It’s the end of an era, but no one seems to mind. During the final stage strike, the cast of Dancing at Lughnasa and the theater department crew dismantled the stage in a busy yet cheerful fashion. “It’s the final strike of this stage,” said director Tom Joyner. “So it’s momentous in that way.”

Considering the recent rash of bike thefts at EMU, it’s not surprising that riding at 2am catches some suspicious looks. What is surprising is that despite their peers’ bikes disappearing, students still fail to lock their beloved modes of transportation, or take other measures to protect their property.

At college, there is one group of people who do not get enough credit. They make the campus beautiful and make sure we can safely travel from class to class, but do it simply because it is their job. Who are they? The Phys. Plant staff. Working sometimes in plain sight, others by darkness, the members of the physical plant and custodial staff are constantly working to keep students safe and their living spaces clean.

Common Grounds hosts bands from diverse backgrounds— lesser known adult acts, JMU bands, current students, faculty, etc.— but in the past several years they have managed to mostly avoid the ever-growing pool of EMU graduates playing music locally. Dear Wolfgang’s CD release show on Saturday, April 17, showcased some of this talent, hitherto unknown at EMU.

She holds EMU records in the 100m and 400m hurdles. Her 55m and 60m hurdle times are not only EMU records but ODAC records, set in 2008. She qualified for Nationals in the 55m, 60m, and 100m hurdles during the 2008 indoor and outdoor track seasons, though her times weren’t fast enough to give her the chance to actually race at Nationals. Michelle Leaman has left her mark on EMU.

Throughout this semester, I’ve attended the majority of SGA meetings; I was the only student other than the Senators and Executive Committee. In addition, my senior research paper dealt with some of the halcyon days of the SGA, 1970-‘71. The SGA was three years old, and still believed that it had influence and power.