Student life news
Amish “bonnet rippers” examined in alumna’s book, published by Johns Hopkins University Press
October 14th, 2013Amish “bonnet rippers” have become massively popular in the past decade, Valerie Weaver-Zercher told an audience of fellow-alumni and faculty during Homecoming 2013 at Eastern Mennonite University, Oct. 11-13. A new Amish romance is published about every four days, with at least 86 released in 2012, said Weaver-Zercher at a Saturday morning talk sponsored by …More
Sunny skies for 1,000 volunteers behind Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale
October 8th, 2013The calendar declared that it’s autumn, but Mother Nature decided to stick with summer at least one more weekend, providing a warm backdrop for heated bidding and buying at the 47th annual Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale. Sunny skies prevailed and temperatures topped out at 85 degrees by the height of the sale early Saturday afternoon. …More
Jason Good becomes EMU’s director of admissions
October 4th, 2013The admissions department at Eastern Mennonite University will be led by Jason Good, PhD, beginning Oct. 7. Graduating from EMU in 2005 with a double major in sociology and environmental science, Good has filled a number of roles at EMU: admissions counselor, associate director of admissions, director of retention, women’s head soccer coach, cross-cultural leader …More
Mennonite professor and Israeli philosopher debate pacifism, violence and resistance to evil
October 4th, 2013In front of a packed audience at the Common Grounds coffeehouse, an Israeli philosopher and a Mennonite theologian sat down to debate the ethics of pacifism and violence, approaching the issue from an unconventional angle: Is it unethical not to use violence as a last resort to resist evil? Moshe Shner, a professor of Jewish …More
Arab ‘warrior-scholar-statesman’ inspires fresh biography and essay contest
October 4th, 2013A town in Iowa is named for Emir Abd el-Kader (1808-1883). The Lincoln White House sent him an honorary gift. Victor Hugo supported his release from prison. The New York Times eulogized him as “one of the few great men of the century.” And four biographies of him have been published. Yet el-Kader, whose most …More