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Students need to be more aware of alternatives to student loans

By Chelsea Idzior · Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012

Michigan has the 11th-highest student debt load in the country. In 2010, the average student with a bachelor’s degree graduated with $25,675 debt from student loans. In the 2009-10 academic year, the annual amount of loans taken out by college students reached $1.8 billion, a 49 percent increase from 2007.

Pipe damages Halle Library

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012

Halle Library was closed for most of Monday and all of Tuesday after a water return pipe broke from its supports and fell from the basement ceiling, triggering the sprinkler system on its way down.

Keynote calls for efficacy

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012

Despite Monday’s march against Governor Snyder’s Public Act 4 being organized several miles from Eastern Michigan University’s campus, the anxieties for the economic situation at local, state and federal levels could be felt on campus.

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Public Act 4 protest goes to Snyder's

By J Richard Bates · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012

A red helicopter hovered low overhead, and police officers were at every intersection, as over 800 protestors, armed with signs and microphones, marched from Parker Mill Park to Governor Snyder’s home on a windy and overcast Martin Luther King, Jr.

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LBC credits needed to graduate

By Jennifer Niswender · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012

The winter semester has begun, and, as seniors begin to receive their audits back, many are surprised to see they don’t have enough LBC credits to graduate.

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Sexual assault on EMU campus

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012

A safety notice was issued by the EMU Police Department at 1:44 p.m. Wednesday informing the Eastern community that a female student was sexually assaulted at 7:40 p.m.

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Police Blotter

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012

Campus: Jan. 12 – An unattended purse was stolen between 10:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. in Ford Hall. An unattended black cell phone was stolen between 4:30 p.m.

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Be aware of human trafficking

By Chelsea Idzior · Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012

On Monday, Jan. 9, the Women’s Resource Center kicked off Human Trafficking Awareness Month with an informative panel on the issue. Reverend Bonita Laudeman, Danielle Hodgson and Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations, Cara Rose, made up the panelists who discussed the dangers of human trafficking and what can be done to stop it.

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Police Blotter

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012

Campus: Jan. 6 – Intoxicated individuals entered a vehicle without permission at 3:34 a.m. outside of Best Residence Hall.

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New bus routes encourage student ridership

By Margaret Leary · Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012

[Part 1 of this series described EMU’s two major public transportation efforts: free shuttle bus service that EMU buys from the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA), and subsidized monthly passes for AATA’s regular routes.

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MLK day protestors challenge Public Act 4

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012

A group of Michigan citizens from around the state plan to commemorate MLK Day by marching from Parker Mill Park to Governor Snyder’s mansion in Superior Township in protest of Public Act 4.

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Police Blotter

By Kody Klein · Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012

Campus: Jan. 5 – A home invasion in Westview Apartments that was reported on Nov. 5 has been determined by the Department of Public Safety to have not been a random incident.

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EMU bus efforts continue

By Margaret Leary · Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012

The need for more parking is a frequent demand in automobile-dependent Southeast Michigan. Last year, newly elected Student Government President Jelani McGadney and Vice President Jeffrey Chicoine took a fresh approach to this demand: to offer EMU students, faculty and staff the chance to buy a discounted Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA) bus pass.

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Online privacy concerns raised

By Bryan Alfaro · Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011

Internet user privacy concerns are back in U.S. court again; the civil case revolves around little known tracking methods being used to gather users’ browsing histories, without their knowledge or consent, and potentially affects every Internet user. The lawsuit alleges KISSmetrics, a California based website analytics company, violated the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, by intentionally exploiting user software to bypass browser security settings, with the intent of intercepting and disclosing user information. The class action lawsuit filed by the KamberLaw firm, in the U.S.

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Insight granted into EMU budget

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011

At the Sept. 20 Board of Regents meeting, Eastern Michigan University’s Chief Financial Officer John Lumm reported that the university was suffering from a $4.6 million deficit and recently, he sat down with The Eastern Echo to provide further insight into EMU’s budget.

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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