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Abdul El-Sayed visits EMU for town hall meeting

By Olivia Grills · Friday, Nov. 3, 2017

Detroit health commissioner and candidate for governor Dr. Abdul El-Sayed came to Eastern Michigan University for a town hall meeting hosted by EMU College Democrats.

Former EMU student arraigned for racial graffiti on campus

By Sydney Nimeth · Monday, Oct. 23, 2017

A former EMU student was arraigned Monday morning in the Washtenaw County District Court for the racial graffiti incidents on campus during the Fall 2016 semester. Eddie Curlin, 29, who was already in jail for unrelated charges, was arraigned on three counts of malicious destruction of property, four counts of identity theft and one count of using computers to commit a crime stemming from vandalism incidents.

EMU Students and Faculty angered by Trump Administration’s Title IX changes

By Sarah Lewis · Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017

The Trump administration announced their reversal of Obama-era guidance of Title IX, which forced universities that are federally funded to be aggressive on sexual assault perpetrators.

EMU Students for Choice stage counter protest to Anti-Abortion display

By Olivia Grills · Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017

Members of Eastern Michigan University’s student organization EMU Students for Choice gathered outside Marshall Hall on Thursday, Oct. 12 to protest Tuesday’s anti-abortion display.

EMU Women’s Resource Center holds Self-Love Workshop

By Malaya Elgarico · Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017

EMU Women’s Resource Center holds a Self-Love Workshop to teach fun and easy ways to take care of yourself mentally and physically.

Students react with anger to graphic pictures from Anti-Abortion display

By Olivia Grills · Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017

Eastern Michigan University students stand in silence with handwritten cardboard and scrap paper signs, contesting the anti-abortion display of hyper-focused photos of aborted fetuses.

EMU’s “Mental Health Awareness Week” helps fight the stigma on campus

By Rolanda Taylor · Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

Eastern Michigan University students from the leadership & counseling department helped fight the stigma against mental health with ‘mental health awareness week’ on campus.

American Red Cross holds blood drive at EMU’s student center

By Olivia Grills · Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

The American Red Cross held a blood drive Tuesday, Oct. 3 in Eastern Michigan University’s student center ballroom.

EMU's 'Out of the Darkness' walk raises awareness for suicide prevention

By Olivia Grills · Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017

Eastern Michigan University partnered with the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Friday, Sept. 29, at 4p.m. to raise awareness for suicide prevention. The ‘Out of the Darkness Walk' is part of an AFSP initiative to gather communities together to fight suicide.

Racist message found on bathroom stall at EMU's Student Center

By Olivia Grills · Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017

A racist message was found on a men’s bathroom stall at Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center Wednesday night, Sept. 27. The words “N------ die” were scratched into the surface, according to a statement made by student government and the NAACP.

Eastern Michigan University's Black Student Union holds racial graffiti memorial rally

By Malaya Elgarico · Monday, Sept. 25, 2017

On Wednesday, Sept. 20, the Black Student Union held a rally in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial reflecting on the racial graffiti incidents one year ago and the action taking place moving forward. The racist graffiti incident took place on Eastern Michigan University’s campus, where the words “KKK leave N------” was spray painted along the side of King Hall.

'Growing Hope' in Ypsilanti

By Olivia Grills · Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

Students from Eastern Michigan University’s Honors College gathered in downtown Ypsilanti to help with the development of Growing Hope’s new indoor community building Friday, Sept. 15.

Canton Township Police shut down EMU icebreaker

By Candis Caldwell and Dereka Bennett · Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

The Canton Township Police Department shut down the eighth annual Eastern Michigan University Ice Breaker, “Issa Ice Breaker,” Friday, Sept. 8, at 11:30 p.m. at the Golden Gate Banquet Hall in Canton, Michigan with no explanation.

EMU's 'Students for Justice in Palestine' protect messages on freedom wall

By Olivia Grills · Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017

A disagreement among Eastern Michigan University students broke out around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, over the content painted on the school’s freedom walls and kiosk. The student organization, “Students for Justice in Palestine” painted over the freedom walls, concrete blocks on campus where anyone can write messages.

Ypsilanti: Ann Arbor's cool little sister

By Scott Mullin · Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

Have you ever told somebody that you go school in Ypsilanti and they try to cut you down by saying, “Oh, Ann Arbor’s little sister,” as if it was some sort of insult?

The freshman experience: A muddle to find balance

By Olivia Grills · Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

As a freshman in collage, you’ve already been told many different ideas of what it’s supposed to be like. I remember my parents, high school teachers and the average T-rated teen movies giving me all sorts of ideas. Many mild-mannered adults will tell you college is the time to focus entirely on education, to engage in numerous courses and soak up all that sweet, sweet knowledge with your endless supply of ramen noodles.

8 things I wish I knew my freshman year

By Ethan Farrelly · Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

Freshman year of college is full of first-time experiences. The newfound freedom, the large size of campus and amount of students and opportunities to re-invent yourself are some of the basic changes you will experience. The purpose of this article, however, is to look at some things you might not have thought of. If you keep these eight things in mind, you will have a much better freshman year than most of your peers.

MSA hosts Fast-a-thon to kick-off Ramadan

By Drew Saunders · Sunday, March 22, 2015

The Muslim Student Association hosted its annual Fast-a-thon in the student center, Wednesday night.

EMU students have rolled out plans for a food pantry at EMU

By Allie Tomason · Saturday, March 21, 2015

Eastern Michigan University may institute a food pantry soon. Haley Moraniec and Lynn Nybell presented the initiative at the Board of Regents Student Affairs Committee meeting March 17. “I work really closely with Earthworks urban garden in Detroit and that kind of sparked my inspiration and passion,” Moraniec, vice president of the Social Welfare Action Alliance, said in an earlier interview.

Student Government committee meetings March 17

By Mona Beydoun and Meghan Koglin · Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Student Government held its Internal Affairs and Business and Finance meetings March 17. Speaker of the Senate Kiera Fegan proposed that the next Speaker of the Senate and the Judicial Sergeant sit in on the hiring process of the Student Government committee heads.