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Promote busing

By Chris Hoitash · Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011

Eastern Michigan’s parking system has seen some changes, including a new bus route and new regulations on where you can park. In a press release from Director of Media Relations, Geoff Larcom, the details of the new route were outlined.

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Campaign Pain

By Chris Hoitash · Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is considered by many to be the most likely person to have a chance against President Obama in the 2012 election.

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Spill leaves black mark

By Jesse Peck · Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011

It’s been a little more than a year since a pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy broke and spilled more than 840,000 gallons of tar sands oil into Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River.

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Let's blow up Social Security

By Neil Weinberg · Friday, Aug. 26, 2011

It’s been a tremendously fun summer if you love watching the following activities: brinksmanship, showmanship, talk show host meltdowns and screaming.

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America expanded highways with capitalism

By Clement Daly · Monday, June 27, 2011

Fifty-five years ago this Wednesday, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, clearing the way for the “greatest public works project in history” — the U.S.

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It's a break, use it as one

By Jesse Peck · Monday, June 27, 2011

We finally made it to the brief respite between semesters. We’ll all be getting our grades from the spring semester, and I think I can speak for the majority in saying we’re glad it’s behind us.

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Choose a better role model

By Neil Weinberg · Monday, June 27, 2011

Think about the people you root for and support. Think about the people your children look up to or the people your siblings try to emulate.

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Reduce need for foreign oil

By Chris Hoitash · Monday, June 20, 2011

Fracking, besides a misspelling of a curse word from Battlestar Galactica, is also being seen by some as a solution to both the world’s dwindling crude oil supply and America’s lust for oil. It will inevitably prove the creators of the Fallout video games are prophets.

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Bring our troops back

By Sammy DeMarco · Monday, June 20, 2011

As summer cranks up and we approach the middle year, it is easy to forget President Obama made a promise to draw down troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2011. It appears this will be another promise made to be broken.

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Assisted suicide

By Jesse Peck · Monday, June 13, 2011

As some of you fine readers might know, Dr. Death died on June 3. Jack Kevorkian, embraced and reviled for his work, was known – and eventually imprisoned for – his work in assisting people with their suicides.

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Healthcare prices

By Neil Weinberg · Monday, June 13, 2011

While most of the country is locked in a debate about entitlement reform and jobs creation, the soon-to-be-former Defense Secretary still wants to talk about healthcare.

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Question Regents

By Sammy DeMarco · Monday, June 6, 2011

Prepare to pay more for your education at EMU. When the Board of Regents meets on June 21, they will be voting to raise tuition.

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