When I am bored on long car drives, I listen to books. Sometimes, an ordinary road trip turns into a transformative, thoughtful experience, even if it is a comedian’s memoir. …
Opinion
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New Experiences
As I reflect on my transformational experiences at EMU over the past four years, my heart and mind are filled with nostalgia, gratitude, and warmth, as well as lamentation, frustration, …
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Changing Ideals: My Four Short Years
Coming to EMU from an extremely liberal and secular northern Virginia community, I was unsure what to expect from a Mennonite-affiliated university. At the time, my perceptions of the Mennonite …
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Pet all Campus Cats; Accept the Unknowable
Stop and pet the campus cats. I mean that quite literally. If one of those mangy furballs is in your general vicinity, you need to stop whatever you’re doing and …
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Take the Adventure and Embrace Change
I have wanted to be an adult since I was six years old, or so my mom has told me. I used to watch movies about college students, dreaming of …
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Common Grounds
The first time I worked at Common Grounds, it was trivia night. It was also my first week at EMU. My trainer handed me the small blue recipe binder, looked …
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A Chapter Closing; Becoming Who I Am
The day my parents left me at EMU for freshman year, I was terrified. I was in a new place ten hours away from home and knew only a handful …
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Editorial: EMU and the Inescapable Progress Machine
The Centennial Celebration this past weekend was an incredible success, drawing unprecedented numbers of families and alumni to campus to participate in over 80 events during a three-day period. A …
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Content Mastery Alone is not Sufficient
As an education major, I have been fortunate to have top-tier professors. However, many of my peers complain about the instruction their professors give. To the EMU professors reading this, …
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Editorial: Student Voters are Advocates
Through the periods of political highs and lows that our country has recently experienced, it is easy to feel as though we as individuals do not have much of a …