“I felt like a heroine,” senior Hannah Nichols said. “It feels like going against community at a large… like breaking free… at the same time it’s something taboo… it can …
Opinion
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Cursing can be an inconvenient habit to pick up
If you grew up in a household or school similar to mine, swearing was not tolerated. This begs the question, where and when do we learn to swear? One way …
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“Let your humanity work better than any religion”
The headline quote has stuck with me since my cross-cultural to the Middle-East last spring as the best comment on religion I have ever heard. My roommate’s host dad, Jalal, …
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Editorial: The myth of nice girls and acquiescence
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. …
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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 …