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Emotions high as faculty, students respond to ratings

Faculty and staff hoping to hear whether their programs would be cut may have been disappointed by Monday morning's prioritization meeting.
The 10 a.m. meeting was used primarily to explain the prioritization process before releasing the results of individual reports to department heads. Read more...

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Harrisonburg International Festival celebrates culture

When was the last time you played with a dreidel from Israel? Saw a Kurdish band perform? Experienced Venezuelan cuisine?
If you attended Harrisonburg's Annual International Festival on Saturday, you could have easily experienced all of this and more. Read more...

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Athlete Ben Yoder injured in home soccer game

The foul that took place in the final 4 minutes of the EMU men's soccer game versus Eastern University was shocking, flagrant, and left the team reeling. Read more...

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Prioritization reports rate EMU;
Programs fall "below average"

As many as one third of EMU's 208 academic and administrative programs have been rated as "Below Average" under the prioritization process led by President Swartendruber and the 12-member Prioritization Steering Committee. Read more...

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The world is watching us

"The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!" chanted the crowd of as Cindy Sheehan, famous mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, was taken into custody on Monday. Read more...