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Police blotter

By Taylor Pinson · Sunday, March 10, 2013

March 7 A subject was lodged for an EMU failure to appear warrant at 4:01 a.m. A domestic dispute occurred between two subjects on Pearl Street at 4:48 p.m.

US job growth beats expectations

By Jennifer Kirby · Sunday, March 10, 2013

The American economy is getting stronger, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported March 8.

Venezuelan President Chavez dies of cancer

By Jennifer Kirby · Sunday, March 10, 2013

Hugo Chavez, the socialist president of Venezuela, died Tuesday after losing a battle with cancer. Chavez was first elected in 1998 and has been in power for 14 years.

EMU, Ypsi area offer HIV, STI testing for students

By Ashley G. Terrell · Sunday, March 10, 2013

One in four college students have a sexually transmitted infection and 19 million new STIs are reported each year, with close to half appearing among 15- to 24-year-olds, according to EliteDaily.com.

Adidas denies responsibility for severance pay

By Kenneth Bowen · Sunday, March 10, 2013

Representatives from Adidas said the company was not legally responsible to pay former workers of the closed down PT Kizone factory in Indonesia, when Adidas representatives addressed an audience Tuesday in Eastern Michigan University’s Welch Hall.

Obama signs act for women

By Taylor Pinson · Sunday, March 10, 2013

President Barack Obama signed the Violence Against Women Act back into law Thursday.

EMU student charged with alleged domestic violence for choking ex-girlfriend

By Lisa Swearingen · Friday, March 1, 2013

A man accused of choking his ex-girlfriend in a stairwell at Eastern Michigan University on Wednesday was taken into custody by police and will be charged with domestic violence.

Sleep deprivation unhealthy, affects more than 700 genes

By Jennifer Kirby · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

Researchers from the United Kingdom have discovered that sleep deprivation results in the alteration of genes in those who get less than six hours of sleep a night, the BBC reported.

Andrew Walla works to help students with taxes.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance helps students

By Taylor Pinson · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

Eastern Michigan University students can receive help filing their taxes with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program at five events scheduled over the next two months.

China denies cyber hacking

By Jennifer Kirby · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

According to Mandiant, a company focused on intense cybersecurity of major companies, about 140 American companies and other global organizations have been hacked into by Chinese hackers.

Ypsi streetlight upgrade

By Allie Tomason · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

The cost per city parcel for the scheduled conversion of 260 mercury vapor streetlights to LED along the East Michigan Avenue and Ecorse area was discussed at a special Ypsilanti City Council work session Tuesday night.

EMU invests in housing, security, dining

By Sommer Sanders · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

Room and board rates are going up at Eastern Michigan University to help pay for residence hall renovations.

Poster for the ‘Black People and Fried Chicken’ program held Wednesday in the Village.

Stereotype program sparks conversation

By Ashley G. Terrell · Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

People have heard it all: black people love fried chicken and watermelon with a glass of red Kool-Aid, white people can’t dance, Asians are good at math but can’t drive, Italians have mafia ties and all gays can sew and do make-up.

Brad McNett, EMU junior and WEMU employee, stopped a man after he took a woman’s purse in Ann Arbor.

EMU student helps capture purse thief in Ann Arbor

By Laura Heffner · Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

A would-be purse thief in Ann Arbor was foiled Saturday morning by an Eastern Michigan University student who was on his way to the Vault of Midnight comic book store at 219 S. Main St.

Allison Barkel, chair of EMU’s Student Leader Group

Student Leader Group gets students involved

By Lisa Swearingen · Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

Eastern Michigan University’s Student Leader Group is providing ways for students to become more involved in campus life.

News briefs

By Taylor Pinson · Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

Student Parent Awareness Day: A Student Parent Awareness Day is being held in the Student Center Grand Ballroom Wednesday.

Police blotter

By Taylor Pinson · Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

Feb. 18 A subject was reported having an open liquor container on Pearl Street at 2:51 a.m. A subject was arrested on a bench warrant on Oakwood Street at 12:51 p.m.

Amanda Edmonds discusses pros, cons of urban farming to Ypsi City Council.

Ypsi discusses hoophouses

By Allie Tomason · Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

Ypsilanti City Council passed the first reading of the “Food Production Amendments” ordinance—omitting all wording pertaining to “hoophouses” or “greenhouses”—at its Feb. 19 meeting.

Senior Ihsan Ghadieh is an international affairs major from Tulkarm, another city in the West Bank. The part of the film that struck him the most was the arrested Palestinian children.

Emotional film depicts Palestinian struggles

By Dana Afana · Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

Eastern Michigan University’s United Nations Student Alliance organization hosted a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary, “5 Broken Cameras,” Thursday in Pray-Harrold.

EMU investigates restaurant fight

By Marissa Beste · Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013

Eastern Michigan University is investigating a Jan. 11 coney island fight to determine the level of student involvement in the incident.