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Foot in Mouth

"You probably don't know about the Mennonite secret police; not many people do. You don't want to..."

Foot in Mouth

Steve Johnson
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Once a week

Once a week. That's how often a case of sexual abuse or rape would occur statistically at EMU, according to the size of our campus.
That number, and the number for JMU--once a day, comparatively--was given in Wednesday morning's Take Back the Night chapel. Read more...

Silence is not golden

Every two and a half minutes, somewhere in the United States, someone is sexually assaulted or raped, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Yet, on an average year, only 16 percent of rape cases are reported, which means that there are countless silent victims that are our friends, family, and community. Read more...

Defining "indispensable" necessary to prioritization

I would like to start by thanking the PSC, particularly Loren Swartzendruber and Jack Rutt, for their efforts at transparency and for the time they have taken to field questions and communicate with students. Read more...

Express yourself!

Mark Twain once said, "Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else." Here then, on these two pages, is an ideal opportunity for you to get your opinion out to the EMU community and to potentially make a huge difference on this campus. Read more...

'Below average' misleads
Letter to the editors

The headline of the September 29 issue of the Weather Vane is catchy but misleading. "Prioritization Reports Rate EMU; Programs Fall 'Below Average.'" "Below Average" can mean several things. Read more...