Alex Diakonis
Articles (5 total)
Same sex equality beyond marriage
Tuesday, federal courts decided California’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. The next day, Washington State Legislature legalized same-sex marriage.
President Obama heads to Ann Arbor, Michigan
President Barack Obama is speaking Friday at the University of Michigan about college affordability.
Delegate seat debated
Tuesday night the Student Senate met once again to discuss matters affecting the student body. Among others on the docket was a resolution revisiting the issue of club sports having a delegate seat.
Author gives talk about Jews in baseball
Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center Auditorium hosted Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times sports columnist Ira Berkow to talk about the documentary entitled “Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story,” for which he wrote the screenplay. According to English professor Marty Schictman, who introduced Berkow at the beginning of the evening with an EMU baseball cap and T-shirt, nearly 200 people, in addition to the entire EMU baseball team attended the speech.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell leaves mark
“Don’tAsk, Don’t Tell,” or DADT, officially ended Monday, but it does not disappear without varying sentiments.