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Letter: Animals that reach PETA 'often beyond hope' · Apr 18
I would like to clarify statements made in “Pet Stores, Puppy Mills Cause Bad Behavior” (7 April). The animals who come through PETA’s doors — not counting the thousands we sterilize at our low-cost clinics and return to their guardians — are only a tiny fraction of the estimated 6 to 8 million homeless dogs and cats who enter shelters every year.
Letter: Polite's impact felt across EMU · Apr 7
Eastern Michigan University’s Dean of the College of Education, Vernon Polite (1949-2010), will be remembered as a scholar, mentor and activist – particularly for his groundbreaking work on the education of African American males. While Polite had many accomplishments before and during his time at EMU, the ones that had the most powerful impact on me, and I believe on many others, were the summits he organized: the first was on “The State of the African-American Male in Michigan,” the second was on African-American women.
Letter: Teachers' skill needs probing · Apr 7
To Whom It May Concern, I have a question for you. Why are there never any articles about the quality of teachers at Eastern?

Ground Zero mosque a symbol of our ideals
By Neil Weinberg · Sep 1
The man, money and motives behind the Ground Zero mosque are enough to justify moving it elsewhere. At the very least, it seems this mosque is disrespectful to the memory of those who died at the hands of religious extremists nine years ago this week.
Protest for raises is poor taste in hard times
By Sammy DeMarco · Sep 1
Welcome freshmen and returning classmates. Many of us are anxious to begin classes, especially after the short-lived strike scare last week, resulting from a contract dispute between the EMU American Association of University Professors and administration officials.
American workers pay recovery's price, lose livable wages
By Clement Daly · Sep 1

It has been a little more than a year since General Motors emerged from bankruptcy and the $1.3 billion in second-quarter profits the automaker recently recorded has elicited jubilation from the mainstream media of the “return of Detroit.” With GM preparing its Initial Public Offering (IPO) of stock this fall, it is worth reflecting on what has occurred. The past year has shown that the forced bankruptcy of GM at the hands of the Obama Administration marked only the opening shots in a new offensive against the living standards of American workers.

Poll: Health care reform

Should health care reform legislation include a public option?