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Wearing a bindi is cultural appropriation

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016

When I was growing up right outside of Ann Arbor, I had neighbors who were Indian. That really wasn’t that different as Ann Arbor is growing in cultural and racial diversity, but they were the coolest people I knew.

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Letter to the Editor: Opportunities for Africology and African American studies education at EMU

By Victor O. Okafor · Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016

The Department of Africology and African American studies here at Eastern Michigan University offers several academic programs and General Education courses that are designed to help enrich your learning experience in a way that could better prepare and equip you with knowledge and skills for effective functioning in a world of diverse peoples and cultures. We offer a bachelor’s degree program in African American studies, which is open to all students, regardless of your country of origin, racial, ethnic or gender classification.

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The opioid epidemic is a lie

By Michael Negron · Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015

Many people have talked about the failure of the war on drugs. It's no secret that in spite of decades of attempts, little to nothing has improved.

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Stop the Christmas 'tug of war'

By Jane Mandley · Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015

In a previous article I brought some issues to light that can help explain why some Christians may react so extremely and perpetuate this War on Christmas.

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College students should be tax exempt

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015

Like many students, I am employed through my university, and, even though I have a place to live with a meal plan, I often find myself desperately trying to scrape together enough money to buy my textbooks at the beginning of each semester (and I know I am not the only one who gets a twinge of pain after searching endlessly for the textbook I need and shelling out hundreds of dollars). With the cost of attending college, combined with the often low-income status of many students, college students should not be taxed. According to Time, the average person will pay 20 percent of their federal income to taxes.

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When art enables abuse

By Michael Negron · Monday, Nov. 30, 2015

In most forms of journalism and critique, there's an aspiration toward objectivity. Certainly, some forms call on it more than others, but in the world that I come from—music criticism and, in a larger context, culture journalism—the opinions of the writer are inextricably linked to the subject they're courting.

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Commuters can sometimes take family for granted

By Zubin Khan · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015

Commuting from home has become much more common for college students. In a recent national survey titled “How America Pays for College 2014” by Sally Mae, 54 percent of college students are now living at home.

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Trump and Carson: vast differences

By Jane Mandley · Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015

When looking at the two Republican front runners—Donald Trump and Ben Carson—there are a great number of differences between them that cause people, who are thinking of voting Republican, to lean one way or the other.

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Renowned journalist Beimeng Fu recalls her COVID-19 reporting experience on this weeks episode of Women Journalist COVID-19 Experiences. Check out this latest episode on Spotify! Or you can listen to their full unedited conversation at the Eastern Michigan University Archive website.

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