For so many years, I idolized college students, believing that they were blissfully sipping foamy lattes, forming deep and long-lasting romantic and platonic connections, tapping away at their satisfying-sounding keyboards, …
Opinion
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Free, Free, Free Palestine!
Freeee, free Palestine! Freeee, free Palestine! Free, free, free Palestine! Free, free, free Palestine! These words echoed through Washington D.C. as 300,000 activists, students, children, and allies chanted this and …
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Editorial: Dealing With Loss and my Realization of the Importance of Counseling
Every edition, Hannah and I swap doing the editorial. When thinking of ideas last week, the first idea that came to mind was writing about loss. Seven years ago, I …
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Race and Gender: How to be a Good White Ally
Are you white? Or maybe you’re a person of color? Either way you can still be a part of the conversation regarding what it means to be a good white …
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Eastern Mennonite Has a Title IX Problem
As the 2024 presidential election looms ever closer, one of Biden’s flagship campaign promises remains unfulfilled and precarious; an overhaul of the long-since-gutted Title IX system in the United States. …
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Stop Hating Young People and Start Hating the System: a Student’s Opinion on 9-5 Jobs
A study should be conducted on millennials and boomers to discover why they want younger generations to suffer the same way they did. On Oct. 18, 2023, 21-year-old TikTok user …
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Why People Should Make Ranked-Choice Voting Their Number One Choice
Many of you went to the voting booth on Tuesday a couple of days ago and voted. How often have you gone to vote and wished you could rank all …
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What’s the Deal with Composting at EMU?
During my first year at EMU, there was a strong composting program that ensured that food waste from the cafeteria was transported to the maintained compost piles located behind the …
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“The Boys” and “Gen V” Show Corporate Usage of Superpowers
When I look back on this past semester, “The Boys” is one of the most prominent TV shows that I’ve watched, and it really stands out. This 3-season series details …
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The Importance of Counter-Protests
Queer Student Alliance (QSA) leadership member and junior Tyler Williams describes counter-protesting as a sense of community. This sense of community came through on Tuesday, October 8, when an anti-LGBTQ…+ …