Opinion

The Shenandoah Valley and other Virginia regions are suffering from a bad case of uniformity at the hands of the "yuppie strip," a self-coined term. Been shopping on 33 East on the other side of I-81 recently? The same question could be asked of Winchester’s 11 South or Charlottesville 29 North. The one long road strip is a breeding ground for chain stores and commercial development. Read more...

"So what are you saying, Ben? Are you a Christian or a Mennonite?"
As a high school student in rural Ontario, these words were piercing. How had I been living my life? What did I do to deserve a question as harsh as this? Was there anything wrong with being a Mennonite first and a Christian second? Read more...

As I graduated high school and moved east to attend an official Mennonite school of higher education, I noticed a strange game that kept being talked about. This game is called the Mennonite Game. For those of you that are unaware of the game (I doubt there are many at EMU), it consists of naming relatives that one has and relating them to other game participants. Well, I propose EMU takes this game to the next level—tournaments. Read more...

I came to EMU from Hesston College to be a nursing major.  I was late in deciding where I wanted to go to school so I lived in Roselawn my first semester here.  When I arrived there were holes in the tiles, big ugly streaks across the walls, and my mattress cover was ripped so badly it almost would not cover the mattress. Read more...