Beyond the binary: Speaker talks about living as a transgender person in the U.S.
A large crowd of students gathered in the Quirk Sponberg Theatre for a frank discussion on gender as part of the event “Beyond the Binary” on Tuesday.
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A large crowd of students gathered in the Quirk Sponberg Theatre for a frank discussion on gender as part of the event “Beyond the Binary” on Tuesday.
Eastern Michigan University students took a moment to paws – er, pause – and de-stress with the help of a friendly furry friend as part of Wellness Woof Wednesday.
The Eastern Michigan University Department of Public Safety invited students to meet and mingle with its officers on Tuesday afternoon as part of an effort to break down barriers between police and the community.
Eastern Michigan University students, faculty and community members gathered in Halle Library for a panel discussion on the topic of abortion titled “A Woman’s Choice?” presented by Right to Life of Michigan and EMU Students for Life.
Eastern Michigan University’s Yichun Xie will be helping to put new learning opportunities on the map for Michigan middle school and high school students.
Senators Rebekah Warren and Judy Emmons joined Eastern Michigan University's officer Cathy Wilman and social work instructor David Manville Wednesday night for a panel on human trafficking held by the EMU Women’s Resource Center.
When the average person hears the word “military,” the typical mental image is one of fighter jets, tanks and artillery. But one aspect of the United States Armed Forces that tends to go overlooked are the men and women armed with trombones and drumsticks.
Nino Monea, current student body vice president and graduating senior, could be described as a man of many suits.
Eastern Michigan University’s Board of Regents approved a 4 percent increase in the university residence halls’ room and board rates for the 2014-15 academic year at its regular meeting Tuesday. The increase is designed to pay for increased food costs, deferred maintenance expenses and a future plan to upgrade residence halls and dining facilities.
My days as editor-in-chief of The Eastern Echo are officially numbered. News editor Nora Naughton is poised to gradually take over the position in the next few weeks, which is pretty cool considering that anyone who knows her knows the paper will be in good hands.
Protesters of the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan voiced their oppositions at the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents meeting Tuesday afternoon. These protestors, mostly members of Students for and Ethical and Participatory Education and the coalition of people against the EAA, filed into Welch 201 just before the meeting began with duct taped mouths. The world “Silenced” was written on the strips of tape over the protesters’ mouths
Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents round-up for March 25.
Art and nature intersect in AMP!’s newest project, “The Elapsing City,” a public art contest themed around climate change. Maria-Serena Poli, a professor of geography and geology, gave a free presentation in King Hall on Wednesday to educate artists on the topic and provide information on how to submit designs.
Heart-shaped balloon-adorned tables were scattered across Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center Ballroom on Tuesday night, but hardly any seats were occupied. The third annual Hustle Your Heart Out left little time for sitting and mingling.
When I was a kid, getting those dreaded vaccinations was a rite of passage, like a bar mitzvah or quinceañera if you replaced all the dancing and food with needles. Everyone went through it – it was just a part of growing up. But according to a U.S. News article published in 2012, fewer and fewer children are receiving those shots, as the number of parents who opted their kids out of the required vaccines rose between the years of 2005 and 2012.
Eastern Michigan University student Bianca Bepler was killed seconds after crashing her car into a creek in Oregon, Ohio, as reported by the Toledo Blade.
Between 500,000 and 2,000,000 use American Sign Language, according to a study from the Gallaudet University, a private university that specializes in teaching the deaf. Despite teaching a variety of foreign languages and having a well-respected special education program with a hearing impairment program, EMU does not currently teach any ASL courses.
Workers have been performing ongoing repairs on an underground vault on a tunnel near McKenny Hall.
The plush pink holiday known as Valentine’s Day is a time for celebrating the strange and sometimes uncomfortable human mating ritual of dating. Some Eastern Michigan University students took the time to share their most memorable dates – both the awfully cute and the plain awful – with The Eastern Echo.
An Eastern Michigan University student was threatened with a gun Wednesday afternoon on the corner of Emmet and Normal streets, in the area just south of campus. No one was injured during the incident.