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Volleyball ends MAC tournament with loss

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Eastern Michigan University’s women’s volleyball team saw its season end Friday afternoon as it lost, 3-2, to Northern Illinois in its Mid-American Conference tournament quarterfinals match at Toledo.


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Carnes continues lecture series at EMU

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This past Thursday Mark C. Carnes, a professor of history at Barnard College in New York delivered the third part of his lecture series “Rethink Higher Education.” In this lecture, entitled “Why History Textbooks (Including My Own) Don’t Get It,” Carnes questioned the use and effectiveness of textbooks in classrooms. “I cut out all of the detours and the ambiguity in my textbook to make it more concise,” Carnes said.

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Regina Spektor to be seen in new light

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There will be a free showing of “Regina Spektor: Live in London” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Student Center Auditorium. The Blu-ray will feature 18 of Spektor’s performances, from London’s Hammersmith Apollo Theater. It will be the first time fans can see Spektor perform at an uncomfortably close distance, as well as see footage of intimate details like sound check and peeks inside backstage.



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Detroit Lions first draft pick is prone to injury

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Detroit Lions fans have been through a lot over the last decade. For the most part, they have stayed loyal through some of the worst football the National Football League has ever seen. In 2009, when the Lions drafted Matthew Stafford No. 1 overall from the University of Georgia, many fans felt an unfamiliar feeling — hope.





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Food Review: Marketplace offers good, healthy food at high prices

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As a student who lives off-campus with no meal plan, whenever I find myself with the cash to spend on dinner, I grab a quick bite in the Student Center from the regular fast food restaurants. I never really thought about eating anywhere else, even though I heard about DC1’s “Grilled Cheese Fridays,” and the Eateries, where most of the freshmen spend their dinner hours.


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Linda Hogan speaks at Auditorium

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After a lengthy list of credentials and honors for various books, including being “one of two writer/speakers to be invited to the U.N.,” Linda Hogan stepped onto the Eastern Michigan University Student Center Auditorium stage. Hogan’s speech Thursday was one of the events of Native American Heritage Month.









Welcome back to Winging It, the Eastern Echo's arts and entertainment podcast.

This episode, Caroline Buxton sits down with Tessa Hanrath to talk about "June on the Moon," EMU Theatre's upcoming interactive sensory production.

For more information on performance dates and ticketing, check out EMU Theatre's website at: https://emich.ludus.com/index....

Host: Caroline Buxton

Director: Anthony Thatxton

Editor: Gray Connor