Have you ever been told to stop doing something simply because it was weird? Maybe you were not told explicitly, maybe it was just through body movement, or the judgmental …
Opinion
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When Communities Divide
Growing up in the Mennonite church, community is a word I have heard many times. The idea of community continues to be ingrained within me at Eastern Mennonite University. We …
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Editorial: Self-Care and Loving Yourself
You are the only person you are guaranteed to spend your whole life with, so you might as well learn to get along. I cannot remember where I first heard …
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Realpolitik and Today’s Political Division
A year on, Mr. Donald Trump is still our president. Though many of us still cannot quite figure out how or why he got elected and foolishly spend our time …
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Where Are All the Climate Change Statues?
This September, a new statue was raised on the corner of College Ave. behind the library, to much fanfare from the campus community. The striking 20-foot depiction of a plow …
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Our Climate Solutions and Our University
Let’s start with a well-established fact: climate neutrality is imperative by 2050. If we do not curb carbon emissions by that admittedly-arbitrary date, then we will likely be unable to …
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Christmas Controversy
It is finally Christmas season. The long-awaited time of cookies and hot cocoa has arrived. We are finally allowed to hang Christmas lights in our dorm rooms and the beautifully …
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Editorial: Adding Student Voices in Print
As the semester ends, so does my reign as Editor in Chief. At first, that realization saddened me. Thoughts of apprehension raced through my head. I have so much left …
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Take Care of Yourselves
It is that time of the semester — crunch time is upon us. Everyone is tired, students and professors alike. We are almost all some degree of overwhelmed, and for …
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Change Your Diet Today for a Better Life
My guess is there are not many people who would be opposed to living a long life, especially if mental and physical capabilities would not be crippling in the last …