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Obama popular in Michigan

By Lisa Swearingen · Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012

Recent polling percentages show that President Barak Obama has regained the lead with Michigan voters.

Health focus of block party

By Cherise Floyd · Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012

Several youth oriented organizations came together for a block party on Saturday, Sept. 15 to raise awareness about youth services offered in Ypsilanti.

EMU unites Huron and eagles

By Toni Hughes · Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012

Eastern Michigan University was established in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School. Since then it has grown and prospered, and changed its name three times.

SEEUS escorts students

By Danielle Willman · Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012

While walking on Eastern Michigan University’s campus at night, there is a good chance you will run into students in bright yellow jackets offering to escort you to your destination.

Troops get chance to vote

By Danielle Willman · Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012

Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson is in the Middle East this week meeting with U.S. military men and women.

Blue Cross to be nonprofit

By Carlee Broughton · Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012

Governor Rick Snyder recently proposed major changes to the regulation of Michigan’s largest healthcare provider.

Job-searching tips to help students earn their own way

By Krystal Elliott · Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012

Whether you’re paying your own way through school or receiving help from your parents, it goes without saying there are a ton of benefits to having a job in college; the ability to pay rent and feed yourself being a biggie.

Healthcare costs rise for students, comply with govt

By Allie Tomason · Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012

The cost of student healthcare insurance provided by UnitedHealthcare for services at Eastern Michigan University’s Snow Health Center has risen to $1,395 from last year’s $995.

EMU professor given grant to study Mars

By Danielle Willman · Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012

David Pawlowski, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Eastern Michigan University, has been awarded a $345,418 grant from NASA to study the upper atmosphere of Mars.

EMU gains 17 new staff members

By Ken Bowen · Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012

Freshmen and transfer students may feel like they are the only new faces on campus, but this fall also brought many new staff to Eastern Michigan University.

EMU enforcing smoking rules: Fines, warnings

By Katelyn Coberly · Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012

At Eastern Michigan University a variety of programs are working together to help prevent secondhand smoke and clean up the campus.

More 9/11 illnesses covered

By Danielle Willman · Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012

Eleven years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the country is still feeling the effects.

Police Blotter

Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

CAMPUS Sept. 2 A verbal argument over a missing cell phone occurred at 2:27 a.m. on Huron Street. An underage subject was found to be intoxicated at 4:58 a.m.

EMU gets renovations

By Carlee Broughton · Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

Eastern Michigan University’s Physical Plant spent about $96 million on campus renovations over the summer.

Obama discusses education, jobs

By Kayla Boyd · Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

President Barack Obama gave his speech at the Democratic National Convention Sept. 6, accepting the nomination to run for a second term.

Blood donors needed during all of September

By Danielle Willman · Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

The American Red Cross will be holding blood drives on Eastern Michigan University’s campus during the month of September, and all who donate in September will be entered to win a $500 gas card.

New contract pends approval

By Danielle Willman · Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

The Eastern Michigan University chapter of the American Association of University Professors voted overwhelmingly to approve a new three-year contract by a margin of 288-7, or 98 percent in consent.

AATA proposes plan to increase ridership

By Ellen Christie · Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

Many people in the Eastern Michigan University community rely on The Ride, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority’s bus system, to make their way to and from campus.

Norfleet, Miller share love for EMU

By Danielle Willman · Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

To the casual observer, Matthew Norfleet and Desmond Miller might seem like an unexpected pairing: one a senior, the other a sophomore; one involved in Student Government since his earliest days as a freshman at Eastern Michigan University, the other a transfer student who didn’t get involved until late in the game.

TurboVote allows online registering

By Lisa Swearingen · Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

Eastern Michigan University’s Student Government has partnered with the university to implement TurboVote, an online tool that allows EMU students to quickly register to vote at emich.turbovote.org.