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Foot in Mouth

"Guys can just go and squirt anywhere they want to."

Foot in Mouth

Barbara Fast
Art and Its Purpose

Thou shalt separate church and state

May God save us from those who would reunite Church and State.
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended from the bench and his monument to the Ten Commandments has been removed from the state judicial building, but he hasn’t given up. Read more...

EMU not involved enough

Despite the EMU focus on social action and justice issues, I am disturbed by the limited EMU engagement in the many problems of the Harrisonburg community. When I was young, I knew very few Mennonites and no Mennonite institutions. My pride in my Mennonite heritage was based on the belief that Mennonites were justice oriented. Read more...

Wal-Mart: the abomination of the ’Burg

Prophecy is being fulfilled! "His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation" (Daniel 11:31).
The abomination has been set up right here in our beautiful, beloved Harrisonburg. Read more...

CEO’s & cleaning tables

What’s in a job? Does where you work or what you do really affect how people look at you? Is a CEO treated differently than a construction worker? As a good friend of mine recently found out, the answer is a definite YES. In order to get some extra cash in her pocket, she decided to start working in the cafeteria. While this may not affect how she is seen outside of the job, when she dons the apron some things start to change. Read more...

Homosexuality issue is no joking matter

I am disturbed at the tone of the September 4 editorial entitled "Here we go again..."
Why does the title infer this issue of homosexuality is a perennial joke, a comical scene that makes a mockery of the administration and of man's shortcomings? Read more...

The silent majority speaks

The past two issues of the Weather Vane have been quite disturbing to me as I am sure is true for many other students on campus. The blatant and erroneous reporting in these issues has sickened me. Is it too much to ask that student reporters, even the editors, be held accountable for responsible and UNBIASED reporting of the news? Read more...