Rolf Niederhauser, Swiss author, promotes his new book 'Strange Loop'
Rolf Niederhauser, Swiss author of ‘Seltsame Schleife’, or ‘Strange Loop’ visited EMU’s campus Monday, Nov. 7, to speak at an event sponsored by the foreign language department.
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Rolf Niederhauser, Swiss author of ‘Seltsame Schleife’, or ‘Strange Loop’ visited EMU’s campus Monday, Nov. 7, to speak at an event sponsored by the foreign language department.
Do not tell me white privilege doesn’t exist when young white men convicted of rape are given lighter sentences than those who have committed the same crime but with a different skin tone.
Local Ypsilanti area band, Stormy Chromer, performed at their album release party at the Blind Pig on Saturday night in Ann Arbor for their debut album titled, “A tale of two mouths.” The album was recorded at Solid Sounds Studios, and engineered by Josh Wiechman. Stormy Chromer is made up of four main members Amin Lanseur, Spencer Hanson, Ryan King, and Brendan Collins. Lanseur and Hanson are both music students at EMU.
Steven Kwasny, an Eastern Michigan University student majoring in political science with plans to graduate in spring of 2017, made a big announcement this past Tuesday April 12, 2016. Steven Kwasny announced his running for state representative for the 53rd District in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
He’s teasing you? That means he likes you. He pulled your hair because he’s trying to get your attention and doesn’t know how to? Don’t be mad — “boys will be boys.”
The Convocation Center was packed when democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders came to Eastern Michigan University Monday, Feb. 15. The line to get into the building wrapped down to Huron River Drive and then down that road to Emu’s indoor practice facility. According to a fire marshal on the scene, 9,341 people were in attendance.
Feeling the Bern has “berned” its way to Washtenaw County with the opening of the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Official Bernie 2016 Office on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016.
Welcome to college, an incredibly hectic time in your life, which you will likely cherish forever. Many students are balancing heavy class loads, multiple jobs and possibly even an internship. Some of us might be parents trying to finish our education, bring home a paycheck and care for our kids. It is overwhelming how much is expected of college students and how much we need to cram into a week.
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner it’s about time to start thinking about what the perfect dessert for your Valentine is. Whether you plan on making it from scratch at home or taking your Valentine out for a special dinner, the dessert has to be spot on!
EMU’s VISION Volunteer Center hosted its first “Community Conversations” Wednesday. This is the first in a series of events it is planning.
Depot Town is continuing to come alive with the recent edition of Cultivate Coffee and TapHouse located at 307 River St. across from the Ypsilanti Food Co-op. What was once an auto repair shop is now a unique community hangout filled with passion and excitement.
This week is Banned Books Week, an annual event that celebrates the freedom to read, bringing together a wide range of people. This year’s exhibit is displayed on the first floor of Halle Library near the computer area and will be on display until Oct. 3.
The world today is vastly interconnected and the effects of globalization are seen virtually everywhere, but despite this, I am still a huge supporter of local businesses. Because of that support, many people ask me why I even bother. Why continue shopping local, when there are so many prevalent and big companies that I can find anywhere? I choose to support local businesses because I’m investing in my community. And when you invest in this way, it helps to build a strong and connected community.
With everything going on in today’s world, it’s easy to forget that there are also changes happening here at home. The Convention and Visitors Bureau that created the #VisitYpsi brand that helps market Ypsilanti to the world is being threatened. The threat is a merger between the Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Ann Arbor Convention Visitors Bureau, which will cause us to lose our individual voice in the county. It is a mistake to create a bureau merger between two very different cities and peoples. This same merger has been brought forward before and failed.
Student organizations seem to be everywhere. Eastern Michigan University has a very diverse range of student organizations and a large portion of students involved in them.
Where to eat off campus is important to know at the beginning of the year. Cross Street offers a variety of options to choose from. One of those options is the Eastern Coney Island located at 533 W. Cross St.
Eastern Michigan University has opened up its doors to the Polish Language Center of Ann Arbor, Polska Szkola, also known to many as The Polish School.
Ypsilanti’s historic Depot Town offers many things to the local community with unique shops lining Cross Street. Eyrie has been adding to that community for a little while now and has recently changed locations to 50 East Cross Street while still embodying the fun and quirky personality of the Depot Town Community.
Eastern Michigan University student Elaine Gurich has recently been awarded the Fullbright scholarship, which will pay her way to Germany.
EMU continued to celebrate Women’s History Month’s focus on celebrating women of character, courage and commitment with “The Woman Before Disney, Lotte Reiniger’s Dancing Shadows,” presented by professor Margrit Zinggeler of the German Department. Although many think that Walt Disney produced the first full-length animated film, in truth a German woman working in this new field accomplished that feat in 1926.