Student Life

Campus Picnic and T-Shirt Exchange celebrate homecoming

By Olivia Grills · Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018

Students, faculty, and alumni gathered in the Student Center at Eastern Michigan University to celebrate homecoming week with a picnic and tee-shirt exchange.

How to get Organized in our busy world

By Amanda Wasunyk · Sunday, June 10, 2018

We all have busy schedules nowadays and what is a better way than to make an old fashioned to do list? Sure, we can have Siri make us reminders and Alexa can add things to our grocery lists, but sometimes writing our tasks down can really benefit us in more ways than you’d expect. Researchers at Princeton claim writing it down will help you remember it. Here’s a few great ways to get motivated!

Ypsilanti celebrates its second annual Ypsi Pride

By Patricia Mulroy · Saturday, June 9, 2018

On June 1, the city of Ypsilanti kicked off it's LBGTQ+ Pride month with the second Annual Ypsi Pride community celebration. Part of the first Friday is a series of events to draw members from LBGT+ community with local businesses around downtown Ypsilanti.

5 Events Happening in Metro-Detroit You Don’t Want to Miss

By Amanda Wasunyk · Friday, June 8, 2018

Summer is the perfect time to get out of the house with friends for a night on the town. Here are five popular events happening soon in the local metro-Detroit area.

Student athletes express anger at Board of Regents meeting

By Olivia Grills · Sunday, April 22, 2018

After a rally where student athletes and alumni protested the cut of four sports, arguments continued into the scheduled Board of Regents meeting Friday, April 20.

Students and alumni voice anger over sports cuts at rally

By Olivia Grills · Saturday, April 21, 2018

In a continued effort to urge the reversal of Eastern Michigan University’s decision to cut four sports from their athletic program, students, staff and alumni gathered outside Welch Hall in protest Friday, April 20.

Rally from #Save EMU Sports protests sport cuts

By Olivia Grills · Thursday, April 19, 2018

Students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered outside Eastern Michigan University’s convocation center Monday, April 16 in a rally against the recent cut of four sports.

Police Blotter April 8 – April 14

By Olivia Grills · Sunday, April 15, 2018

Crimes reported on and around campus between April 8 - April 14.

Opinion | Social Inevitability: ‘just deal with it’

By Olivia Grills · Sunday, April 15, 2018

You’re going to get people that disagree from a scale of ‘I don’t see it that way but I see your point’ and ‘you’re the devil and will bring the end of the world in your wake for believing that’. But there’s something troubling among the arguments – a distinctly pessimistic way of thinking: the belief that some of the most troubling things in life are simply inevitable and cannot be changed.

Police Blotter April 1 – April 7

By Olivia Grills · Sunday, April 8, 2018

Crimes reported on and around campus between April 1 - April 7.

Police Blotter March 25 – March 31

By Olivia Grills · Sunday, April 1, 2018

Crimes reported on and around campus between March 25 and March 31.

The Wonder Years host in-store performance for new album "Sister Cites"

By Micah Cotner · Saturday, March 31, 2018

Philadelphia pop punk band The Wonder Years hosted an acoustic performance inside of the record store Dearborn Music to promote their upcoming record “Sister Cities” Thursday, March 29.

Students worry about potential rise in tuition among university budget concerns

By Gary Simmons · Saturday, March 31, 2018

The price of college has many students at Eastern Michigan University concerned for their education. While EMU is one of the more affordable of the state universities in Michigan, some students feel that it may not be that way for long.

EMU Faculty Senate to discuss resolution to university budget concerns

By Joe Israel · Friday, March 30, 2018

Coming on the heels of Eastern Michigan University’s ongoing budget crisis, the Faculty Senate discussed a resolution to potentially issue a vote of no confidence to President James Smith Wednesday, March 28.

“Better University” Coalition and students deliver demands to EMU president

By Olivia Grills · Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Students and faculty gathered outside Welch Hall Tuesday, March 27 to deliver summarized demands for budget changes to the president’s office.

EMU athletes react to cut sports

By Madeline Reinbolt · Sunday, March 25, 2018

In the wake of Eastern Michigan University’s announced parting of four sports from its athletics program, university athletes express their anger and sadness over the decision.

Students Present Year-Long Research at 38th Annual Undergraduate Symposium

By Noel Saval · Sunday, March 25, 2018

Students congregated Friday, March 23 in the student center at Eastern Michigan University to present their research in their various fields of study, which most have been working on for the majority of the school year in collaboration with a faculty mentor.