By Annabelle Blair | Contributor Hypocrisy: when we claim to live one way, but actually live another. At Taylor we profess to be a community of truth, love and honesty - except, maybe, when it comes to breaking aspects of the Life Together Covenant (LTC), especially drinking. The LTC prohibits drinking ...
By Annabelle Blair | Contributor Last October, I paid $620 to reserve my spot as one of 29 journalism and media students traveling to Israel. On Dec. 6, President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Protests broke out in Palestinian territories, and an Israeli security guard was stabbed ...
By Annabelle Blair | Contributor The results are in: junior Joshua Clement will serve as the 2018-2019 student body president (SBP), and junior Julia Noonan as the student body vice president (SBVP). The candidates defeated running mates juniors Abby Crosley and Nate Dehmlow by 56 votes. "We have the ...
By Annabelle Blair | Echo In January, the door of the women's restroom in Zondervan Library went missing for a few weeks; in February, the English laundry room flooded three times in one day; in March, chunks of roof shingles littered the ground around Wengatz Hall after particularly strong winds. Most ...
By Annabelle Blair | Echo Taylor's wind turbines-fondly nicknamed "the Olson Twins" because of their location outside Olson Hall-have not operated for nearly six weeks because of safety issues. A routine inspection on February 20 revealed a cracked and worn connector between the hub and blades on one ...
By Annabelle Blair | Echo Taylor's third-ever spring semi-formal dance, A White Tie Affair, will be held in the LaRita Boren Campus Center Zurcher Commons on Saturday from 8:30-11 p.m. Organized by the Dance and Special Events Committee (DSEC), A White Tie Affair will incorporate formal attire as well ...
By Annabelle Blair | Echo The Rice Bell Tower will soon have the ability to project more than music due to a donation of electronic carillon by Dr. Paul Gentile ('52) of Fort Wayne. The carillon, a set of bells in the tower, are played using an automatic mechanism, which is located in the Herman Smith ...
By Annabelle Blair | Echo At 6:50 p.m. on Thursday, Nicole Arpin, current Student Body President (SBP), and Adam Wright, current Student Body Vice President (SBVP), broke the news: juniors Chin Ai Oh and Noah Nemni will serve as Taylor's 2017-18 SBP and SBVP. Oh, a student from Malaysia, is the first ...
The Echo reached out to current Student Body President Nicole Arpin and Vice President Adam Wright, asking them how many hours they spent in each of their job requirements. Nicole Arpin Last week, Arpin spent 17 hours actively working in her SBP role. According to Arpin, this was more time than the ...
[slideshow_deploy id='13745'] Information compiled by Annabelle Blair | Echo The Echo polled Taylor students on the upcoming SBP and VP elections, generating 663 responses. Students were asked if they intended to vote and if they attended the election forum hosted by Taylor Student Organizations, with ...
Then-junior Chad Edmundson (’15) hauls boxes for incoming freshman during Welcome Weekend 2013 (photo provided by Ellen Hershberger).
Ryan Lott, the composer behind Son Lux, performed two unreleased songs at his Taylor concert in 2015, according to IFC member Paul Jacobsen (photo provided by Ellen Hershberger).
Many seniors’ first Welcome Weekend memory is patterned with flannel, hay bales and Stetsons thanks to the annual Hoedown, last held in 2014 (photo provided by Ellen Hershberger).
President Paul Lowell Haines, the 31st president of Taylor, has more on his plate than some may realize, but hopes to make more time for playing music (photo by Justin Chapman).
Mike, Leeann and Hope Severe are pictured at Mt. Haleakala National Park in May, 2008, one year after Hope's adoption (photo provided by Mike Severe).
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