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During a coffee house for Alcohol Awareness Week, Jaime Mims and Becka Rankin explain myths and facts about alcohol to a group of approximately 20 students. Ken L. Nafziger, director of student life, and Ellen Miller, director of housing and resident life also attended the event. According to Nafziger, EMU will be taking part in national alcohol and drug survey organized by SIU Carvendale to assess the use at EMU in comparison to other schools. EMU has participated in this survey twice before, the last time being six years ago with results indicating that EMU had significantly less on and off campus drinking and other drug use compared to the national average. Nafziger expects the results of this survey to reflect how much society has changed and how much Mennonite culture has changed in the last six years since college culture mirrors what goes on in the broader communities. Alcohol Awareness Week also included a display in the Campus Center where students could write brief reflections on how alcohol had impacted them or someone they know.
Middle school is tough. The cliques, the bullying, gym class, the social expectations, and trying to fit into one peer group while being shunned and disregarded by another, can shove academics out of the picture. Read more...
Junior Jesse Yoder is seeing the faculty through new eyes as he attends weekly discussions as part of the Shenandoah Anabaptist Science Society (SASS).
"I admire and respect the faculty involved and see the discussions as an opportunity to learn more about the academic world of philosophy and see how faculty interact with each other during a lunch-time chat," said Yoder. Read more...
Giving new meaning to the adage "one man's trash is another man's treasure," Project Rubbish Redemption kicked off yesterday, launched by Earthkeepers to raise awareness about recycling and to reduce rubbish by increasing recycling and reuse on campus. Read more...
Over the course of the semester, a group of faculty and students under the leadership of Christian Early and Ted Grimsrud, have gathered over the Thursday lunch hour to engage in a book study on "Whatever Happened to the Soul?: Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature." Read more...
Students are questioning the role of young people in the church.
On Thursday, Oct. 13, a group of around 15 students met in the Northlawn prayer room to discuss this question. Read more...
Guatemala relief dinner - Writer's Read: Denise Giardina. Read more...
