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Interim President testifies in Lansing about tuition increase

By Meghan Koglin · Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015

Interim President Kim Schatzel testified in Lansing on Thursday about the reasons behind the tuition increase.

EMU Faculty members encouraged to live in Ypsi

Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015

Over a dozen faculty members gathered in front of Boone Hall, Friday, to participate in See Ypsi.

Beer sales at Rynearson considered successful despite $3,000 loss

By Eric Coughlin · Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015

Football will be the only thing on tap moving forward at Rynearson Stadium, unlike last week when EMU piloted a beer-selling program.

Food pantry opens on campus

By Meghan Koglin · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

Students will be able to obtain boxed and canned food and fresh vegetables and fruits for free as of Monday. Swoop’s Student Food Pantry opened in Marshall and is designed to help students receive food who have limited funds.

Input sessions allow students to voice concerns about new president

By Meghan Koglin · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

Students, faculty and alumni had a opportunity to ask questions and voice concerns at three public input sessions that were held this week concerning Eastern’s Presidential Search. The meetings were on Monday at 5 p.m.

Student Senate extends Rec/IM hours

By Mona Beydoun · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

The Student Senate unanimously passed B. Res. 102-002, which extended the hours at the Rec/IM, at its Tuesday night meeting in the Student Center. The resolution extends the gym hours from 9:45 p.m.

EMU's Active Minds hosts Send Silence Packing

By Mona Beydoun · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

Eastern Michigan University’s chapter of Active Minds hosted the Send Silence Packing display on Monday on the lawn between Pray-Harrold and the Snow Health Center. Each backpack in the display, which travels around the country to help reduce the stigma of mental illness, represents one of the 1,100 college students who die by suicide every year. Many of the backpacks are donated in memory of a student and feature the story of that student on the backpack. Chris Schrimscher, a graduate clinical behavioral psychology student, is the co-coordinator for Safe Now, EMU’s suicide prevention grant.

Visiting professor holds Healthy Living Lecture

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

Visiting professor Dr. Janice Johnson Dias held a Healthy Living Lecture at the Student Center, on Tuesday, to talk about healthy living.

News briefs, Sept. 23

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

H2O Fitness Class Now that summer is over, swimming for exercise is over. Or is it?

Women's Resource Center shows "The Hunting Ground"

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015

The Eastern Michigan University Women's Resource Center held a screening of the “The Hunting Ground,” Monday.

Computer science program to put on Hackathon

By Meghan Koglin · Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015

Eastern Michigan University students have the opportunity to test their computer-programming and code-writing skills over a 24-hour period in a hackathon.

CIO discusses technology

Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015

Every year, Carl Powell, the Chief Information Officer for Eastern Michigan University, holds a talk at the Halle library.

Students discuss study abroad options

By RaeShay James · Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015

Eastern Michigan University students joined together Wednesday to discuss all the different opportunities on study abroad locations, financial aid and the length of time spent in a different country.

EMU sells beer in one-game pilot at Rynearson

By Eric Coughlin · Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015

For the first time ever at an Eastern Michigan University athletic event, alcoholic beverages were available for purchase.

Four EMU students to perform at TEDx Detroit

By Shelby Taylor · Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015

Four Eastern Michigan University students will be performing at TedxDetroit at the Fox Theatre Oct.

Part-time lecturers rally outside Pray Harrold

By Mona Beydoun · Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

Part-time lecturers at Eastern Michigan University rallied support at Pray-Harrold on Tuesday. On Sep.

EMU chapter of Active Minds to host 'Send Silence Packing' display

By Mona Beydoun · Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

Eastern Michigan University’s chapter of Active Minds will host the “Send Silence Packing” display from 9 a.m.

Student Senate holds first committee meetings of the school year

By Mona Beydoun · Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

Steven Cole, student body president, and Anjali Martin, student body vice president, presented a proposed amendment to the Fiscal Year 2016 budget at all of the student government committee meetings Tuesday evening in the Student Center. The resolution, B.

Feminist Fest offers support and information for women

By Rachel Raupp · Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015

The Feminist Fest brought together many organizations that offered young women support, knowledge of their rights, a feeling of empowerment, and free condoms.

Julia Niswender case continues

By Drew Saunders · Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015

On Friday, the Julia Niswender case heated up once more in Monroe County. According to the Detroit Free Press, James Turnquist, Julia's step-father, has lost his motion "to suppress a contested search warrant affidavit in the child pornography case ...." that the step father is involved in. In December 2012, Eastern Michigan University Niswender – then a senior – was found murdered in her Peninsular Place apartment. After a number of years of starts and stops, the investigation into how she was drowned in her bath tub heated up when her step father was named a "person of interest." The Ypsilanti police department discovered child pornography on Turnquists laptop, and this has become a separate case.

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