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Two veterans of the U.S. Coast Guard stand in front of a new set of flags near Westview Apartments, which was the site of a ceremony Wednesday that saluted veterans. Every branch of the military is recognized by its own flag.

Flag-raising creates home on campus for veterans

By Danny Hopkins · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

Eastern Michigan University held a flag-raising ceremony at Westview Apartments on Wednesday, honoring student-veterans on campus.

Police Blotter Nov. 5 - Nov. 9

By Jordan Dekker · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

Nov. 5 A complainant reported between struck in the left eye by an unknown object at the Physical Plant at 11:04 p.m.

EMU freshmen suspects in five campus thefts

By Alyssa Eckles · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

Eastern Michigan University freshmen Christopher Reid and Anthony Colucci await a Nov. 17 preliminary hearing on the burglaries committed in Phelps Hall.

Officials discuss how to spend budget surplus

By Robyn Hoffenblum · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

“Eastern will have a surplus of $5.8 million dollars by the end of this fiscal year in June of 2010,” said John Lumm, Eastern Michigan University’s chief financial officer.

Iraqis unsure of change, despite coming elections

By Warren P. Strobel and Laith Hammoudi · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

BAGHDAD— Obama administration officials breathed a collective sigh of relief Sunday when Iraq’s parliament, after weeks of delays, approved a law to hold national elections in January, very likely permitting a major post-election withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq.

Leader of U.N. urges U.S. to OK climate change laws

By Renee Schoof · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

WASHINGTON – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Senate Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday and urged them to save international climate talks next month by speeding up work on a climate and energy bill.

Teens' artificial trees absorb harmful gases

By Maria Rose Williams · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -– When is a tree that acts like a tree not a tree at all? When it’s a metal tower that absorbs, transforms, and stores carbon dioxide, and is made by two teenage math and science whizzes as a research project on climate change.

Obama pays tribute to Fort Hood victims

By Todd J. Gillman · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

FORT HOOD, Texas — President Barack Obama brought words of resolve Tuesday to an Army post still reeling from a doctor’s deadly rampage, offering comfort amid fears of extremism in the ranks and complaints that this tragedy could have been averted.

Armed robbery near COB on Sunday

By Alyssa Eckles · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009

An armed robbery occurred Sunday morning one block from the Eastern Michigan University College of Business. The victims of the robbery were not associated with EMU.

EMU hosts mass H1N1 vaccination at Convocation Center

By Katie Milewski · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009

Area residents lined up at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center last Thursday for their dose of the H1N1 vaccine.

Museum, EMU join in history exhibit on African Americans

By Robyn Hoffenblum · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009

Eastern Michigan University formed a cooperative partnership on Wednesday with the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit to create an interactive educational project on the Underground Railroad.

Two EMU students give confessions on recent Phelps thefts

By Alyssa Eckles · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009

Eastern Michigan University Police have arrested two EMU students involved in recent burglaries in Phelps Hall. The students were arraigned Saturday and bond has been set.

EMU students arrested in Phelps burglaries

By Alyssa Eckles · Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Eastern Michigan University Police have arrested two EMU students involved in recent burglaries in Phelps Hall.

H1N1 could affect speed of Internet

By Bob Fernandez · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

PHILADELPHIA – Like many big organizations, Comcast Corp. is taking precautions to halt the spread of H1N1.

Brain maps help guide you through large-scale space, researchers find

By Robert S. Boyd · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

WASHINGTON – Lost? Not sure how to get home? Trying to find your way through the mall or an airport? Help is on the way, thanks to a stack of cells, or neurons, in your head.

Early morning theft in Phelps

By Alyssa Eckles · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

A burglary occurred in Phelps Hall on Tuesday between 4:25-7 a.m., resulting in the theft of two laptops, two iPods and a cell phone. One of the residents of the room awoke to see a male individual in his room wearing a white T-shirt but believed it was his roommate. Later, the resident found several items stolen.

Leaders break promise to Michigan students

By Robyn Hoffenblum · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

The Michigan Promise Scholarship, a valuable scholarship for students who scored well on their Michigan Merit Exam, was eliminated Friday, Oct. 30. Cynthia Van Pelt, Eastern Michigan University’s Director of the Office of Financial Aid, was not surprised.

Ypsilanti rejects two proposed millages

By Dan DuChene · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

Both the local millage proposal in Ypsilanti Township, and the county-wide millage proposal were rejected by voters Tuesday. Election results are according to preliminary numbers released by the Washtenaw County Clerk’s Office, which will not become official until approved by the Washtenaw County Board of Canvassers, which is expected by Monday.

Seattle predicted as key market for electric cars

By Katherine Long · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

SEATTLE — After years of hype, it looks as though the mass-produced, all-electric car is really on its way. The Seattle area is poised to become one of the key markets for the initial wave of electric cars, in part because of plans to begin building a network of more than 2,000 charging stations throughout the region next year. Funded by part of a $100 million federal Department of Energy economic-stimulus grant, the charging stations are to the electric car what the cellphone-tower network was to the cellphone.

House race will be battleground for GOP identity

By Steven Thomma · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

WASHINGTON – The future of the Republican Party will be tested Tuesday in upstate New York. A special election for an open seat in the U.S House of Representatives has turned into a high-profile proxy war over how the party should come back from the stinging losses of both the House and Senate in 2006 and the White House in 2008. Will the GOP employ the same tactics the Democrats used in 2006 to win back power in both houses of Congress and pick centrist candidates to fit moderate districts?