Introducing Mayor Reed to EMU
Deanna Reed has served as the Mayor of Harrisonburg since 2017 and as of January 23, 2023, she has begun a new role as EMU’s Regional Advancement Director in the …
“The Last of Us”: Adaptation, More Over Less
Typically, the news that a video game is receiving a movie or television adaptation is met, by video game fans, with a groan and a resigned “well, I guess I’ll …
Is Micheal Jordan the Greatest Basketball Player?
There has been a lot of speculation about who the greatest basketball player of all time is from this generation and previous generations. In my opinion, LeBron James is the …
Women’s Basketball Season Wrap-up
The EMU Women’s basketball team lost in the first round of the ODAC Tournament, finishing with a 9-17 record. It was the first time the team made the tournament since …
Athletic Teams Empower Women in Sports
If you walked into Eastern Mennonite University’s main gym last Sunday evening, you would have likely seen 70 young girls dancing, high-fiving, kicking soccer balls, racing across the court, making …
Sawubona! An update from South Africa
Students on this semester’s Intercultural program are busy playing with kids, studying the history of Apartheid, eating Tripe (cow intestine), singing and dancing in church services, playing intense games of …
Changing Winds: A Hodgepodge of EMU History
This newspaper has published a wide variety of articles in its almost 84 years of history. For those who don’t know, every issue of The Weather Vane that has ever …
Emu Alumni Performs Solo Play
On February 18 and 19, Royal alumni Ingrid De Sanctis (‘88) returned to the EMU stage to premiere her first solo play, “The Things I Forgot”. As the reimagination of …
Is LeBron James the Greatest Player of All Time?
On February 8th, 2023, LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record with 38,388 points. This was achieved in a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. James, the 38-year-old, hardly …
A Ranking of EMU Campus Athletic Facilities
As an athlete, having access to athletic facilities is a nice bonus at EMU. There is a lot to offer for athletes, whether it be a weight room, a place …