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NEWS EMU sent 11 students to prison this past weekend.
Students from Developing & Sustaining the Peacebuilder and Doing Justice classes went together to Graterford Prison in Pennsylvania, where they attended Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) workshops. Read more...
STYLEAfter a year's hiatus, a student-initiated improv group has started up again at EMU. Seniors Rachel Swartzendruber and Dana Gamber held auditions last Tuesday. About 13 people showed up for the auditions, and eight of them, along with Gamber and Swartzendruber, will make up the group. Read more...
SPORTSWomen's soccer head coach Greg Steffen has been appointed as EMU's interim athletic director, effective immediately. Read more...
BURGWithin the last year, Harrisonburg and the surrounding areas have become more than just a "safe haven" for gang members. There have been more taggings (graffiti), crimes, and recruiting recorded in common, everyday places.
Sgt. Shane Brown of the Harrisonburg Police Department said, "In the past, there was some tagging (gang-related graffiti) and then, just over the past year, our jurisdiction has seen ... a rise in gang-related activity." Read more...
NEWSThe Board of Trustees approved the addition of a pre-law minor for the 2005-2006 school year, making EMU the only North American Mennonite college to offer it. Read more...
