By Andrew Hoff | Echo "Movies for every part of you." That is the theme of this year's Indy Film Fest, now in its 15th year, presented by Indiana State University. The Indy Film Fest is one of the Midwest's largest and fastest-growing film festivals, this year screening over 140 documentaries, features ...
By Andrew Hoff | Echo Holly Kuzmich, who serves as executive director of the George W. Bush Institute, visited campus on Monday, April 23. She was kept busy, speaking in chapel, then delivering lectures on the work of the Bush Institute as a guest speaker in classrooms, over lunch, dinner and finally ...
By Andrew Hoff | Echo Holly Kuzmich, executive director of the George W. Bush Institute and senior vice president of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, will be at Taylor University on Monday, April 23. She will be giving a presentation in the Recital Hall in the Smith-Hermanson Music Center at ...
By: Andrew Hoff | Echo The American criminal justice system is highly ineffective. According to the National Institute of Justice, within three years of release, 67.8 percent of formerly-incarcerated people were rearrested, either breaking their parole or committing new crimes. After five years, the ...
By Andrew Hoff | Echo "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die," quoted Rob Reiner to a huddled group of smiling journalists, who let out a collective "aha" and then scribbled in their reporters' notebooks. It was his favorite line from a 1987 film he directed - you may have heard ...
By Andrew Hoff | Echo "'Clybourne Park' is a funny, witty, kind of fast-paced play about a bunch of really, really hard subjects," said sophomore Brielle Fowlkes. Fowlkes is acting in "Clybourne Park," which premiered last night in Mitchell Theatre and will be performed through Sunday. On Wednesday, ...
By Andrew Hoff | Echo Sixteen years ago, most of the Taylor student body was about to enter grade school - and yet, no one could forget what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, which stands as one of the most fateful mornings in American history. To the right, you can examine the front page of "The Echo" that ...
By Andrew Hoff | Echo I remember the morning I arrived on campus as if it were yesterday. I remember shaking the hands of my Personnel Assistants (PAs) and watching from the window as my parents left for home. I remember that in the midst of fast-paced Welcome Weekend activities, my roommate and I still ...
Fanchon Stinger, a news anchor for Fox59, visited Taylor for a media conference on April 26. (Photograph provided by Fox59)
At a recent event at the American University of Madaba, two students and one teacher donated over 8 inches of hair each. (Photograph provided by Abigail Roberts)
Many students, upon leaving Taylor, will have little experience with or education about responsible alcohol consumption, which could quickly become problematic. (Photograph provided by Unsplash)
“When a speaker advocates for racial integration in chapel, people question the biblical validity despite the speaker’s cited scriptural support.” (Photograph by Ruth Flores-Orellana)
Wafa works for a local government agency and is learning English part time. (Photograph provided by Abigail Roberts)
Abu Muhammad has been driving his own taxi since the age of 16. (Photograph provided by Abigail Roberts)
A Moroccan sweet shop worker, Amira welcomes all visitors with a honey-covered pastry. (Photograph provided by Abigail Roberts)
Student journalists are responsible for telling the truth well at their schools. (Photograph provided by Unsplash)
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