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College students fight to end tax on tampons

By Kayla Boyd · Saturday, April 2, 2016

Most likely at some point in their life, every female between the ages of 12-50 have quietly whispered to another female, “Hey, do you have a tampon on you?” Women’s menstrual products, such as tampons and pads, are a necessity to females.

Tanasia Morton, newly elected Student Government President for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Morton and Starr victor in student government elections

By Mona Beydoun · Thursday, March 31, 2016

r Tanasia Morton and Joshua Starr were elected as Student Government President and Vice President, respectively, for the 2016-17 academic year, taking 68% of the total votes.  After hearing the results of the election, Morton said she is excited and grateful about her win. “[I am] ready to make very positive change on campus and do everything that I promised I said I was going to do,” Morton said. Starr said after he and Morton institute the changes they promised in their candidacy, they will focus on getting more students engaged in Student Government. “We had a lot of plans coming into this election and now that we’ve won, we can start working on them to the best of our ability,” Starr said. Starr said students should watch for changes on campus during the next academic year.

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Veterans on campus can unite

By guest writer Nicole Raymond · Wednesday, March 30, 2016

We can all agree that being a student is hard. Whether you go to school full time, work part time, or are part of an organization, students have many different needs, including student veterans. Charles Schneider, or as most people call him, Chuck, is a senior at Eastern Michigan University studying information assurance with a concentration in network security and administration and is also treasurer of the Student Veterans of America chapter at EMU. Along with his duties as a student and his position on an executive board, as any other student does, Schneider has hobbies he likes to keep up on such watching movies, reading, going to the gym and hanging out on the water. All students deal with hardships, however, it can be argued that student veterans have a little extra to deal with. “Driving once I was back in the states was the biggest thing that I had to get used to, sometimes I would find myself trying to drive with the same alertness that I had in Afghanistan without realizing it,” Schneider said.

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News briefs, March 30

By Drew Saunders · Tuesday, March 29, 2016

The EMU theater group Close Up is having its play, Growing Pains, at the Alexander Music Hall, Thursday, March 31.

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Police blotter, March 27

By Drew Saunders · Saturday, March 26, 2016

Monday, March 21, 2016 A traffic violation on West Circle Drive led to a foot chase involving the Department of Public Safety and the two people inside the vehicle.

Student Government President Steven Cole.

Student government president reflects on his time in office

By Mona Beydoun · Saturday, March 26, 2016

Steven Cole was elected as Student Government President on March 26, 2015. After his year in office about to come to an end, he reflects back on how he moved forward with the platform he ran on. Accomplishments During his time as president, Cole has several accomplishments in specific that he is proud of.

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News briefs, March 27

By Drew Saunders · Saturday, March 26, 2016

Easter was Sunday, March 27, but the Student Center’s Food Court will be having a three hour egg hunt, Monday, March 28, at 12:00 noon.

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News briefs, March 23

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Eastern Michigan University’s Black Women’s Leadership Symposium will be starting at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, March 24, in the Guild Room of McKenny.

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Police blotter, March 23

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Thursday, March 17, 2016. The Parking Department called the Department of Public Safety to North Campus Lot at 11:33 a.m.

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