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NEWSA new campus housing policy requires that students must live on EMU campus until they are a senior and are 21 years or older.
Unlike the current policy, which allows students to move off campus after they reach their 21st birthday or achieve senior status, the new policy means that students have to fill both requirements to live off campus. Read more...
STYLE"A housewife with amnesia. A puppet with a past. Seriously funny theater." This should sound familiar since the tagline can be seen on promotional posters all over campus for "Fuddy Meers," EMU's upcoming theater production. Read more...
BURGMany people enjoy music, and the Harrisonburg area has plenty of Mennonites, so it's not surprising that they would come together. That happened this past weekend, as some of the most talented Mennonite musicians in the country descended upon Harrisonburg to participate in the city's first ever Mennofolk event. Read more...
NEWSIn the next couple of weeks, WEMC, EMU's public radio station, will begin to air content that may get the attention of more EMU students, as well as others in the community. Read more...
OPINIONHuddle in silence and you can hear the deafening tick coming from the consciousness of Americans counting down the approval rating for President Bush. Stealing his first election was one thing. Fabricating dangers to go to war without merit is another. Sketchy campaigning to win re-election is something else. All of these are mildly acceptable in the eyes of Americans. Read more...