Mikayla Leskey | Arts and Entertainment All our lives, we’ve been taught about mythology. At least, for me, I was. I think it started in the second grade, with little folktales, which progressed to reading the Percy Jackson books in third grade, and then now in college, reading full books explaining different mythologies across cultures. But why? Why have we been learning about mythology since we were kids? Why was it deemed important enough for the curriculum? Especially

Mathew Biadun | News-Editor Professor Carenen, chair of the History Department, has taught a lot of different classes over her time at Eastern. In the past she’s taught classes on US policy in the Middle East, History Professionalization, Early American history, and the history of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, among others. But this semester, she’s teaching something a little different.  ‘The Power of Taylor Swift’  is an LAC-200 class, meaning a class largely intended for