News - The Eastern Echo

Convenience store prices competively priced?

By Kody Klein · Sunday, March 18, 2012

A 12.25 ounce box of Honey Nut Cheerios costs $3.29 at Meijer. The same box of cereal costs $8.59 at Crossroads Marketplace. Many other products at Eastern Michigan University’s convenience stores are similarly marked up.

Fees breakdown shows lack of transparency at EMU

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The University of Minnesota’s website breaks down its $365.90 student services fee to pennies on the dollar.

Santorum backs ban of same-sex marriage

By Danielle Willman · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

By Danielle Willman The Eastern Echo Rick Santorum, one of the top contenders for the Republican nomination, has expressed strong support for the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

Registration drive ends

By Tonya Broxholm · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Eastern Michigan University Honors College registration drive ended Wednesday. The drive was intended to raise awareness of the program and raise the number of Honors students to over 1,000 for the first time in a decade.

Dream Act gets endorsed by EMU Student Government

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Eastern Michigan University Student Government voted to endorse the DREAM Act. Student Government President, Jelani McGadney, was enthusiastic about the vote and said he will write a “signing statement” to present to the EMU Board of Regents.

Bookstores to close after bankruptcy

By Chelsea Idzior · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Ypsilanti’s Campus Book & Supply and Mike’s Bookstore are two of 40 stores under Nebraska Book Company to close by March 31.

Student works to preserve Ypsi

By Margaret A. Leary · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Last year, Ypsilanti’s Historic District Commission handled over 100 applications, put on six training workshops, proposed a new city ordinance to protect and preserve historic signs and wrote a grant application for money to do the preservation.

Habitat building Ypsilanti homes

By Margaret A. Leary · Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Rich Gorski leads a student chapter of Habitat for Humanity that is partnering with the student chapter of the U.S.

Illegal human trafficking

By Chelsea Idzior · Sunday, March 11, 2012

Human trafficking happens in every zip code across the country, according to Theresa Flores, a survivor of human trafficking who talked to an audience in the Student Center Thursday evening. Flores was only 15 years old when she became a victim of human trafficking in Birmingham, Mich.

Kony 2012 video stirs mixed emotions

By Lauren Wynn · Sunday, March 11, 2012

Despite its seemingly benevolent agenda, some people are deeply concerned by the “Kony 2012” video and the unprecedented attention it has received from the online community.

Rock the Vote hits EMU campus

By Katrease Stafford · Sunday, March 11, 2012

Eastern Michigan University’s Student Government will host Congressmen Hansen Clarke, John Conyers and John Dingell along with a representative from Senator Debbie Stabenow’s office in its kick-off of a three-week Rock the Vote voter registration event.

Dream Act awaits vote from Senate

By J Richard Bates · Sunday, March 11, 2012

The Student Senate will vote Tuesday on a resolution that would ask the Board of Regents to give undocumented citizen students in-state tuition rates.

Women of the Congo: the reality of the matter

By Laura Heffner · Sunday, March 11, 2012

“Imagine you are a woman making dinner for your family when a militia group barges into your home and says they are going to rape you in front of your husband and children,” said guest speaker Carrie Crawford in a lecture that was part of Women’s History Month.

Romney takes Michigan

By Allison Bohn · Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The results of the Michigan Republican primary very closely resembled the vote distribution of Washtenaw County Republicans. According to ABC 7 Action News, more than 29,000 Washtenaw County citizens came to the polls on Feb.

Democracy in the Middle East

By Andrew Poure · Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Tuesday’s presentation, “Psychological Effects of the Arab Awakening,” at the Student Center, gave an in-depth look into the background and trends behind the unprecedented movement occurring in the Middle East region. Democracy is gaining ground in the Middle East, but the story behind its rise is fundamentally global.

Diversity on EMU's campus is abundant

By Tonya Broxholm · Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Eastern Michigan University is host to 1,000 international students from 85 different countries. “We don’t have to travel far to learn about the world.

EMU issues discussed by city council

By Margaret A. Leary · Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Eastern Michigan University came up several times in Tuesday evening’s Ypsilanti City Council meeting with respect to petroleum contamination at the site of the College of Business, the value of an intern to the Historic District Commission and the impact of the proposed new city income tax on EMU employees.

Women's History Month celebrated around campus

By Carla Nodi · Wednesday, March 7, 2012

“Too often the history of women has been left out of books. The purpose of celebrating Women’s History Month is to pay tribute to women, to acknowledge the struggle and let them know it was worth it,” said Dorthea Thomas, a women and gender studies major, student program coordinator at the Women’s Resource Center and founder of the Minority Women and Leadership Commission.

Decriminalizing marijuana

By Alexander Price · Sunday, March 4, 2012

Decriminalization of the recreational use of marijuana might be on the ballot this November in Detroit, and perhaps statewide.

Library ground floor re-opens after repairs

By Laura Heffner · Sunday, March 4, 2012

Repairs at Halle Library have been completed and the ground floor will re-open today, just in time for classes to resume from winter break.