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Best and brightest "concerned"

They were considered intellectual renegades half a century ago, calling for a return to the congregation as the center of authority in the Mennonite Church rather than trending toward a central hierarchy of bishops. Read more...

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Trouble in River City?
Music transforms

Knowing how EMU's theater department likes to set its plays into a Mennonite peace and justice context, often parting from theatrical tradition to do so, I wondered what Director L.B. Hamilton would do with The Music Man. Read more...

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Boys of summer kick off

Coach Rob Roeschley wants the men's baseball team to head back to the ODAC tournament.
To get there, Roeschley says his Royals will have to finish among the top six teams in the ODAC during the regular season, a feat that slipped by the Royals last year. Read more...

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Little Grill opens collective grocery store

Little Grill, a favorite haunt of EMU students, is going grocery. Owners plan to combine the restaurant with a collective grocery store.
Less than three years ago the former owners of Little Grill, Ron and Melanie Copeland, relinquished their ownership, selling shares to employees who were passionate about their vision... Read more...

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Reflection at Kermit's serenade

Recently, nostalgia has come knocking and I gladly enjoyed her presence. I jumped into the old "what is the meaning of life" routine. Sure, I accept the futility of this question, but I also see some point in grounding one's self in the philosophically self-evaluative question games of "what if" and other similar reflective questions. Read more...