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Fans Kevin Beachey, Pete Nelson, Wayne Paxton, Jason Troyer, Andrew Intagliata, and Jeremy Webster react to a goal during the field hockey team's homecoming victory.
NEWSIncoming students at Eastern Mennonite Seminary were unpleasantly surprised shortly after their arrival this semester when they learned that EMS was going to offer them virtually none of their expected financial aid. Read more...
STYLEThe EMU community knows him as the founder of the Conflict Transformation Program. Those who attended the Mennonite convention in Atlanta remember his inspirational speech on conflict. The rest of the world knows John Paul Lederach as an expert in conciliation and mediation, which is why CBS featured him in their special on conflict transformation on Sunday, Oct. 12. Read more...
NEWSEMU came to life last weekend, booming with activity as Homecoming events forced students out of their usual weekend hibernation. Read more...
BURG & BEYONDThose students not leaving Harrisonburg for fall break can still be entertained without leaving the Valley by attending a music festival on Friday and Saturday in Staunton, Virginia. The First Annual Fortune Williams Music Festival boasts several large name performers, including the initiators behind the festival, Jimmy Fortune and Robin and Linda Williams. Read more...
NEWSMany students would find themselves a lot less in debt if they could pay for college at the tuition price in the early 1980s. Now, however, this concept may be possible for today’s children. Read more...
