time of the year. You can hide your gut in an oversized hoodie and make small fires outside, without your neighbors calling the cops on you. Your neighbors get it. It's fall. I cannot help but get excited for ...

College is the start of many bad habits, such as binge drinking, missing credit card payments, poor eating habits, serial dating, and never getting dressed. So what happens after college ends and recent grads need to get a real job? In order to get a '...

One may wonder what the Vagina Monologues are. Do women get up on stage and really talk about their vaginas? Or is it a monologue about the strength and power a woman can get by realizing their inner beauty and, of course, their outer beauty. Well, my ...

Although plenty of girls attend parties at the Phi Sigma Kappa house, there is one woman who spends her fair share of time there: a glowing, floating figure the boys like to call Mrs. Booth. Mrs. Booth wanders the second and third floors of the h...

You may know that Ke$ha wakes up feeling like P. Diddy and that she brushes her teeth with a bottle of Jack, but did you know she's performing in Stroudsburg next week for a sell-out crowd? One of the hottest pop sensations, Ke$ha, the animal herself, ...

It's time for another show from East Stroudsburg University's Theatre Department, 'One Thousand Cranes,' written by Canadian playwright Colin Thomas. Professor Margaret J. Ball will be directing this play, 'which has captivated audiences young and old ...

New and Noteworthy Books Although most students will be busily preparing for mid-terms, if, by some chance, you find the time to read, here are a few books to consider: 1. The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson

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It's no surprise that scary stories, movies, and haunted houses are springing up this time of year. and lsquo;Tis the season of Halloween. Last year, I explored the Hotel of Horror, a haunted hotel, with staged scenes and acto...

5. The Ed Hardy Look. I feel like this is pretty obvious. When I see these bedazzled shirts from afar, I grow afraid, and I know I am in for an unfortunate treat. ...