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I didn't want to kill him. He was like a father to me, to many of the younger troops in my brigade. The sergeant taught us how to shoot, how to drink, how to tell stories around the fire. He waited for everyone else to be served before he took a bite. I met many officers in my time in the army, and every one of them was cold and hard except the old man. He w
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Hooves click against stone, adding to a soft chorus of early-morning birdsong and wind rustling through leaves. A chestnut horse sways gently as it follows a cracked cobblestone path sprung with soft blades of grass that cascade into the forest beyond. Its rider is no older than twenty-one. He rests his hands on his legs, holding the horse's reins loosely as
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Asian Students' Intercultural Association held its annual Asian Street Market on Oct. 3, serving delicious food from China, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Bhutan, India and more. 13 food booths lined the road outside of the Larita Boren Campus Center. Just a few moments after the event's start time of 5 p.m., students from all over campus had filled
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Taylor University loves to create a sense of community and support. Shop the Loop provides students with an opportunity to specifically support the creative efforts of their peers. There are two Shop the Loop events each year: one during Homecoming Weekend, and another on Grandparents Day. These times of community outreach result in greater sales. On the oth
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Upland has not had a coffee shop since The Bridge closed its doors more than two years ago. Now, the building it once occupied has been given new life with the opening of Barista and Baker, a cafe owned and operated by local couple Justin and Bethany Ulrich. Located approximately a mile and a half from Taylor, Barista and Baker serves coffee, pastries and br
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Twenty years ago, when I was a senior at Taylor, my roommate was the opinion editor for The Echo . He was an arts and culture guy, and he liked to jab at TU's football team from time to time. One week, though, he devoted an entire column to their record. This was pretty low-hanging fruit at the time. They weren't exactly known for winning, and everybody knew
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Imago Dei, a Latin phrase meaning "the image of God," is likely familiar to most Christians. Not only does it establish the intrinsic value of every person, but it also shows how our creativity mirrors the nature and work of God, the ultimate Creator. Our ability to create is not a gift to be taken lightly. Yet, the rise of generative artificial intelligence
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I had been under the pretense that reading is inherently meant to be an endeavor made for fun. That is, until I came to college.I have encountered a selection of people for whom classics and nonfiction dominate “Read” and “To-Be-Read” lists. This is not to say that such categories cannot be fun to read, but it is to say that they are not often the first thin
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The Taylor Chorale will host their annual concert at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 in the Euler Atrium. Titled "The Thing with Feathers," the concert is centered around Emily Dickinson's poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers." The concept of this show is that each piece revolves around a different type of bird. The herring, the crane, the turtle dove, the crow, and
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Any art medium can be reflective of God's work as Creator, but the theatrical arts present storytelling in a manner unlike any other. Historically, theater has been viewed as antithetical to Christian values on the grounds that early forms of theater were centered around pagan idol worship, debauchery and lewd themes. Taylor Theatre challenges the notion tha
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