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The growing impact of houseplants
The calm envelopes you right as you walk in: the space seems cooler, more relaxed, smells faintly of dirt, and is overflowing with neatly organized houseplants. Grassroots Landscaping and Nursery’s …
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Editorial: Visit the Smithland Dog Park
I adopted my dog, Rocky, only a month into the 2020 quarantine. After a month of solitude in a studio apartment with my cat, I needed a good reason to …
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Should EMU hire non-Christian professors?
Eastern Mennonite University is founded on Christian principles. We strive to follow the ways of Jesus, and this is an essential part of the college’s identity. As I consider myself …
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Colorism in the Latinx community
I come from a very big family where everyone has unique features that, in my eyes, make them perfect and beautiful. However, not everyone shares this opinion. When my baby …
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A love/hate relationship with Zoom
COVID-19 has forced many of us to use different means of attending class and Zoom has been instrumental here at EMU and across the country. I have some thoughts and …
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Overly politically correct culture further radicalizes
I would like to be clear in that I am in no way against the core tenants of politically correct culture and a move towards equality in all aspects of …
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Public libraries are integral in equal opportunity
As a young child rummages through a large stack of books, pulled from the seemingly never-ending shelves lining the children’s section of a public library, a thought is planted in …
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Editorial: plants are the solution to stress
I bought my first plant while dorm shopping in the fall of 2017. It was one of those small pots inside at Walmart that had three different succulents for around …
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Interning with the psychiatric emergency team
For my senior year, I’ve been interning at Sentara RMH with the Psychiatric Emergency Team (PET). PET is a group of Counselors called in for patients experiencing psychological crises. This …