Glen Guyton, Director for Constituent Resources for Mennonite Church USA, visited Common Grounds Coffeehouse last Thursday to speak on his past as a former U.S. Air Force officer and his current involvement in the Mennonite community.

This semester, Hannah Shrock (a third year Pre-med student) and Erika Babikow (a third year Biology and Environmental Sustainability double major) will be leading the Student Government Association as co-presidents.

Earthkeepers, along with the Quality Enhancement Plan and Creation Care Council, will provide financial assistance to students, classes, and projects that otherwise might have not been able to fund it themselves in the form of mini-grants.

While the rest of the school may have retreated into the winter break, our EMU Royals basketball teams did not have much of a rest. Instead, our men’s team suffered through what would be a back and forth of victories and losses, and our women’s team started off on what would become a six-game winning streak.

On Jan. 16 we celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The EMU community marked the day with a special chapel. Glenn Guyton, Director for Constituent Resources for Mennonite Church USA, spoke about the paralyzed man at the pool of Bethesda.

Justin Roth, Senior, presented EMU students with his original, heartwarming yet action lacking senior project: “Rich and Change,” a short film screening.