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Michigan and Middle Eastern Refugees

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014

Michigan is the best candidate to accept Iraqi and Syrian refugees, not because of its railroads and factories, forests and rivers, or even because of its system of government, but because of Michiganders themselves.

Controversial sweater crosses line

By Sydney Stuck · Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014

Would you be willing to protest against one of your favorite stores if their product became offensive on multiple accounts?Lately, owner of Urban Outfitters, Richard Hayne, hasn’t had the best of luck when it comes to people loving the products coming out of his stores.

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Internship program beneficial

By Marcus McCray · Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014

The top concern for students at Eastern Michigan University is job placement. Fears about unemployment, financial security and how student loans will be paid back are valid in a state with an unemployment rate of 7.4 percent.

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Predicting Detroit's future

By John G. Fike · Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014

In my last column I described the key elements that brought Detroit to the point of bankruptcy. In this article I will suggest what I think the future holds for the city and its people.Will Detroit be transformed by the bankruptcy proceedings?

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Hitting children not the right way to discipline

By James Tatum · Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014

Adrian Peterson’s criminal indictment on child abuse charges has created another debate around violence, but in comparison with the reaction to Ray Rice’s suspension from the National Football League, people have decide that his actions are far more acceptable.

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Predicting Detroit’s future: The beginning

By Prof. John G. Fike · Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014

As Judge Steven W. Rhodes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ponders how best to make Detroit’s debt manageable and restore urgently needed city services, it is appropriate to look ahead to see what the future might hold for the city and its people.

COLUMN: Assault should not be treated differently for athletes

By Al Willman · Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014

This past week was an absolute nightmare for the National Football League and its commissioner Roger Goodell. It started Monday when a video surfaced of Ray Rice - who was indicted in March when he knocked out his wife Jenay, who was his fiancée at the time, in the elevator of a New Jersey hotel – physically knocking her out.

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Nonprofits make strong business partners

By Prof. John G. Fike · Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014

In my last column, I suggested that business enterprise is not a suitable partner for governmentagencies delivering public services. My argument was that Big Business is oriented toward money, shareholders, hierarchy and authority.

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Natural hair: Is it appropriate?

By Lamaria Reed · Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014

Afros, twist-outs, dread locks and flat twist have become increasingly popular within the last couple of years, primarily in the black community.

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Have racial slurs lost their power?

By Lamaria Reed · Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014

“If you can say it, then why can’t I say?” This question has been posed to me on many different occasions, when people from different races hear black Americans using select terms in their vocabulary.

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Change now or suffer later

By John G. Fike · Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014

A hotly debated topic these days is whether we can change human behavior in time to avert climate catastrophe. But let’s look first at why we say “catastrophe.” Isn’t that a little strong?

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Lobbyists, big business are bad for government

By John G. Fike · Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014

Ronald Reagan got a lot of things wrong. But one of his more outstanding errors was to suggest that “government is the problem.” As with many utterances from Republicans these days, he got it backwards: politicians in bed with corporate managers and wealthy billionaires make business the problem. This is not a new problem.

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Why we shouldn't buy textbooks from Amazon

By John G. Fike · Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014

In my last column, I discussed how some corporations are managed solely to be attractive to shareholders. They don’t take into consideration the interests of a much broader range of stakeholders.

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Art or Assets?

By James Tatum · Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014

When the Delaware Art Museum sold William Holman Hunt’s “Isabella and the Pot of Basil” they earned $4.25 million as well as the opprobrium of the art community. The Association of Art Museum Directors formally sanctioned the museum in June, and instructed its fellow members not to lend artwork to the Delaware Art Museum.

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In this episode, we're summarizing the articles published in The Eastern Echo June 9–15, 2025! To listen to the episode on Spotify, click here!

Articles featured in this episode:

"EMU football alums Gunnar Oakes, Brian Dooley find pro success with UFL's Michigan Panthers" - Caleb Henderson

"Review: 'Say Nothing' is a good introduction to the intense history of conflict between Britain and Ireland" - Gabriella Payeur

"EMU completes 'Maxx Match,' achieves football fundraising goal as new NCAA regulations loom large" - Caleb Henderson

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