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City Council passes language to require permits for filming

By Dan DuChene · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

Ypsilanti City Council unanimously passed an ordinance on first reading last Tuesday night that would help regulate the film industry in Ypsilanti. If adopted by Council on its second reading, the ordinance would require people wishing to film within the city to obtain a permit from City Hall.

Ypsilanti Jamboree successful in first year

By Christine Laughren · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

Labor Day Weekend may not have been the best weekend to have an outdoor music festival, but organizers of The Jamboree in Ypsilanti said the event was “first-class.”

EMU student releases novel

By Charnika Jett · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

In order to refrain from overdosing on studying (it can happen), put the textbook down and pick up novel written by a fellow Eagle. “Aloha… A New Beginning,” written by women and gender studies student, Chevetta Burton is about friendship, love and trust; something college students either know too much about or will learn soon enough.

Ambassador to speak at policy forum

By Alyssa Eckles · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

U.S. Ambassador Thomas Miller will speak at Eastern Michigan’s “America Engages the World: A Public Forum on the International Role of the United States” on Friday, Sept. 11.

Fajita Fest shows off EMU student orgs.

By Michael Sanders · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

Freshmen were introduced to the many organizations at Eastern Michigan during Tuesday’s Fajita Fest. Rain relocated the event to inside the Bowen Fieldhouse from its previously planned location at the University Park.

EMU student robbed while texting

By Danny Hopkins · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

An Eastern Michigan Univerisity student was robbed of his cell phone early Tuesday morning while walking on the 300 block of Perrin St. According to a release issued by EMU Police, at about 1 a.m. the student was texting on his cell phone when the suspect grabbed the phone and punched the victim in the head. The suspect then ran off.