With a recent cultural shift in favor of small businesses, “niches” have popped up all over, begging for specialized occupants. Restaurants, food trucks, craft breweries, cafes, and markets — each …
Liesl Graber
Contributing Writer
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Lunches With Liesl: Urgie’s Cheesesteaks
When Steven Urglavitch looked at the restaurant scene in Harrisonburg, he realized something was missing: an authentic Philly cheesesteak eatery. Urglavitch and his brother, Tommy, decided this could be their …
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Editorial: Mantras and Positive Headspace
What you are thinking inside your head right now matters. I do not mean that as a way of fluffing your ego for you, or to make you stop what …
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EMU Big Game Celebration: 6 Years Strong
For the past six years, Scott Eyre, lead Residence Director, has been an integral part of Student Life’s Big Game parties. While Eyre denied the event is in any way …
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Lunches With Liesl: El Sol, Mexican Food
When El Sol moved into their new location on 68 S. Carlton St., previously owned by a Chinese restaurant, they found a mural of pandas climbing bamboo trees on a …
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Lunches with Liesl: Taj of India
When I think of lunch buffets, usually I picture steam-warmed food vats mounding with butter and salt, the fluorescents coloring every item a particular shade of green. The Taj of …
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Editorial: Self-Care and Loving Yourself
You are the only person you are guaranteed to spend your whole life with, so you might as well learn to get along. I cannot remember where I first heard …
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Lunches With Liesl: Weihnachtsmarkt
There is nothing quite like an open-air Weihnachtsmarkt to get you in the mood for all things festive. Thanks to Bluestone Vineyard in Bridgewater, the surrounding communities could enjoy this …
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Rupi Kaur Does Not Hide Her Vulnerability
Rupi Kaur, author of “Milk and Honey,” is no stranger to viral fame. Whether the caliber of her work merits such fame, however, is open for debate. In 2014, Kaur …
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Off-campus Seniors Dumpster Dive for Food
This semester, senior David Nester has spent $6 total on food, and that was “because I went out to eat once,” he reported as of Nov. 12, with a few …