Opinion

After Bush’s speech to the United Nations assembly on Wednesday, critics of the military action in Iraq such as President Jacques Chirac of France clapped politely. After Chirac presented his speech, however, it was hard to judge Bush’s reaction considering he had already left. Read more...

Here we go again - this semester kicked off right where the last one left off, with the firing of Dr. Tom Arbaugh. I’ll cut right to the point. The manipulation of EMU by donors with an agenda is disgusting and the timid way that the EMU administration sells itself out to these people makes me angry. Thanks to the unclear decision making process on campus and the vague statements coming from the President, I don’t really know exactly what happened or precisely why he was fired. Read more...

In the last (Sept. 18) issue of the Weather Vane, Jeff Thoman wrote a letter to the editor criticizing the recent editions of our student newspaper. In his letter, he outlined a couple of points that he felt the editors were falling short on. He also accused our newspaper of being anti-EMU; this is the issue of his letter that I would like to respond to. Read more...

Upon my entrance to EMU as a freshman, I didn’t know a lot of things. Even with my ignorance, there were some things I did know, and many of them have been significantly challenged throughout my career here at EMU. Before attending this institution I would have argued (until I was blue in the face) that I was as true a Mennonite as there was. Read more...

Apropos the article about the crunch and the Mennonite Historical Library, I am writing to say that the MSHL [Menno Simons Historical Library] has been loaded with more than its share of this situation. Read more...

Macho. Crude. Insensitive. Controlling. Obsessed with sex.
These were some of the first responses I got at a recent men's seminar when I asked what they thought society's perceptions were of us males. Read more...