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EMU not handing over docs

By Kenneth Bowen · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

The National Council on Teacher Quality, an advocacy and policy group, listed Eastern Michigan University as one of the schools that has not handed over documents for a study regarding teacher preparation.

P1103087.Ruth Johnson Michigan Sec. of state for OU Mag. (note other people in photos are her staff)

Michigan threatens City of Troy with lawsuit

By Taylor Pinson · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

The City of Troy is being threatened with a lawsuit by the state of Michigan to determine when it will hold its next mayoral election.

Fake money used at EMU

By Lisa Swearingen · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

This semester alone, Lt. Dan Karrick and Chief Bob Heighes of the Eastern Michigan University Police Department have dealt with six instances of fraudulent money being used around campus.

School bus theft suspect has mental illness history

By Jennifer Kirby · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

Evidence showed Josiah Curtis, who was arrested Thanksgiving morning for allegedly stealing a school bus to drive to Detroit and start a rapping career there, was mentally ill and had not been taking his medication prior to the theft.

MSU poll: More MI adults for gay marriage

By Ashley G. Terrell · Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012

According to a poll conducted by Michigan State University, 56 percent of adults in Michigan are in support of gay marriage. Just two years prior, only 48 percent were in support.

Gov. Snyder proposes trail

By Danielle Willman · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

In a major environmental address Wednesday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder proposed a 599 mile hiking and biking trail from Belle Isle in Detroit to the Wisconsin border in the Upper Peninsula.

Detroit closer to having regional transit authority

By Taylor Pinson · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

Southeast Michigan is one step closer to establishing a public mass transit system.

Students discuss allowing marijuana on campuses

By Toni Hughes · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

The polls have closed and doing so brought a change in the states of Washington and Colorado. These two states have passed laws allowing people who are 21 and older to legally possess a maximum of one ounce of marijuana.

School districts to merge

By Ellen Christie · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

The City of Ypsilanti can expect big changes in the upcoming year as the school districts of Ypsilanti and Willow Run merge. Many costs are anticipated with the merge.

Ypsi considers redeveloping train depot

By Chelsea Idzior · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

The Ypsilanti train depot near Depot Town is one of several properties being considered by the Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority for redevelopment.

Club Halle offers relaxation, relief

By Danielle Willman · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

Eastern Michigan University’s Student Government kicked off the annual Club Halle Sunday with free food and a massage therapist available to those in attendance.

Man arrested for stealing school bus

By Jennifer Kirby · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

A man was arrested on Thanksgiving for stealing a school bus from a junkyard and driving without a license, reported Click on Detroit Thursday.

Big Bird skypes with political science class

By Lisa Swearingen · Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

Big Bird, a protagonist of the kid’s television show “Sesame Street,” skyped with an Eastern Michigan University political science class Thursday.

Ypsilanti man sought for attempted murder of girlfriend

By Bryan Alfaro · Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012

The Eastern Michigan University Department of Public Safety sent out a campus notification Nov. 28 asking EMU students to be on the lookout for Michael Joshua Glenn in connection to an attempted murder, which took place Tuesday evening in the 2300 block of McKinley Road near Hewitt and Packard roads in Ypsilanti Township.

Police Blotter

Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

Nov. 15 A purse was stolen at 9:38 a.m. at the Halle Computer Lab. Cans were reported stolen from a donation bin at 10:31 a.m. at Mark Jefferson. The theft occurred between 10:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and 8:30 a.m. Nov. 15.

Man found dead on Ypsi railroad tracks

By Jennifer Kirby · Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

Ypsilanti railroad workers walking their routine patrol found a dead body at 9:25 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. The man was hit and killed by a passing train near Forest Avenue.

U.S. says China not a currency manipulator

By Jennifer Kirby · Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

The United States has decided not to label China as a currency manipulator, according to a report from the BBC.

Palestine desires freedom and land rights

By Dana Afana · Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

After the events of Operation Pillar of Defense between Israel and Gaza, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is seeking support from the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state.

News Briefs

By Danielle Willman · Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

Prosecutor for accused I-96 shooter announced Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings, Livingston County Prosecutor David Morse and Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry announced Nov. 27 that the Attorney General’s Criminal Division will lead the prosecution of Raulie Casteel for crimes allegedly committed in the three counties.

Parties will need to reach agreement on fiscal cliff

By Lisa Swearingen · Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012

With a fiscal cliff looming over the American people, the country is left to wonder what is awaiting its citizens in the coming year. A fiscal cliff will take place in the United States if certain laws remain intact that can result in increased taxes, spending cuts and a parallel decrease in the budget deficit.