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EMU welcomes its new provost

By Laura Heffner · Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012

On Wednesday evening, about 50 members of the faculty and staff attended a welcome reception for the new provost and vice president of EMU, Kim Schatzel, who started on Jan.

'All Eyes on U.S.' kept conversation going

By Alex Price · Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Attending students were in for a personal political experience at “All Eyes on U.S.,” an event run by the Eastern Michigan University Student Government to help promote student awareness of the 2012 political election.

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McGadney addresses students

By Edward Patterson · Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Student Body President, Jelani McGadney gave his State of the Student Body address before Eastern Michigan University students, faculty, administrators and staff.

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Legislation Watch

By Ashley Hutcherson · Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

SENATE BILL No. 929 21ST CENTURY JOBS FUND/Modifying 1984 Bill February 7, 2012, Introduced by Senator Kowall This bill would make changes to give the Michigan Strategic Fund board greater flexibility in the administration of 21st Century Investment and other programs, including tourism promotion and marketing, competitive edge technology grants and loans, etc. The modifications could reduce the MSF’s administrative costs and the overall costs used for the program, which include annual budget and the Jobs for Michigan Investment Fund. House Bill 5393 Revised school code February 9, 2012, Introduced by Reps.

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Police Blotter

By Kody Klein · Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Campus: Feb. 10 – A customer threatened an employee at 11 p.m. in the Student Center. Feb. 12 – An assault and battery occurred at 12:23 p.m.

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Legislation would ban some abortions

By Chelsea Idzior · Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Republic representative Eileen Kowall recently introduced legislation in the Michigan House that would ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. Supporters of the bill said a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks of pregnancy, while opponents deny this is true, reported Michiganradio.org.

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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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