EMU to host event on faith, physics

Jim Bishop

Story by Jim Bishop Robert C. Newman, professor emeritus of New Testament and Christian Evidences at Biblical Theological Seminary, Hatfield, Pa., will speak on “Belief and Physics: Some Lessons from the Ancient Greeks” at the final Suter Science Seminar of fall semester at Eastern Mennonite University.

Three at a time

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Basketball coaches are assumed to prefer layups and short and medium-range jumpers to shots from behind the three-point arc that offer high reward in terms of the amount of points that can be scored per basket but at considerable risk to one’s offensive efficiency. And if you’re looking at Dave…

Community group wants county, state to improve safety on Nelson highway

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] An accident that killed a mother and her two young daughters in Nelson County this summer happened 75 yards from the front door of Tommy Stafford’s office. “We knew we needed to do something,” said Stafford, the founder of Project151.org, a web portal that is serving as a launching pad…

Lucente ‘leaning’ in direction of voting to approve bond issues

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A series of legal snafus that arose during the process of confirmation following the bond referenda in Waynesboro that were on the Nov. 6 ballot could soon be resolved without a new election or a court order. “I think the people made an error in putting in the fire station,…

New book chronicles educators, church leaders from WWII generation

Jim Bishop

Story by Jim Bishop They were born in the Depression, grew up during World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War and Vietnam. All moved from more rural to professional settings and made major impacts on the Mennonite Church, its institutions and the larger society. Reflections and stories from these 16 educators and church…

Horror authors talk about ups, downs in business

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I go into any discussion of the book industry presuming that sales are down, down, down, reader interest is even worse, the prospects for improvement are dead in the water. And then I talk to my friend the horror author Matthew Warner, and I start to get depressed. “I’m trying…

Hokies grateful for second chance at BC

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] For three-plus hours that October night, it had seemed that Virginia Tech had played its way back into the national-title picture with a convincing win over then-#2 Boston College. And then … “Boston College has scarred me for life. I don’t celebrate a win until it’s zero-zero-zero reading on the…