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Joel Lehman

Excitement is running high around campus as the inauguration comes closer. Many events will take place during inauguration week to celebrate EMU and to raise funds for a student scholarship.

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Activities surround president’s inauguration
Swartzendruber, event coordinators seek to celebrate EMU milestone

EMU’s campus is buzzing this week with events celebrating the upcoming inauguration of Loren Swartzendruber. The events are building up to Saturday’s inauguration ceremony inducting Swartzendruber as EMU’s official president. Read more...

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Performing arts fill week’s calendar

Among this week’s inauguration activities have been comedy shows, an orchestra concert, and, still to come, an inaugural concert for Friday evening. Read more...

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Tentative “Amish in the City” draws concerns

Picture this: five Amish teenagers in Los Angeles coexisting with five worldly teens. Sound far-fetched? Not to the UPN television network.
The network is looking to capitalize on one of the few untapped resources in today’s world of reality TV. Read more...

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Breaking banks for new park along Blacks Run

Backhoes attacked the artificial bank of Blacks Run in downtown Harrisonburg early Wednesday morning. The machinery, located in a parking lot at the corners of Liberty and Wolfe streets, initiated the development of Harrisonburg’s newest greenspace: Liberty Park Read more...

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Rough weekend for Royals

The tennis teams began their season on March 9 with wins from both the men’s and women’s teams against Shenandoah.
While the beginning weeks of the season have passed with five defeats on the women’s side and three on the men’s, the teams look ahead to a more successful second half of their seasons. Read more...