Watch your step. The bar is so damn low you just might trip over it. The bar is so low that a four-page “summary of principal conclusions” of an investigation …
Opinion
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Editorial: The Feather Brain Is Here to Stay
This semester we are publishing The Feather Brain a few days after April Fool’s Day. The Feather Brain is a joke issue—a space for satire and comedy. Each year, The …
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You Do Not Have the Right to Be Offended
In the second-to-last issue, I wrote an article about the Jussie Smollett controversy; specifically, his faking a hate crime. He is now facing 16 felony charges.* I wrote about a …
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MJ Sharp Inspires
From the motherland of Africa, I aspire to change the world for the better. I have a bold ambition that comes in with a gun pointed at my head. I …
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Internet Culture Promotes Dangerous Ideologies
Internet culture and its metaphorical language, memes, has potentially evolved into something that many people—both outside observers and even some active participants—have not fully realized nor conceptualized. What once was …
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John Howard Yoder Should Be Taught In Different Light
Recently in a class, we discussed the infamous Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder. Our debate followed this central dilemma: What do we do with this defender of pacifism, a theologian …
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Editorial: Censorship and Journalism
Allie and I recently got an email from Kirsten, our faculty advisor, about censorship in campus newspapers. She forwarded us the College Media Insights newsletter containing an article about the …
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Adults Can Learn From Mister Rogers Too
At the beginning of each episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Mister Rogers would begin by asking his viewers, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” The longstanding children’s show was a favorite …
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N.T. Wright’s Voice Should Be Heard at Emu
Worship at EMU is a chance for students to hear from guest speakers on a variety of topics. N.T. Wright, a British theologian and former bishop, is one such speaker. …
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Our Response to Shootings Must Be Love
On Saturday, Oct. 27, a mass shooting was committed at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn. Eleven Jewish people were killed in cold blood by an anti-Semitic terrorist …