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Eastern considers rebates on tuition

By Danielle Willman · Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012

In an effort to encourage improved graduation rates, Eastern Michigan University’s student government is supporting a new tuition rebate incentive. The program, conceived by Student Body President Matthew Norfleet and Vice President Desmond Miller, will award students who meet the necessary requirements a rebate of any tuition increases over the course of their college career.

Julia Niswender was found dead in her apartment Dec. 11. The 23-year-old’s cause of death was found to be asphyxiation associated with drowning.

EMU student found dead

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012

Eastern Michigan University student Julia Catherine Niswender, 23, was found dead Tuesday night in her apartment in the Peninsular Place apartment complex, located at 1000 N. Huron River Drive in Ypsilanti. Police are treating the death as an apparent homicide.

Speaker offers job advice, discusses nonprofit work

By Dominique Payne · Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012

Businessman Bill Weatherstone spoke to a small group of Eastern Michigan University students Wednesday in the Student Center about the different aspects of working for a non-profit organization.

News Briefs

By Lisa Swearingen · Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012

Student artist wins esteemed theater award Victoria “Tori” Tomalia has won the Don and Elizabeth Doyle Fellowship Special Recognition Award for her offerings to theater for youth. Tomalia is an Eastern Michigan University graduate student studying applied drama and theatre for the young.

Panel seeks to educate students on HIV/AIDS

By Ellen Christie · Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012

Eastern Michigan University accounts for more than 30 percent of all sexually transmitted infections in Washtenaw County, according to HIV/AIDS Resource Center case manager Sheyonna Watson.

Service held for John Porter

By Kenneth Bowen · Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012

A memorial service was held for Eastern Michigan University’s 17th president, John W. Porter, Friday in the Student Center ballroom. The service included music, a video, slideshows and personal recollections from a variety of speakers.

Conference helps students build brand

By Cosette Girardot · Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012

Social media no longer falls under the terms “procrastination” and “time wasting,” but instead “building your brand” and “working on your resume.” According to the Student Development Conference, hosted Friday at Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center, social media platforms are career builders.

Regents talk student success, mental health

By Danielle Willman · Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012

The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents met Thursday in Welch Hall to discuss several issues, including the establishment of student success metrics, the university’s new physician’s assistant program and mental health awareness on campus.

Police Blotter

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

Campus November 28 A drinking fountain and display cases were reported stolen at 11:49 a.m. at Mark Jefferson.

Corrections

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

In the Dec. 3 issue of The Eastern Echo, the article “Big Bird skypes with political science class” incorrectly attributed the quote “There must have been a back order on Big Bird costumes because we had to wait” to professor Christopher Cooper, when it should have credited EMU junior Sara Box.

Restaurant inspectors find bug infestation at Asia City

By Michael Sanders · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

According to a report by The Ypsilanti Courier Nov. 28, Washtenaw County restaurant inspectors reported a bug infestation at Asia City, located at 2905 on Washtenaw Ave.

Snyder discusses MI energy, environment

By Kayla Boyd · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder expressed his desire Nov. 28 to get the environment and natural resources in good shape for future generations so Michigan will be “a place our kids will want to live, work and play.”

EMU not handing over docs

By Kenneth Bowen · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

The National Council on Teacher Quality, an advocacy and policy group, listed Eastern Michigan University as one of the schools that has not handed over documents for a study regarding teacher preparation.

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Michigan threatens City of Troy with lawsuit

By Taylor Pinson · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

The City of Troy is being threatened with a lawsuit by the state of Michigan to determine when it will hold its next mayoral election.

Fake money used at EMU

By Lisa Swearingen · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

This semester alone, Lt. Dan Karrick and Chief Bob Heighes of the Eastern Michigan University Police Department have dealt with six instances of fraudulent money being used around campus.

School bus theft suspect has mental illness history

By Jennifer Kirby · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

Evidence showed Josiah Curtis, who was arrested Thanksgiving morning for allegedly stealing a school bus to drive to Detroit and start a rapping career there, was mentally ill and had not been taking his medication prior to the theft.

MSU poll: More MI adults for gay marriage

By Ashley G. Terrell · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

According to a poll conducted by Michigan State University, 56 percent of adults in Michigan are in support of gay marriage. Just two years prior, only 48 percent were in support.

Gov. Snyder proposes trail

By Danielle Willman · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

In a major environmental address Wednesday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder proposed a 599 mile hiking and biking trail from Belle Isle in Detroit to the Wisconsin border in the Upper Peninsula.

Detroit closer to having regional transit authority

By Taylor Pinson · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

Southeast Michigan is one step closer to establishing a public mass transit system.

Students discuss allowing marijuana on campuses

By Toni Hughes · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

The polls have closed and doing so brought a change in the states of Washington and Colorado. These two states have passed laws allowing people who are 21 and older to legally possess a maximum of one ounce of marijuana.