MSA hosts Fast-a-thon to kick-off Ramadan

The Muslim Student Association hosted its annual Fast-a-thon in the student center, Wednesday night.

EMU students have rolled out plans for a food pantry at EMU

Eastern Michigan University may institute a food pantry soon. Haley Moraniec and Lynn Nybell presented the initiative at the Board of Regents Student Affairs Committee meeting March 17.

“I work really closely with Earthworks urban garden in Detroit and that kind of sparked my inspiration and passion,” Moraniec, vice president of the Social Welfare Action Alliance, said in an earlier interview.

Student Government committee meetings March 17

Student Government held its Internal Affairs and Business and Finance meetings March 17.

Speaker of the Senate Kiera Fegan proposed that the next Speaker of the Senate and the Judicial Sergeant sit in on the hiring process of the Student Government committee heads.

Student body presidential candidates hold debate to discuss the future of EMU

Candidates for Student Body President, Jessica Howell, Sabrina Ford, Aimee Frey and Steven Cole, participated in the Student Government 2015 Candidate Debate Tuesday night in the Student Center.

Students Organize for Syria raise awareness about the Syrian crisis

Eastern Michigan University’s Students Organize for Syria chapter will hold their first event, Tea with a Syrian, as part of national Syrian Solidarity week, 11 a.m.

Meet the 2015-2016 presidential candidates

Elections for student body president are March 25 and 26. Here is an overview of the candidates.

Steven Cole

Junior Steven Cole is a political science major from Saline.

Women's history month brings Ali Liegott to EMU

Ali Liebegott,43, award-winning author, said the idea of success is bullshit Monday evening.

Liebegott is a writer on the Amazon T.V.

Eagles baseball loses in a close game 5-4

Eastern Michigan University’s baseball team lost a second game to Georgia State University at the GSU Baseball Complex Saturday, 5-4.

News Briefs

Internationally Renowned Scholar & Morris Chair Recipient, Jerlando Jackson to speak at EMU

Jerlando Jackson is helping lead an extensive project at Eastern Michigan University aimed at understanding and improving the experience of Black males on campus.

Learn, Play, Be sheds light on the the LGBTQ community in schools K-12

Eastern Michigan University hosted Learn, Play, Be in McKenny's Ballroom, Saturday. The public forum engaged academics, activists, teachers and coaches to talk about inclusion for LGBTQ students in K-12 schools and sports.