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Senate votes to begin health-care debate

By Noam N. Levey · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

WASHINGTON- Without a vote to spare, Democrats pushed their health-care overhaul legislation over its first obstacle on the Senate floor Saturday, as the chamber voted to begin formal debate of a sweeping measure to guarantee medical coverage for all Americans. The 60-39 procedural vote, backed by all 58 Democrats and two independents, with Ohio Republican George Voinovich not voting, overcame a Republican-led filibuster designed to block consideration of the bill and kept up momentum behind President Barack Obama’s top legislative priority.

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Bee ordinance gets first OK from Council

By Dan DuChene · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

City Council unanimously passed an ordinance on first reading Tuesday allowing Ypsilanti residents to keep bees. The ordinance had been considered by City Council last month, but decided a permit process should be included with the original language and postponed the matter before a vote was taken. If approved on a second reading the ordinance would give residents the opportunity to apply for a permit to keep no more than two bee hives on a parcel of land.

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Governor to talk the 'Promise' at EMU

By Danny Hopkins and Alyssa Eckles · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Gov. Jennifer Granholm is on a tour to save the Michigan Promise Scholarship. And her next stop? Eastern Michigan University. Granholm will be visiting campus from 9 – 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Student Center to discuss the scholarship.

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Panel: Mammograms under 50 downplayed

By Sarah Avery · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. – An influential federal panel said most women under 50 do not need routine mammograms – a direct contradiction to longstanding advice from doctors and cancer groups.

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Journalists in Iraq facing political parties' pressure

By Warren P. Strobel · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

BAGHDAD – Warid Badr Salim’s front-page satire in a recent edition of the newspaper al-Mada compared Iraq’s parliament to wolves stalking sheep – the Iraqi people – and cheekily suggested its members need the diplomatic passports they’ve awarded themselves just to leave Baghdad’s fortress-like Green Zone.

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State preference ban still being contested

By Robin Erb · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

DETROIT – Michigan’s ban on racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring was in court again Tuesday, another step closer to its assumed destination: the doorstep of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Police Blotter Nov. 13 - 16

By Jordan Dekker · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Nov. 13 At 9:49 p.m., an officer initiated a traffic stop at the intersection of Lowell and Jarvis Streets and found the driver to be in possession of three baggies of marijuana.

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Peninsular Place armed robbery suspect arrested

By Alyssa Eckles · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

A suspect in an armed robbery at Peninsular Place has been arrested, according to Ypsilanti Police Department. The 23-year-old Detroit man was picked up Tuesday night outside the city in Ypsilanti township

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Ypsi City Council to reconsider Michigan's Open Meetings Act

By Dan DuChene · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

City Council will be reconsidering whether the Michigan Open Meetings Act will apply to subcommittees created by itself or its boards and commissions. Toward the end of the meeting Tuesday, Councilmember Bill Nickels, D-Ward 2, motioned to reconsider the resolution, adopted by City Council last month.

Ypsi Meals on Wheels funds down

By Christine Laughren · Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009

Starting on the seventh floor of Clark East Towers apartment complex off East Clark Road, Jackie Macy and her assistants begin to make their daily rounds for Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels.

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NASA mission discovers watery surprise on moon

By Lisa M. Krieger · Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The moon is a wet place, NASA scientists announced Friday at a Mountain View, Calif., press conference, unveiling their long-awaited analysis of a mile-high plume of debris kicked up by the impact of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. “We saw real crystalline ice and lots of water vapor, as well as other species,” such as sodium and perhaps even carbon dioxide, methane, ethanol and sodium dioxide, said Anthony Colaprete, the principal investigator for NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. “It’s been a ‘Holy Cow!’ moment every single day since the impact,” as NASA’s analysis of the debris plume continues, he said. Scientists say the discovery of ice and water vapor transforms our perception of this celestial neighbor, long thought to be a dry and barren place.

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Despite controversy, 9-11 trials move ahead

By Carl Rosenberg · Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009

MIAMI — Confessed terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged 9-11 plotters will face a federal trial in New York City, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday in an announcement that left intact the war court at Guantanamo. Charges against the alleged al-Qaida kingpin have not yet been filed in Manhattan, N.Y, the scene of the attack on the World Trade Center. But the decision to bring to civilian court the mass murder case of nearly 3,000 people on Sept.

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Cut the carp: Michigan fights invasive fish species

By Tina Lam · Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009

DETROIT — A group of federal agencies criticized in the past for failing to move quickly to stop Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes announced Friday that they’re taking every precaution to keep them out, even poisoning thousands of fish next month to prevent any leaping, dangerous bighead or silver carp from escaping the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The carp are voracious feeders and breeders and eat all the plankton that other fish rely on.

Latest Podcast

Eastern Michigan University’s “Enlighten U” has been ranked the top mental health podcast in Michigan by FeedSpot, a platform that compiles blogs, podcasts, YouTube channels, newsletters and other sites in one location.

“Enlighten U” is a podcast geared toward students who are experiencing mental health challenges. Melissa Thrasher, EMU's executive director of media relations and social media, and Lolita Cummings, an EMU public relations professor, serve as the co-hosts. Each episode is released around the 15th of every month and features a student or alum and a subject-matter professional.

Lolita Cummings in an interview with The Echo said that this is not the first time the No. 1 mental health podcast in Michigan has been awarded to "Enlighten U."

"We've been the No. 1 mental health podcast in Michigan from the very beginning," Cummings said. "I think it's an indicator of the fact that what we are trying to do, we are doing well, and that is important."

At the start of each "Enlighten U" episode, Cummings and Thrasher state that the "Enlighten U" podcast is an award-winning show.

"A couple of years ago, I won the best in PR for good campaign from Public Relations Society of America for the marketing and promotions program, because it's important that we get this, the word, out to everyone and about the podcast," Cummings said.

Thrasher and Cummings are both extremely proud of their podcast, but these awards and recognitions are not why they continue with it.

It is important to Cummings that she serves all of her students' needs. She noticed that before the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health of many of her students was declining. When the students came back after the pandemic, Cummings noticed that her students' mental health was even worse. Due to this, she began brainstorming with one of her students about how she could help.

"She [the student] said to me, 'We watched a lot of podcasts while we were off.' So I said, 'Okay, I don't know anything about podcasts, but I will meet you all where you are.' So that's where the idea came from," Cummings said. "I am able to not just serve their academic needs, but I'm also able to serve their mental health needs. And to get the feedback from them, that is really helping, and is everything to me because the students are the ones who tell us what issues are impacting the most. Those are the issues that we bring to the table at 'Enlighten U.'"

Cummings encourages students to not only watch and listen to "Enlighten U" but to also spread the word about the podcast.

"One of the things we want to do is get the word out about this podcast to as many people as possible, across the nation, across the world," she said. "The need is not limited to our campus — the need is universal; it is worldwide. My goal at this point is obviously to continue to produce quality shows that reflect the mental health challenges that students are facing, but also get it out to wider audiences so we can help more people."

For those who are interested in engaging with "Enlighten U," the podcast can be found on YouTube and Spotify.

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