Opinions

How writing for my college paper improved my life

By Jennifer Kirby · Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015

I joined staff here at the Eastern Echo during my first week of college back in 2012. Being involved in the campus newspaper, especially here at Eastern, has been extremely beneficial to me as a writer, student and person. I remember how nervous I was when I sent that first email to the news editor asking for information about joining the staff.

Smoking ban a solid decision

By Jane Elizabeth · Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015

Maybe you’ve heard it through the grapevine, seen it in a post on EMU’s Facebook page or read it in the Echo.

Representation in media

By Andrew Kocis · Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015

Think of some of your heroes—the characters and people that you look up to and admire for their strength, personality, determination or achievements.

Art programs worth keeping in Michigan schools

By Jennifer Kirby · Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015

Art teachers and art students at Creekside Middle School in Zeeland, Mich. are remodeling 100 end tables in every color, shape and size.

Interlocal agreement between EMU Regents, DPS and EAA

Staff Editorial: Decision to support the EAA is not TRUEMU

By The Eastern Echo Editorial Board · Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014

The Eastern Echo Editorial Board has stayed away from staff editorials recently, focusing instead on “hard news” and objective journalism. After Friday’s Board of Regents meeting, where the Board voted to extend Eastern’s involvement in the EAA, we at The Echo could stay silent no longer.

Bowen Field House on December 10th, 1992 for a men's basketball game.

Column: Can a win over U of M improve fan attendance?

By Andrew Mascharka · Monday, Dec. 8, 2014

Six miles separate the Eastern Michigan Convocation Center and Crisler Center. Tuesday night, the “Battle for Washtenaw County” continues when the Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team travels those six miles to take on the University of Michigan Wolverines.

Letter to the Editor: EMU Faculty Senate's response to Regent Stapleton

Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014

Editor's note: The following is a letter to The Eastern Echo and may not reflect The Eastern Echo's views on the matter. December 7, 2014 Dear editors, In a statement attached to an article published Fri., Dec.

Ferguson: Who is to blame?

By Lamaria Reed · Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014

Looting in our own communities makes no sense. I understand that as a unit we are mad but what about when this is all over and this just becomes another faint memory we are going to look around and say we destroyed our community for what.

G.M., bailout a mistake

By James Tatum · Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014

On Nov. 24, Candice Anderson was finally cleared of a murder that she didn’t commit. For ten years, Anderson accepted the blame for the death of her boyfriend, Gene Mikale Erickson, who died in a car crash that took place on Nov.

Ending police brutality with technology

By Andrew Kocis · Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014

Over the Thanksgiving break, just before stores started opening for holiday shopping, the grand jury in Missouri announced their verdict in the Michael Brown case.

Knitting and stress

By Jane Elizabeth · Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014

Stress is most likely the most common word spoken on a college campus. It follows us around like Eeyore’s little raincloud as we try to eat, sleep, and Netflix it away.

U.S. media and the Middle East

By Jacques Vorves · Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014

For years, United States officials and the corporate media have sought to create a conflict of interest with Iran by means of misinformation and fear-mongering.

Should EMU drop athletics?

By Curt Allain · Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014

Should universities like EMU, who will likely never have a profitable athletic department, be pioneers in higher education by distancing themselves from the current collegiate athletic model?

Financial growth isn't always most important

By John G. Fike · Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014

As the dentist removed my painfully infected tooth the other day, he told me about his latest experience in skiing downhill through the financiers’ maze. “I used to believe this idea that ‘If we’re not growing, then we’re dying,’’ he said.

Cowboy capitalists: Winning by breaking the rules

By John G. Fike · Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014

The only way cowboy capitalists win is by breaking the rules. On an even playing field, abiding by the rules and regulations laid down by government, they can’t survive. Cowboy capitalists are the corporate globalization wizards, pushing “free-market” fundamentalism, privatization of the public sphere, de-regulation, and freedom from taxation.

A Thanksgiving in retail

By Andrew Kocis · Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014

Thanksgiving is the holiday for family. Unlike every other holiday we celebrate, Thanksgiving is the only one we dedicate to coming together with our families, both extended and immediate, in order to enjoy each other’s company, eat an excessive amount of food and bond over how thankful we all are to be together.