| Administration Speaks on Rising Tuition | By: Jonathan Yoder, Staff Writer
Wondering why tuition is rising next year? According to Ronald Piper, EMU's vice president for finance, the answer is simple: the cost of running a university continues to rise. Sorry, no conspiracy, just simple economic facts.( Read More...)
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| Pranks: Funny or Not? | By: Jeremy Yoder, News Co-Editor
 Wondering why tuition is rising next year? According to Ronald Piper, EMU’s vice president for finance, the answer is simple: the cost of running a university continues to rise. Sorry, no conspiracy, just simple economic facts.( Read More...)
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| "Nolt for V.P." | By: Aaron Yoder, Co-Editor-in-Chief
These words have been dry-erase-markered onto every dry erase board in every campus computer lab for the last two weeks. They were the words of rising senior Geoff Nolt and part of quite possibly the most aggressive bid for Student Government Association (SGA) Vice President in the history of SGA. They were simple and straightforward. They were bare bones and honest. They were passionate.( Read More...)
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| My Travels to SGA and Beyond | By: Matt Lowen, Columnist
 Recently I have found myself attending the weekly SGA meetings. I am not officially a representative on SGA. However I think someone once said that "we are all members of SGA," and I have been using it to the best of my ability in my frequent visits to the representative body of the students every Thursday night.( Read More...)
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| Faith and Praxis on the Freeway | By: Armanda Hansbrough, News Co-Editor
 Driving home the other evening, I came upon an unusual sight. There appeared to be a kitten struggling to get across the road. Horrified that it had been hit, and determined to help, I stopped my car only to realize that the animal in the middle of the road was not a cat, but an opossum.( Read More...)
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| A Consortia of Conservative Ideals | By: Randy Dovel and Brian Plum, Columnists
We write this, our final column, with somewhat of a bittersweet feeling. Like you, we feel great that another academic year is about to bite the dust. However, we feel as though we have only been able to scratch the surface in revealing what we feel are the underlying beliefs of political conservatism and its ramifications on society.( Read More...)
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| Letter to the Editors | By: Dan Umbel, First Year Student
It was with good intentions, I am sure, that a survey was undertaken last fall in order to find out what the student opinion is on this campus regarding homosexual issues.( Read More...)
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| Movie Review: Blow | By: Rob Fennimore, Style Co-editor
Blow stars Johnny Depp as '70s drug czar George Jung. At one point in the movie, Jung tells the audience that if you used cocaine in the late seventies, there was an 80% chance that it came from him. ( Read More...)
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| Final Art Show Stars Seniors | By: Kent Fellenbaum, Style Co-editor
 What do horses, landscapes and rock climbers have in common? All are the subjects of themes expressed in the work of three of EMU’s own senior art majors, the focus of this year’s final exhibit in Hartzler Library.( Read More...)
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| Loyer to Replace Smeltzer for One Year | By: Kristine Sensenig, Staff Writer
 It's not only students who plan their lives one year at a time. "I really am enjoying not knowing what the future holds . . ." said incoming Math Professor Sarah Loyer enthusiastically.( Read More...)
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| New Cords for Graduation | By: Armanda Hansbrough, News Co-Editor
This spring, when the graduates walk across the stage, several of them may be wearing cords of distinction. These cords are a new way to honor graduating students. The honor is open to anyone who is graduating, but they must be nominated by someone to receive the award.( Read More...)
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| Bombin' Barney Quick a Modest Leader | By: Kai Orenic, Sports Writer
 EMU freshman third baseman Barney Quick doesn’t care much about stats. That’s probably a good thing because it would take him a long time to go through the list of gaudy numbers that he’s putting up this year. ( Read More...)
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| Track Team Battles Div. I at Duke Meet | By: Kai Orenic, Sports Writer
 The Men and Women’s track teams descended on Durham, NC this weekend to compete in the 2001 Duke Invitational. The two-day meet featured over 75 schools, including Division I powerhouses South Carolina, Michigan, and UVA. Several former Olympians and other professional athletes competing for track clubs like Reebok Enclave and Sprint Capitol were also at the meet.( Read More...)
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| | Hugs & Slugs |  | | A hug to all of the caring faculty who invite students over to their houses. Thanks for reminding us of home. |  |  | | A "we need more food" hug to the tiny soup bowls in the snack shop. Are you trying to starve us? | | | | A enthusiastic hug to all of those who helped with Food and Farming Week, but most especially to the animals! | | | | A "can't you let us enjoy the last two weeks hanging out with our friends" slug to final projects that eat up our free time. |
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| On the Sidewalk | If you could run away from school, where would you go?
"To the beach in Hawaii, just because anywhere is better than here." - Bonnie Berry, sophomore
"Westerndorf, Austria, because I was there a couple of summers ago and it was gorgeous." - Monica Horst, sophomore
"Home to get some real food other than cafeteria food." - Caleb Stitely, first year
"I would go to Greece to be a fisherman to enjoy a simple life without exams." - Grete Horst, first year
"I wouldn't be in a music practice room." - Rosemary Siegrist, senior music performance major
Collected by Miriam Stauffer
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| Foot in Mouth |  | | "I don't think the Pope is a very good person."
Ray Gingerich
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The new student leaders of the Student Government Association (SGA) were elected yesterday.
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With both of her parents in the business field, it just seemed natural for senior business major Erica Strong to take interest in her roots and follow in their footsteps.(
A barn dance, workshops, a coffeehouse, organic farm tour and a petting zoo were among the highlights that made last week’s Food and Farming Week a success.(