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(03/20/11 10:27pm)
The term “spring break” brings to collegiate minds a specific image – beaches, booze and a week of parties barely remembered. However, Eastern Michigan University offers a socially conscious alternative to this vision, as well as an escape for those who can’t afford a typical spring break.
(03/17/11 1:53am)
All of us have grown up with St. Patrick’s Day — in elementary school, it was an excuse to dole out pinches to anyone not wearing green. Now, in college, it’s an annual drinking fest unrivaled by almost any other day.
(03/13/11 9:02pm)
Students filtered into the small room in the Eastern Michigan University Student Center last Thursday, to browse the posters on the wall and the displays of prayer clothing and other items.
(03/06/11 10:58pm)
“Why Vietnam?” was the question I received every time I would bring up my travel plans for last summer.
(02/17/11 12:43am)
Eastern Michigan University opened its 17th Biennial Music Now Fest Wednesday, with an opening concert featuring EMU faculty performing contemporary works.
(02/14/11 12:40am)
“I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey.”
(02/10/11 2:48am)
The Vagina Monologues will open its 10th annual performance at 8 p.m. today in the Eastern Michigan University Student Center Auditorium.
(02/03/11 12:23am)
The powerful boom of drums began this year’s Chinese Week Gala, as a character entered the stage and began to illustrate, in a martial-arts inspired dance, the Chinese tradition of the Lion Dance. As the lion entered the stage, he leapt around to the percussion of the drums and cymbals, performing various symbolic moves to protect and bless the viewers and community. After the end of the dance, the Eastern Michigan University Asian Martial Arts Studio demonstrated some martial arts moves, illustrating the strength involved in the dance’s movements.
(01/27/11 4:36am)
Eastern Michigan University’s fifth Chinese Week kicks off Sunday with their annual gala performance. The gala will be from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Student Center Auditorium, with a reception following. This year, Susan Martin will be the keynote speaker for the event of traditional Chinese music and dance.
(01/23/11 10:53pm)
The sixth in the collaborative series of “Times Talks” featured an eye-opening discussion led by Eastern Michigan University professor of communications and media, Geoff Hammill, Thursday at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center.
(01/13/11 4:30am)
The work of Mark Twain has been a defining element in American Literature. But his most well-known works “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” aren’t taught in many schools because of the language in the books.
(12/06/10 4:01am)
Pease Auditorium is not the most ideal place for a ballet. Every year, however, Eastern Michigan University’s Department of Music and Dance makes it work to put one on. This year the performance was facilitated by a brand-new stage extension, and the magic of Shakespeare was set.
(11/15/10 12:09am)
After a lengthy list of credentials and honors for various books, including being “one of two writer/speakers to be invited to the U.N.,” Linda Hogan stepped onto the Eastern Michigan University Student Center Auditorium stage.
(11/11/10 4:15am)
The fourth AMP Festival will take place Nov. 17 and 18, with the culminating act being a performance by “progressive blues-rock” band The Hard Lessons.
(10/28/10 2:36am)
As you walk in the door of the Eastern Michigan University art gallery, there is a noticeable change from the norm. Instead of canvases lining the walls and sculptures placed on pedestals, quilts, tapestries and artfully sculpted yarns decorate the space.
(04/08/10 2:31am)
Books are what you find lining the shelves of libraries, right? The new “Open Book” exhibit in the University Gallery, located in the Student Center, begs to differ.
(03/28/10 9:41pm)
Whatever could bicycles, silly string, butterfly nets and water balloons have to do with the Harry Potter world?
(03/10/10 11:50pm)
Ted Swedenburg, a professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas, came to Eastern Michigan University to deliver a lecture Monday about “Youth and Popular Music in the Arab World.”
(02/18/10 1:39am)
A woman in a classic sweater and tailored jeans is on the phone in her sleek, homey office. After concluding her call, she scribbles on a piece of paper and excuses herself for a quick trip down the hall.
(11/12/09 1:38am)
Larry “Pun” Plamondon has lived a life full of what he calls “political content.” A big player in the counter-culture of the ‘60s and ‘70s, the 64 year old is remarkably frank about his infamy, which included a stint on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list.