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Food pantry opens on campus

By Meghan Koglin · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

Students will be able to obtain boxed and canned food and fresh vegetables and fruits for free as of Monday. Swoop’s Student Food Pantry opened in Marshall and is designed to help students receive food who have limited funds.

Student Senate extends Rec/IM hours

By Mona Beydoun · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

The Student Senate unanimously passed B. Res. 102-002, which extended the hours at the Rec/IM, at its Tuesday night meeting in the Student Center. The resolution extends the gym hours from 9:45 p.m.

EMU's Active Minds hosts Send Silence Packing

By Mona Beydoun · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

Eastern Michigan University’s chapter of Active Minds hosted the Send Silence Packing display on Monday on the lawn between Pray-Harrold and the Snow Health Center. Each backpack in the display, which travels around the country to help reduce the stigma of mental illness, represents one of the 1,100 college students who die by suicide every year. Many of the backpacks are donated in memory of a student and feature the story of that student on the backpack. Chris Schrimscher, a graduate clinical behavioral psychology student, is the co-coordinator for Safe Now, EMU’s suicide prevention grant.

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CIO discusses technology

Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015

Every year, Carl Powell, the Chief Information Officer for Eastern Michigan University, holds a talk at the Halle library.

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Students discuss study abroad options

By RaeShay James · Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015

Eastern Michigan University students joined together Wednesday to discuss all the different opportunities on study abroad locations, financial aid and the length of time spent in a different country.

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Julia Niswender case continues

By Drew Saunders · Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015

On Friday, the Julia Niswender case heated up once more in Monroe County. According to the Detroit Free Press, James Turnquist, Julia's step-father, has lost his motion "to suppress a contested search warrant affidavit in the child pornography case ...." that the step father is involved in. In December 2012, Eastern Michigan University Niswender – then a senior – was found murdered in her Peninsular Place apartment. After a number of years of starts and stops, the investigation into how she was drowned in her bath tub heated up when her step father was named a "person of interest." The Ypsilanti police department discovered child pornography on Turnquists laptop, and this has become a separate case.

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Eagle on the Street for Sept. 11

Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015

It has been 14 years since 9/11. Most of Eastern Michigan University's students were children when the nearly 3,000 victims lost their lives, but they still remember: 1.

Students volunteer at Community Plunge

By Drew Saunders · Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015

Friday morning, students gathered in the Student Center ballroom to participate in Community Plunge. Community Plunge is a volunteer concept popular on college campuses.

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In this episode, we're summarizing the articles published in The Eastern Echo June 9–15, 2025! To listen to the episode on Spotify, click here!

Articles featured in this episode:

"EMU football alums Gunnar Oakes, Brian Dooley find pro success with UFL's Michigan Panthers" - Caleb Henderson

"Review: 'Say Nothing' is a good introduction to the intense history of conflict between Britain and Ireland" - Gabriella Payeur

"EMU completes 'Maxx Match,' achieves football fundraising goal as new NCAA regulations loom large" - Caleb Henderson

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