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News Briefs, Jan. 18

By Drew Saunders · Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016

Eastern Michigan University is closed for MLK on Monday, but that does not mean there is nothing to do around campus.

Bargains up for grabs at Goodwill's newest Ypsilanti location

By Nina Drumsta · Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016

Just last week in Ypsilanti, a brand new Goodwill store opened its doors in high hopes to benefit the community and create affordable options for those in need and students. In order to gain press and raise community awareness to donate and shop at this new location, the store held private tours between Jan.

'Bubble' to be closed additional two weeks

By Andrew Mascharka · Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016

A new tear in the Eastern Michigan University Indoor Practice Facility was discovered Wednesday morning according to EMU officials. This is after the original tear caused the collapse of the facility on Nov. 29.

Student Government passes resolution against regents' decision to postpone EAA vote

By Mona Beydoun · Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016

Student Government passed a resolution at the senate meeting Tuesday night to “voice no confidence” in the Board of Regents’ decision to postpone a vote on Eastern Michigan University’s involvement in the Education Achievement Authority. S.Res.-102-08, authored by Senator Jones-Darling, said that the Board of Regents has failed to recognize the negative impacts the EAA places on the student body. At the last Board of Regents meeting, the regents postponed a vote that would decide whether EMU stayed in the EAA for another year or not. “This Student Government has been constant in telling the regents over and over and over on behalf of the student body that this is not okay,” Jones-Darling said.

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Police Blotter, Jan. 13

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016

Eastern Michigan University's Department of Public Safety has had a number of light drug possessions and drinking charges to deal with over the last few days. Thursday, Jan.

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News Briefs, Jan. 13

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016

Eastern Michigan University has a lot of activities going on around campus leading up to MLK day. On Thursday Jan.

Students enjoy ice cream during a farewell event for Kim Schatzel at the Eastern Michigan Student Center, 7 Jan.

Kim Schatzel says farewell with ice cream social

By Mona Beydoun · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016

Kim Schatzel, former interim president, provost and executive vice president of academic and student affairs at Eastern Michigan University, explained at her farewell ice cream social that her move to Towson University will be the hardest change she has made in her forty years of working The social, held this past Thursday afternoon in the Student Center, was free and open to the campus.

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News Briefs, Jan. 10

By Drew Saunders · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016

Eastern Michigan University's Intermedia Gallery Group is going to be hosting their Annual Juried Student Show this week.

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EMU to celebrate Martin Luther King Day

By Drew Saunders · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016

Martin Luther King Day is coming up on Monday, Jan. 18. This year Eastern Michigan University is going to ring in the 30th anniversary of this holiday a bit early. Festivities will kick off on Thursday, Jan.

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EMU is now a doctoral university

By Meghan Koglin · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016

The Carnegie Foundation reclassified Eastern Michigan University as a doctoral university in the 2015 edition of the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education rankings system. EMU was previously listed as a large master’s university.

Petition striving to bring democratic election processes to EMU

By Nina Drumsta · Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016

Over winter break, the Board of Regents held a special meeting to announce the appointment of Interim President Donald Loppnow. A group of EMU students attended this meeting and left feeling as though the election of the new interim president was unfair, and they believe that Michigan’s state constitution should not allow EMU’s Board of Regents to be appointed by the governor and should be elected democratically through the university. However, even if they were to elect a new interim president democratically, another problem that these students recognized is that the meeting was announced on the last day of finals and took place after the semester had already ended.

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News Briefs

By Drew Saunders · Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016

Eastern Michigan University is back in full gear as of Wednesday. The EMU wrestling team will take on Northern Iowa at the Convocation Center Wednesday, Jan.

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