Events

If you happen to be a fan of the Ann Arbor area and love to just walk around on Saturdays, be weary of a cloud of smoke as you inch closer to the Diag.

Ypsi Christian group performs at Eastern

This past Monday at Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center, the student body was treated to a passionate and enthusiastic performance from the Christian group Kingdom Come.

Friendship Walk aids Best Buddies program

The Best Buddies program raised over $11,000 Sunday for its Eastern Michigan University and University of Michigan chapters through the Best Buddies Michigan Friendship Walk.

Suicide prevention group hosts event

University Park on Eastern Michigan University’s campus was set aglow Monday night by rows and rows of decorated mason jars with small candles placed inside as part of The Light That Unites, an event put on by the Stigma and Fear End Now campaign. The colorful jars, each one decorated by an EMU student, was intended as a tangible reminder of a life that was lost.

Students present projects at symposium

The Student Center was teeming with pride on Friday, as students, faculty and proud parents came out in droves to visit Eastern Michigan University’s 33rd annual Undergraduate Symposium.

Just Arts and Music presents cover show

The student organization Just Arts and Music presented their Covers Show Saturday in the Eastern Michigan University Student Center auditorium.

EMU Cooks! free class to help students make healthy meals

Winter is over (according to the calendar), and it’s time for Eastern Michigan University’s student body to start getting back into shape. While exercise is a necessary evil for any healthy body, a proper diet is of equal importance.

Students discuss women’s role in hip-hop at event

Intending to bring forward the issue of the role of women in hip-hop, My Mic Sounds Nice was held in Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center on Wednesday. The event was coordinated by Heather Nicholson and Nicole Carter, two feminist self-described “hip-hop heads,” both part of EMU’s education studies doctoral program.

LGBT center hosts annual Pride Prom

“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

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

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’

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 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.

Students to show projects, research

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

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 launch fundraiser

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.

TEDxEMU unites EMU

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

Students spend winter break giving back

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.

EMU Best Buddies hosts Outer Space Ball

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.

Cult film comes to State Theater

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.