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Peace Corps a tough job

By Silvana Taylor · Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Scott Burgess from U of M’s Peace Corps recruiting office visited EMU to talk about the benefits of service and expectations of volunteers this past Friday.

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EMU police: Safety is top priority

By Bryan Alfaro · Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

This is the third in a three part series that documents a night ride along with EMU DPS officers. John Phillips worked for the Pittsfield Police Department for 30 years and served as Director of Public Safety, which is the same as Chief of Police, for the last 10 of those years. “They didn’t have the title of Chief at the time,” Phillips said.

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Same sex equality beyond marriage

By Alex Diakonis · Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Tuesday, federal courts decided California’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. The next day, Washington State Legislature legalized same-sex marriage.

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SESI conference features locals reinventing Michigan

By J Richard Bates · Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

The fifteenth annual SESI Midwestern Regional Entrepreneurship Conference was held in the EMU Student Center on Friday. The conference was presented by the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization and was focused on reinventing Michigan, utilizing the entrepreneurial spirit. In 2009 EMU received $200,000 from the estate of Catherin Sesi to endow the annual conference. The conference featured speakers from a variety of businesses and organizations, broken down into two breakout sessions with a keynote presentation during breakfast and another during lunch. The breakfast keynote speaker was Amy Cell from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The first breakout session featured Chalres Senteio, an entrepreneur in health care and consulting; Gauri Thergonkar from Zingtrain; and Pat Muldoon, vice president of product development engineering for Venchurs Vehicle Systems. The second session included Zach Wigal, founder of Gamers Outreach Foundation; Kentaro Ray, founder of Kentaro SEO Marketing; and Bilal Saeed and Tim Adkins, founders of Pakmode Media and Marketing. The lunch keynote was delivered by Mike Lorenc, Google manager of Dedicated Client Services.

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Governor's proposal gets criticized

By Kody Klein · Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Governor Snyder proposed a $36.2 million increase in appropriations to public universities in his budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 last Thursday.

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Police Blotter

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012

Campus: Jan. 4 – A person was found trespassing at 6:16 p.m. in Pease Auditorium. Two people had an altercation at 7:27 p.m.

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Local bookstores might close after bankruptcy

By Chelsea Idzior · Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012

Campus Book & Supply, Mike’s Bookstore and Ned’s Bookstore are in danger of closing after the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of their parent company, Nebraska Book Co. According to AnnArbor.com, a U.S.

EMU graduation rates low

By Katrease Stafford · Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012

When comparing graduation and retention rates among universities, there’s no reason Eastern Michigan University should be compared to institutions like the University of Michigan or Harvard University, according to Lynette Findley, assistant vice president of retention and student success at EMU.

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Art exhibit shows gratitude

By Kody Klein · Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012

Eastern Michigan University held a private art exhibit Friday night for people who have made donations to the EMU foundation.

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EMU to drop Flint campus

By Kody Klein · Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012

Eastern Michigan University is ending its operations in Flint after the winter semester due to consistent low enrollment.

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Ride along gives insight into workings of DPS

By Bryan Alfaro · Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012

Eastern Michigan University’s Interim Chief of Police Lt. Robert Heighes offered The Eastern Echo the opportunity for a reporter to ride along on patrol with some of his officers, as part of the Department of Public Safety’s commitment to transparency and building student relations.

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Duncan, Biden talk affordability

By Katrease Stafford · Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012

In a conference call to discuss college access and affordability, United States Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan lauded universities such as Eastern Michigan University for making education affordable.

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Police Blotter

By Kody Klein · Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012

Campus: Jan. 31 – A student was disturbing the peace at 10:11 a.m. in the Student Center. The student was upset at a SCCS hearing.

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SEPE active again at EMU

By Kody Klein · Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012

A group of students are reviving the inactive campus chapter of Students for an Ethical and Participatory Education. John Dellapelle, a junior studying political science at EMU, said the organization focuses on increasing student involvement in campus governance.

Latest Podcast

Introducing The Eastern Echo’s newest event and news based podcast, Scoop on the Scene. These weekly episodes will be hosted by the organization’s Digital Editor, Julez DeShetler. She intends to bring awareness to the events happening on an around campus to Echo listeners. 

DeShetler’s goal with the podcast is to encourage students and community members to get involved in an educated, safe and fun manner. She will list various events to choose from in addition to sharing the key details of said events. 

These podcasts can be expected to come out near the weekends and be no longer than 10-15 minutes.

For the week of Sept. 14 to Sept. 20, DeShetler includes events such as sports, a pub crawl, yoga, a movie in the park, Study Abroad Fair and training sessions. 

Be sure to tune in weekly to stay up to date on all the Eastern Michigan and Ypsilanti amusement!

Listen to this week’s episode here: 

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