Eastern Editor’s Note
Summer 2013 Vol. 10, Issue 3
EDITOR Darcy Giff ord
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Melissa Jasperse
ART DIRECTOR
Mike Andaloro (BFA75) CONTRIBUTORS
Patricia Cartwright, Tim Hardie, Stacey Innerst, Kody Klein (BA13), Geoff Larcom, Alex Mandrila, Randy Mascharka (BBA85), Jeff Mortimer, Michael Oliveri, Jeff Samoray, Leah Shutes
ABOUT EASTERN Eastern (ISSN 2150-4679) is published three
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Developing ideas that match mission
fter 19 years in education, I’ve seen a lot of things come and go. That’s why I find the story of CloseUp Theatre Troupe so compelling (“Simple, but Not
Easy,” p. 38). It’s easy to have an idea but harder to bring that idea to life. It’s even more diffi cult
to create something that forces people to think in ways they never have before. T at’s what CloseUp T eatre does. Imagine taking an oſt en-polarizing topic like race or sexual orientation, then presenting the topic to an auditorium full of your peers who are not there by choice. Not an easy task. T e group was formed in 1997 and has been making EMU students think, react,
feel and engage ever since. Its staying power says a lot about our campus community. Our backgrounds may diff er, and our views don’t always align, but we gain perspective when we’re willing to see the world through a new lens. Will the other ideas presented in this issue have the same type of staying power?
We get to know fi ve young entrepreneurs, all in their 20s, who let their sense of social responsibility lead to meaningful enterprises (“Meet the New Boss,” p. 14). Beth Doane, Caitlin James, Mike Sacha, Wes Stoody and Cole Sanseverino had ideas and passions that turned into business concepts that are now changing lives from Metro Detroit to Ecuador. T eir businesses are refl ections of themselves. T ey match their personal missions. Will each business last 15 years, as CloseUp T eatre has? T at’s hard to say. But, if you are what you believe in—as our cover states—then each of these fi ve young entrepreneurs is bound to have fulfi lling careers. —DG
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