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Which is President-elect Obama’s most important personnel appointment? Secretary of State? Attorney General? Secretary of the Treasury? The answer is none of them – not even close. I adamantly believe that distinction goes to his Presidential Science Advisor. You ask, “We are in the midst of two wars and our economy is crumbling, and you’re…
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The series proved so popular, it’s returning early 2009 for another round. Eastern Mennonite University will again team up with the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce and the Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development Center to offer six “Seminars in Organizational Leadership” aimed at helping persons sharpen their leadership in a rapidly-changing environment. Topics will range from…
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More than likely, by the time you read this message, the decision will have been rendered. After months of posturing, positioning and speculating, the question will have an answer. Voters will have voted, nasty ads will have subsided, and nightly news will be filled with something other than the latest political nuance or candidate slipup…
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Story by Andrea Schrock Wenger Eastern Mennonite University’s dining hall went trayless beginning Wednesday, Oct. 22, joining hundreds of other colleges across the country eliminating wasted water, energy, food and time. “This is not new,” says Pioneer Catering director Bruce Emmerson. “It’s a trend that has been happening across the country for years. EMU students…
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Column by Haresh Daswani The China milk scare might have dampened our appetites with Chinese food products, after realizing what Melamine is. For those who don’t, here is the definition of Melamine compliments of Wikipedia: “Melamine is combined with formaldehyde to produce melamine resin, a very durablethermosetting plastic, and melamine foam, a polymeric cleaning product….
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Story by Jim Bishop For most majors, Eastern Mennonite University offers smaller classes that provide much opportunity for close student-faculty interaction and mentoring. In addition, many majors include opportunities for internships, where students apply classroom learning to “real world” settings. Beyond this, a number of students majoring in the sciences, particularly biology or chemistry, are…
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Column by David Cox Two Sundays ago, 33 pastors around the country by prearrangement preached sermons to their congregations that endorsed or opposed candidates for President of the United States. What’s more, they will send their sermon texts to the Internal Revenue Service to defy the ban on tax-exempt nonprofits engaging in partisan politics. Clearly,…
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Column by Steven Sisson It’s becoming clear as mud after last night’s debate that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is worst running mate since Thomas Eagleton in 1972. McCain’s political strategy ensuring women will vote for the Republican ticket because Palin’s sexuality is condescending to say the least. To quote Charlie Chan, the “mud of bewilderment…
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Story by Andrea Schrock Wenger Bibb lettuce that traveled about 10 miles from Marlan Showalter’s farm to the table formed the base of a veggie wrap that was among the fare served at Eastern Mennonite University dining hall’s first “harvest meal” of locally-grown food, held Oct. 1. “The meal was amazing,” said Leah Risser, a…
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Op-ed by Al Weed and Bobbie Joe Gardner Earlier this year the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill requiring investor owned electric companies to notify their customers about the possibility of buying renewable power. In asking the utilities to do something innovative, the General Assembly has also given the power of choice to the utility…
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