As Spring 2025 comes to an end, so does our tenure of Co-Editors-in-Chief of the Weather Vane, but wait there’s more. I (Lauryn Moore) and Zack Furr are not only …
Opinion
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Obituary: The Death Of Wit and Wise – Columnists, Confidantes, and Wise as a Casual Victim of Wit’s Breakdown
It is with heavy hearts and scattered punchlines that we announce the untimely demise of Wise, longtime advice columnists, other-thinker-in-residence, and proud co-founder of Wit & Wise. Wise was discovered …
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Dealing with Bad Questions
In my summers at home for the past few years, I have worked as a historic interpreter at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia. Each day I was assigned …
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Why We Should Resist the Digital Age
AI is going to ruin the world. We see it every day. And while the internet and electronics have become so integrated into our society, using Apple Pay at gas …
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Hands Off Protests: An Example of Privilege at Work
This past Saturday, April 5, a friend and I made our way to Downtown Harrisonburg and happened to stumble upon the Harrisonburg Hands Off protest. If you’re not aware, the …
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Some Not-So-Sage Graduation Advice
Hi. I graduated from EMU once! Crazy, I know. And, should God beam his ever-lasting mercy upon me, I may just do it twice, which is more than twice as …
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Learning the Lines: How D.C.’s Metro Taught Me More Than Directions
During orientation week, I remember noticing my professors carrying a water bottle with bold, colorful lines—red, orange, silver, blue, yellow, and green—stretching in all four directions like a compass. At …
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Blind Item Culture: Please Get A Life
As someone who loves a good scroll on social media, I consider myself to be pretty up to date with celebrity drama and gossip, despite how embarrassing that is to …
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Why the Eldest Child Has it the Worst
The eldest child has it the worst out of all of the other kids. If you ask any first born child they will tell you that the pressure can be …
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Vanderpump RULES
Whether you are an avid reader or television viewer, or you only pick up a book or watch a TV show to look at its pretty colors or upbeat soundtracks, …