{"id":41057,"date":"2019-01-22T14:18:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T19:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=41057"},"modified":"2019-01-22T15:04:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:04:19","slug":"ribbon-cutting-marks-opening-of-the-royal-treatment-barbershop-salon-and-student-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/ribbon-cutting-marks-opening-of-the-royal-treatment-barbershop-salon-and-student-lounge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon-cutting marks opening of &#8216;The Royal Treatment&#8217; barbershop, salon and student lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern Mennonite University celebrated the opening of its newest student lounge \u2013 \u201cThe Royal Treatment,\u201d an informal barbershop and salon \u2013 during <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its observance<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">Read more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/01\/new-student-lounge-the-royal-treatment-barbershop-and-salon-set-to-open-on-mlk-day\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Royal Treatment<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/01\/learning-service-and-inspiration-to-break-the-silence-during-emus-multi-day-mlk-celebration\/\">MLK Day coverage<\/a>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/aside><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A brief ceremony before the ribbon-cutting included speeches from Student Government Association representative <strong>Hannah Nichols<\/strong>, EMU President <strong>Susan Schultz Huxman<\/strong>, senior advisor to the president for diversity and inclusion and Multicultural Student Services director <strong>Celeste Thomas<\/strong>, facilities management director <strong>Ed Lehman<\/strong>, Black Student Union co-president <strong>Jakiran Richardson<\/strong> and \u201cresident barber\u201d <strong>Mark Loving III<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott Eyre<\/strong>, lead residence director, was also recognized for his contributions and leadership.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The speakers then conducted a unity ceremony during which various colors of sand were poured together into a glass container.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe colors of sand represent the connection between EMU and our multicultural faculty, staff, students, alumni and community,\u201d said Nichols. \u201cThey also represent the Kente, a traditional woven cloth worn as a symbol of ethnic pride. The colors chosen are also connected to Kwanza (black for the people, red for the bloodshed and green for greener pastures) and the Olympic rings, a gathering of all nations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also present for the ceremony were Harrisonburg Mayor <strong>Deanna Reed<\/strong>;\u00a0<strong>Stan Maclin<\/strong>, EMU alumnus and founder of the local Harriet Tubman Museum; and local barber <strong>Tyrone Sprague<\/strong>, who owns Sprague&#8217;s Barbershop in downtown Harrisonburg and has been a supporter of EMU students for many years.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/easternmennoniteuniversity\/albums\/72157705954333115\" title=\"MLK Jr Day - Barbershop by EasternMennoniteUniversity, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7833\/46831235451_43965d75fd_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Royal Treatment Ribbon Cutting-32-2000px\"><\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University celebrated the opening of its newest student lounge \u2013 \u201cThe Royal Treatment,\u201d an informal barbershop and salon \u2013 during its observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/ribbon-cutting-marks-opening-of-the-royal-treatment-barbershop-salon-and-student-lounge\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Ribbon-cutting marks opening of &#8216;The Royal Treatment&#8217; 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