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Professor Thomas Ulch II still feels that the more you know, the more there is to still learn.

'Outstanding' professor takes lessons outside class

By Cosette Girardot · Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011

All alone, he sat on a 370-foot temple-pyramid and watched the sunrise over Tikal, Guatemala. Remembering that early morning, Professor Thomas William Ulch II said, “You can feel all those people.” Ulch considers himself more of a student than a professor.

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Kitchen 101

By Jerome Stuart Nichols · Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011

Next to summer, the fall is my absolute favorite season for food. The flavors are so full and rich, the colors are bright and warm, and the prices are cheap.

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Tips for preparing your car for winter

By Aaron Huff · Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011

The winter can be trying on a college student. The cold weather has not dilly-dallied in arriving this year, and as students with hectic schedules, being caught off guard is the last thing we want when it’s below zero. In preparation, some students might buy window coverings and curtains for heat efficiency in their dorms and apartments.

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Fall favorites warm the soul

By Krystal Elliott · Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011

With Halloween just around the corner, the fall season is well under way. The leaves are changing, the weather is cold and fall food is back in season. For a lot of people, the start of October means pumpkin everything: pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin ice cream and pumpkin-spice lattes. These immediate indulgences in all things pumpkin can leave us a little disillusioned with the great gourd before the season is even over.

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Fall fun off-campus

By Danielle Ross · Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011

As the leaves continue to change colors and the weather grows increasing colder, it almost feels like Michigan is expecting something big.

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Top 10 horror scenes of all time

By Carmen Bojanowski · Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011

Halloween is just around the corner and sadly, it falls on a Monday this year. Most college students will be tired out by the previous weekend’s festivities and with classes going on as usual, a party on a Monday night may not be the wisest choice.

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Green and White tonight

By Silvana Taylor · Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011

Green and White Tonight, a student-founded online show with a Saturday Night Live feel, is looking for students actors to expand the diversity of the show and engage students about athletics at Eastern Michigan University. Those interested should have an outgoing personality, energy and a lot of school spirit.

Common gives inspiration

By Jerome Stuart Nichols · Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011

When world-renowned rapper, poet, author and actor Common took the stage Wednesday night in the Eastern Michigan University Student Center Grand Ballroom, no one really knew what he would say.

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Meet the movement

By Kyle Wackrow · Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011

Eastern Michigan University’s LGBT Resource Center held its first Meet the Movement program on Monday Oct.

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Zombies attack EMU

By Anthony Alaniz · Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011

If you hear the tired moans for brains across campus next week, do not be alarmed. The shuffling of the recently re-animated dead is part of Zombie Awareness Week, a week-long event put on by Outbreak: Eastern. The week long awareness event offers games, haunted houses and an obstacle course all with the zombie touch. The event starts Monday with “The Dead Walk!” It begins at 3 p.m.

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Common comes to EMU

By Aaron Huff · Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011

Eastern Michigan University students will have the chance Oct. 18 to meet hip-hop lyricist Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., more widely known as Common. Common, a renowned hip-hop artist, actor and philanthropist, will be holding a book signing at 7 p.m.

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Identity Improv

By Silvana Taylor · Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011

Gender and sexuality is a large part of anyone’s identity and it’s an idea that was explored Oct.

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Co-op offers options

By Krystal Elliott · Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011

If you are looking for a change of pace from your normal processed and packaged diet, you might want to check out the Ypsilanti Food Co-Op next time you do your shopping.

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