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Hillary Clinton's emails may have just revealed that George W. Bush committed treason

By Jacques Vorves · Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015

In first Democratic primary debate last Tuesday, Bernie Sanders declared to Hillary Clinton that “we’re sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails!” Now, ironically enough, more news has surfaced about these emails that suggest that former president George W.

Forced abortion is a war on women and girls

By Micaela Stevenson · Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015

I am vehemently prochoice. I believe that every woman in the whole world should have the right to an abortion for any reason that she wants one.

The violence we see in entertainment is desensitizing us to real violence

By Jane Mandley · Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015

I wrote last week that I don’t think anything will stop the growing desensitization of violence in America.

Religion is nonsense

By Jacques Vorves · Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015

“Nine million children die every year before the age of five,” says American author, neuroscientist and philosopher, Sam Harris.

Column: How much should Reggie Bell play vs. Toledo

By Thomas Bieszk · Friday, Oct. 16, 2015

Eastern Michigan University quarterback Reggie Bell has been cleared to play following a broken jaw suffered against Old Dominion University in week one.

Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic debate and it's because of his sincerity

By Jacques Vorves · Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015

Bernie Sanders took the victory in Tuesday night’s Democratic debate. The moment he walked out, the whole crowd roared and cheered and whistled for the independent Senator from Vermont.

America's obsession with violence is an unstoppable trend

By Jane Mandley · Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015

When it comes to violence in entertainment, American culture is lost in the depths of a rapid downward spiral.

Learn to be yourself, without outside influences

By Zubin Khan · Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015

One of the most challenging parts of coming to college is finding friends. As a transfer student and commuter, it was challenging for me to find my place here at first.

Picking a major can be difficult

By Zubin Khan · Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015

Often, picking a major can seem daunting. You’re straight out of high school, 18 years old and you’re expected to choose what path you want in life despite barely having experienced it yet.

Young women should get the HPV vaccine

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015

Every year I get a physical to make sure I am healthy. I sit in the lobby of my doctor’s office and fill out a sheet of paper describing how I’ve been feeling and what I’ve been eating.

Is defunding Planned Parenthood really pro-life?

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015

There is a desire across the nation by people who do not use its services to defund Planned Parenthood.

Eastern Michigan students filed in to watch the Eagles take on Army on Sept. 26 2015 in Ypsilanti, Mich.

COLUMN: Eagles improving despite record

By Thomas Bieszk · Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015

Every year, football fans around Ypsilanti ask if Eastern Michigan will have a better football season than the preceding one, only to find yet another disappointment from the team.

Lessons learned in kindergarten still apply in college

By Marianne McCreight · Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015

I think EMU orientation should include mandatory review of the basic lessons or life rules we all learned in kindergarten (if we attended kindergarten in this country). Since there are plenty of international students that did not live here when they were five years old and, since some of us haven’t been in kindergarten in more years than we care to count, review of these rules should be mandatory for ALL students (ESPECIALLY COMMUTER STUDENTS) upon entry to EMU.

LGBTQ normalizing might cause a brutal backlash

By Jane Mandley · Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015

Last week I was among many other people who saw the viral video of a trans teen’s mom giving her her first prescription of hormone therapy.

COLUMN: Why beating Western Michigan is a must

By Robert Sherman · Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015

November 2nd, 2014 may be a date that lives in painful recent memory for coaches, players and fans of the Eastern Michigan University soccer program.

We must demand action on gun violence

By Jacques Vorves · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015

294. That’s the number of mass shootings, or “incidents where four or more people are killed or injured by gunfire,” that have happened this year, according to Christopher Ingraham of The Washington Post. 294 mass shootings, out of 274 days, as of October 1.

We need to pay more attention to our resources

By Corson Nikkel · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015

If the entire world lived like the citizens of the United States of America, it would require nearly five earths, as cited by Patrick James of Co.EXIST.

Is a college degree really worth it?

By Corson Nikkel · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015

The Huffington Post’s Lucy Sherriff comments on the fact that Ernst & Young, an international professional services firm headquartered in London, U.K., will no longer be using a college degree as a criteria for its positions.

Lady Gaga's new music video brings awareness to sexual violence

By Jane Mandley · Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015

It was only a day or two after Lady Gaga’s music video, “Til It Happens To You,” came out that my roommate pulled me over to her side of our couch to watch it with her.

The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Bureaus Merger is a mistake

By Leaha Dotson · Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015

With everything going on in today’s world, it’s easy to forget that there are also changes happening here at home.

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