Eastern Michigan University's Latinx Student Association celebrates Dia de los Muertos
(11/06/17 4:55pm)
The Latinx Student Association has been preparing for the Dia de los Muertos celebration all month.
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The Latinx Student Association has been preparing for the Dia de los Muertos celebration all month.
During the summer of 2017, major publications like Fortune, The Atlantic, and CNN ran stories with statistics stating that millennials are more likely to use public libraries than any other generation currently living. With a generation starting to have families of their own, public libraries adapt by making their knowledge accessible in ways that meet the public halfway. TALK: Text and Learn for Kindergarten, created by the Ypsilanti District Library, provides ideas to get children under three working on their verbal skills via text messages.
Women’s and Gender Studies students met to connect with WGST professors, gain information on courses, and learn about community engagement opportunities in the WGST’s fall reception.
Detroit health commissioner and candidate for governor Dr. Abdul El-Sayed came to Eastern Michigan University for a town hall meeting hosted by EMU College Democrats at 6 p.m., Oct. 23.
Eastern Michigan University offers many academic opportunities for students in good standing, but The Honors Program is the cornerstone out of all the academic programs offered at the university.
“Love” by Kendrick Lamar ft. Zacari boomed as the room filled with black EMU students. Four rows of about 15 chairs for attendees were placed in front of a long table in the front of the room with six name tags placed at the edge of it. They read from left to right: Danielle Clair Simpson, Alex Simpson, Choi Portis, Nicole Brown, Nick Patterson, and Tanasia Morton.
Eastern Michigan University’s Latino Student Association held a showing of Peter Getzel’s “Harvest of Empire,” a documentary detailing the colonization of Latin America, on Thursday, Oct. 5 at Halle Library. Following the viewing, the audience and association held a discussion covering topics presented in the film, as well as any other question or concern the film inspired.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated hosted an open forum for students on the campus of Eastern Michigan called “Dear Donald Trump.” The event was presented on Tuesday, Oct 3., and provided a safe zone for students to have a full open discussion about the current President of the U.S. and the many recent events that he has had some type of impact on.
The Eastern Michigan University Eagles’ women’s volleyball team welcomed rival Central Michigan University into the Convocation Center on Thursday night. Entering the game, the Eagles were 10-10 (2-2 in the MAC) on the year, and had recently won two of their last three games with victories over Toledo and Northern Illinois. Central Michigan came in with a 9-7 record, but were just 2-3 when playing on the road. In the first set, the crowd was thrilled when Jordan Smith dug the ball out, diving on the ground, leading to a 2-1 lead for the Eagles. At 12-12, Eastern Michigan regained the lead on a Cassie Haut spike. Three plays later, the Chippewas were forced to call timeout, with the momentum swinging towards Eastern’s side. Mallory Rajewski gave the Eagles a 19-15 advantage, surprising the Central front line with a quick hit. Eastern went on to win the set 26-24.
Eastern Michigan University’s Athletic Department welcomed a new face to the staff this past Wednesday, Oct. 4, as it was announced by Associate Athletics Director of Compliance Matthew Jakobsze that Sean McCarthy was named Assistant Director of Compliance.
Students, faculty and staff at Eastern Michigan University walked in a silent march in protest of last year's racist graffiti found on King Hall.
Monday, Oct. 2
Ypsilanti residents gathered at city hall during Tuesday’s public meeting to protest Water Street’s International Village project.
Last week, an article was released in the Eastern Echo titled “A Mirrored Reflection of Apartheid.” While it is no surprise that colonizer rhetoric tends to dictate and the misconstrue the discourse surrounding oppressed peoples liberation struggle in effort to demonize organizing efforts, there are multiple claims that we would like to clear up since this article was a direct response to the mock Apartheid wall that Students for Justice in Palestine painted on the Freedom Walls.
Ahead of the release of his latest album, Dedicated to Bobby Jameson, lo-fi character Ariel Pink has been travelling on his first multi-show tour in almost two years, which then also coincided with the release of his previous record pom pom. With this tour, Ariel Pink will be visiting Detroit’s El Club on Sunday, Oct. 29 along with opener Bite Marx.
The battle of I-94. Bragging rights. The Michigan MAC trophy.
A former EMU student was arraigned Monday morning in the Washtenaw County District Court for the racial graffiti incidents on campus during the Fall 2016 semester.
Netflix newest movie Death Note is Dead on Arrival. The streaming service known for quality shows such as Orange is the New Black and 13 Reasons Why, has missed the mark with its latest original movie Death Note. The movie is the fourth adaption of the popular anime series by Takeshi Obati aired on the popular streaming site August 25, 2017. Death note tells the story of a loner high school boy, Light Hunter (Natt Wolff) who finds a magical book which controls death. Light and his girlfriend Misa Aname (Margret Qualley) become vigilantes using the book to kill criminals but are soon entangled in a wicked game of cat and mouse with the officials, a detective known only by the letter L (Keith Stanfield) and a demonic porcupine creature named Ryuk (Willem Defoe).