Tucked away in the middle of colorful trees, falling leaves, and open land lays an intentional living community, one that is Mennonite through and through. 36 years ago, a group …
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Take Back The Night Sparks Conversation
Take Back the Night (TBTN) is a foundation started in the 1970s in an attempt to address the issue of sexual violence against women and lend support to sexual assault …
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Poverty Simulation Draws Students
Nearly 40 EMU students clustered in Martin Chapel in groups of two or three. The room was hushed—an unusual phenomenon for this many people gathered in one room. All faces …
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Earthkeepers Looks to Raise Awareness
In 2015, EMU officially signed off on the Climate Action Plan, a 13-page document that lays out EMU’s commitment to becoming a climate-neutral university by 2035. The plan, accessible on …
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Spring Break Y-serve Reflections
West Virginia Senior Lydia Musselman led the SWAP (Sharing with Appalachian People) trip this year to Kimball, West Virginia. Musselman said, “A group of five of us went to SWAP …
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Three New Deans for Three New Schools
Beginning July 1, 2019, three new deans will step into their new roles of overseeing three new schools at EMU. The three new schools contain the STEM disciplines; the social …
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Leah Wenger Junior Recital Captivates
The audience is silent as she walks from the back of the chapel to the stage. Her long, black dress sways as she walks, and when she reaches the front, …
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Happiness and Religion
EMU is a self-described “Christian university like no other,” and does have a large population—80 percent— of students who identify as religious. Therefore, the question of religion in relationship to …
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SGA Weekly Update
Wednesday, 03/13/19 SGA heard a funding request from Campus Ministries for the Theater of the Beat event coming later this semester. The Theater of the Beat is a Canadian touring …
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Town Hall Covers Microaggressions
For its fourth year in a row, BSU hosted a town hall on race in Common Grounds. This event was designed to gather the community to discuss the ways in …