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Bluffton Tragedy Touches EMU

On the Friday morning before their spring break, students at Bluffton University woke up, finished homework, and headed to their 8:00 a.m. classes, only to find out that their college baseball team had been in a terrible accident. Read more...

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The Connections We Make

The relationhips we forge during our time at EMU will be some of the most influential of our lives. With that in mind, we also need to consider the effects they will have, and for what reasons they will affect us so. Read more...

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Cross-Cultural Reflection: A Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage

"Standing on the shoulders of giants." It's a familiar phrase and one I've heard a lot lately as I've been engulfed in politics and the history of the Civil Rights movement. With the events of my life over the past few weeks, I think it is safe to say I have stood among giants. Read more...

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Griffin Awarded Coach of the Year

Two years ago when head coach Richard McElwee stepped down as the EMU women's basketball head coach, the door opened for Kevin Griffin. In September of 2005, his alma mater welcomed him back with open arms. Read more...

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Artist's Abstraction Encourages Introspection

Deeply thought-provoking and aesthetically pleasing, the art exhibit by Susan Zurbrigg currently on display in the Hartzler Library Gallery is best greeted with an open mind. This JMU professor of art presents an exhibit that encourages introspection instead of trying to communicate her own ideas. Read more...

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Beware the Ides of March

March 15, 44 B.C.; Julius Caesar is stabbed by his Senate. In their opinion, he had overstepped his bounds. When the Roman Empire's dictator abuses power, things must be out of control. What, then, of a president who states he would prefer to be a dictator, whose actions point in that direction, and whose failures are on a scale expected from such forms of consolidated, isolated power? Read more...