Events

Mary Larkin, program coordinator for the LGBT center.

LGBT center hosts annual Pride Prom

By Ashley G. Terrell · Sunday, March 24, 2013

“In a high school setting, there’s not a lot of welcome and comfort for somebody to take their same-sex like boyfriend or girlfriend to a high school prom,” Mary Larkin, program coordinator of Eastern Michigan University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center, said.

Exhibit shows women’s art

By Rose Carver · Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Eastern Michigan University’s celebration of Women’s History Month continues, and the next empowering event, “The Looking Glass Self Art Exhibition,” is a gallery of self-portraits crafted by women to define self-identity, and evaluate the true nature of perspective.

EMU professors will play weekend recitals

By Mariya Gefter · Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Music will be in the air this Friday, and this time it’s an Eastern Michigan University faculty member creating the melody. Professor Joel Schoenhals, an EMU music professor of piano, will be performing part two of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 32 at Pease Auditorium.

CloseUP to honor its history in ‘Everything in Between’

By Andre J. Ellington · Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Eastern Michigan University’s CloseUP Theatre Troupe will host Everything in Between, a reunion performance. The event will celebrate 15 years of giving students the opportunity to be able to express themselves through the arts, and will take place Sunday in the Student Center Auditorium from 4-5:30 p.m.

Group will light candles for victims of suicide

By Jess Salisbury · Wednesday, March 20, 2013

By the time a person reaches college age, there is a good chance their lives have already been affected by a mental health issue. A 2004 study by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Abbott Laboratories found that one in three students reported having long periods of depression and one in four reported having suicidal thoughts.

EMU’s 33rd annual Undergraduate Symposium will take place Friday in the Student Center.

Students to show projects, research

By Krystal Elliott · Wednesday, March 20, 2013

More than 400 undergraduate students from all academic departments will be given a chance to present their exceptional creative projects and research at Eastern Michigan University’s 33rd annual Undergraduate Symposium Friday.

Event to discuss biases

By Kayla Boyd · Sunday, March 17, 2013

To discuss the various concepts of race and how our differences can have both negative and positive impacts in our lives, the American Anthropological Association has put together a tour called Understanding Race Project Community Conversation.

Students had the chance to have fun while learning.

Students launch fundraiser

By Heidi Guenther · Sunday, March 17, 2013

Eastern Michigan University students launched a Latin dance fundraiser Saturday at Big Bob’s Lakehouse to aid the Salvadoran Humanitarian Aid, Research and Education Foundation.

Members of the EMU and Ypsi community gathered in Quirk.

TEDxEMU unites EMU

By Cosette Girardot · Sunday, March 17, 2013

If there were a way to take the entire college experience and compact it into one day, it would be through TEDxEMU.

EMU’s Alternative Spring Breaks program sent nine groups to areas along the east side of the country.

Students spend winter break giving back

By Raven Gardiner · Sunday, March 17, 2013

With thousands of people going hungry every day, are you doing anything to change that? Along with nine other people, I spent my spring break in Philadelphia to make my mark in the fight against hunger.

At the 16th annual ball Saturday night, games and activities with an outer space theme were available for the Best Buddies members.

EMU Best Buddies hosts Outer Space Ball

By Ciara Brown · Sunday, March 17, 2013

Eastern Michigan University’s Best Buddies program, in partnership with the VISION Volunteer Center, hosted its 16th Best Buddies Annual Outer Space Ball on Saturday evening in the Student Center Ballroom.

‘The Room’ will play this Saturday at 11:55 p.m. at Ann Arbor’s State Theater. Tickets are $7.

Cult film comes to State Theater

By Jake Maynard · Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Picture this: You’re stuck in a dead-end job and your life’s looking bleak. Your fiancée is cheating on you with your best friend, your mother-in-law has breast cancer, your bastard boss won’t give you the promotion he promised you months ago and you’ve grown fed up with this world of betrayal.

EMU’s International Student Association presents Colors in Harmony Saturday from 6-8 p.m.

Event to showcase cultural talent

By Princess Gabbara · Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Here at Eastern Michigan University, we cross paths with people from all walks of life. It’s not uncommon to be sitting next to someone in class of a different race, ethnicity or religion, and what better way to showcase that than hosting a cultural talent show?

Organization hosts fasting

By Krystal Elliott · Wednesday, March 13, 2013

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to fast for a day, Eastern Michigan University’s Muslim Student Association is providing the perfect opportunity with their annual Fast-a-Thon.

Members of the Eastern Michigan University Women’s Resource Center with the presenters of the I Heart Female Orgasm event.

Female orgasm event stresses openness

By Jess Salisbury · Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Most ladies will agree the female orgasm is quite an experience. The I Heart Female Orgasm event sought to shed some light on what many may consider a bit of a mystery.

Dutch DJ Tiësto rocks Convocation Center

By Krystal Elliott · Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013

Thousands of concertgoers packed Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center Wednesday night, in various stages of undress and states of mind (some of which probably weren’t legal), to get lost in the heavy bass lines and thumping beats of electronic music powerhouse Tiësto.

‘Johnny goes full circle,’ by John Piet, 1982-1984

EMU to showcase Detroit art scene exhibit

By Mariya Gefter · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

Eastern Michigan University’s Art Department is partnering with Central Michigan and Wayne State universities to present Subverting Modernism: Cass Corridor Revisited 1966-1980. The event features a lecture by Vince Carducci, Envisioning Real Utopias in Detroit, as well as a film screening of “Images” about Cass Corridor artwork.

Correction

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

In the Feb. 25 issue of The Eastern Echo, the article “Delta Sigma Phi preps for Plunge,” incorrectly said the event was raising money for AIDS research when the funds were just to be donated to the American Red Cross.

Find a soulmate at EMU

By Michael Klink · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

Looking for love but fed up with bar floozies and online “Catfish”? Fear not: From the creative mind of Eastern Michigan University student Alex Nelson comes a new alternative for the single and looking: “The Eastern Hookup.”

Katelyn Stafford hosts EMU’s version of the Oscars.

EMU hosts an Oscars ceremony of its own

By Jake Maynard · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

For award show fans and filmgoers alike, the Oscars is one of the most exciting occasions of the year. But this year, there was one award show that coincided with the Oscars and might give even the most prestigious of award shows a run for their money.

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