By Anna Oelerich | Echo It's a typical scene at Taylor: a student goes to an open house on the other side of campus. Once it's over, she walks back to her dorm. The campus is dark, and she is alone, but she likely doesn't worry about getting home safely. She's part of the Taylor community, after all. ...
By Anna Oelerich | Echo In honor of Local Church Week, here are four lesser-known Grant County churches Taylor students call home. Lakeview Wesleyan Church, Marion Denomination: Evangelical, Protestant Pastor: Tim McClellan Service Times: Sunday at 10:30 a.m., with young adult Sunday school at 9:15 ...
By Anna Oelerich | Echo Someone is celebrating a very special birthday this year. Actually lots of someones, as 2016 marks the 200th birthday of the Hoosier State. Indiana's Bicentennial is in full swing, and to celebrate, the Indiana Bicentennial Commission (IBC) has organized a statewide torch relay ...
By Anna Oelerich | Echo For Amie Pearson, it all started with soap. The co-founder of Mama Pearson's Soaporium in Marion and mother of three remembers searching for an outlet to sell her homemade soap and other natural skincare. When she couldn't find a local market to showcase her small business, she ...
By Anna Oelerich | Echo Indiana Wesleyan University is mourning the recent loss of one of its students. Senior Vincent Kurtz, 21, died Monday morning at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne after a bicycle accident left him in critical condition. Around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Kurtz collided with a Toyota Prius ...
By Anna Oelerich | Echo Dear Echo Reader, Welcome to campus, and welcome to the first Local & Indiana article of the year! If you're a first-time Taylor student, you're in good company-this portion of the newspaper is just as new as you are. Thus, I wanted to introduce my "beat" (as journalists ...
By Anna Oelerich | Echo Imagine it's your first day back at Taylor, and you end up spending much of it in the basement. That's what happened to many students and staff on Wednesday afternoon when a storm that spawned a lethal tornado in Kokomo headed toward the Taylor campus. The storm, which had wind ...
By Anna Oelerich | Contributor On Tuesday, Taylor's education department will host its second annual Family Fun Fair for children with autism spectrum disorder as well as their families. The event is the result of an ongoing partnership with the Grant County Special Education Co-operative and intends ...
By Anna Oelerich | Contributor After four years of tenacious effort and faithful witness on and off the field, the men of Taylor's rugby team now have a first-place trophy to celebrate. The team won their very first tournament last Saturday, becoming the champions of the Indiana Rugby Football Union ...
By Anna Oelerich | Contributor So you're graduating from Taylor, and wondering where you'll head next. If you're anything like many Indiana college graduates, the answer is "anywhere but here." Maybe you dream of kissing the flat cornfields of Indiana goodbye and heading somewhere warmer, where the ...
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