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Taylor University, Upland, IN
Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Eric Andrews

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News

Taylor mourns the loss of a beloved student

By Eric Andrews | Echo Junior Meghan Freer passed away in the overnight hours on Wednesday, May 9. A visitation will take place Friday, May 11 from 3-7 p.m. at Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, North Chapel in Marion, Indiana, and a celebration of life service will be held at Upland Community ...

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Sports

Baseball beginning to hit their stride

Eric Andrews | Echo The (RV) Taylor baseball team picked up four wins this week, including two against Goshen, one against Spring Arbor and one against Huntington. The victories improve the Trojans' season record to 36-12 overall and 16-7 in Crossroads League play. Following a 4-3 loss to Goshen on ...

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Story-telling pays off

By Eric Andrews | Echo Chrissie (Thompson) Fink ('08) and her team of reporters at the Cincinnati Enquirer received the Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the heroin epidemic in Cincinnati. Awarded on Monday, the Pulitzer Prize is among the most prestigious awards in journalism. Fink and her team ...

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Trojans claim tournament victory

Eric Andrews | Echo The Taylor men's golf team earned a convincing victory at the TPC Deere Run Invitational in Silvis, Illinois, last weekend. The victory was the Trojans' first of the spring season. The No. 13 Trojans bested 22 other teams by recording a team score of 576, 10 strokes better than second-place ...

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How to address unequal media representation

By Eric Andrews | Echo Cassidy Grom, a senior and former Co-Editor in Chief for The Echo - and a great friend of mine - posted on her Facebook last week in response to Excalibur. In her post, Grom explained what she thought was the reason for Excalibur to go underground: "My opinion on why Excalibur ...

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Sports

Robinson makes it rain on Cougars

Eric Andrews | Echo The Taylor men's basketball team defeated (RV) Mount Vernon Nazarene 93-73 last Saturday in Odle Arena. The victory improved the Trojans' season record to 15-11. Sophomore guard Ryan Robinson fueled the upset victory, establishing a new career-high of 36 points, including a program-tying ...

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Melon & Gourd 2017 Friday Entrances (VIDEO)

By Eric Andrews | Echo Video produced by Naomi Noyes | Echo Each year, the men of Third West Wengatz participate in a week-long game of tag. The game culminates Friday morning before chapel, when the wing's members come up with creative, crowd-pleasing ways to get through the wooden frame of safety. ...

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Hey, Chapman!

By Eric Andrews | Echo The Taylor community will hear the echoing "It's Friday" yell from freshman Justin Chapman after chapel each Friday for the next three years. With senior Robbie Brandkamp set to graduate in two weeks, the famed orange and purple shirt with the familiar moniker and smiley face ...

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‘Cuz it’s Friday!

By Eric Andrews | Echo It's the end of an era. Following chapel each Friday for the last three years, the Taylor community has witnessed the loud echoes of a Third West Wengatz member asking senior Robbie Brandkamp about his attire. "Hey, Robbie! Why you wearing that shirt?!" Brandkamp then proudly ...

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Trojans grab second consecutive victory

Eric Andrews | Echo The No. 20 Taylor men's golf team claimed its second consecutive victory at the TPC Deere Run Invitational in Illinois last weekend. Sophomore Alec Dutkowski earned the Crossroads League Golfer of the Week recognition for the second week in a row after leading the Trojans with a ...

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