Ex-prof talks faces of hip-hop culture
Former Eastern Michigan University faculty, Robert W. Simmons III, talked about the many faces of masculinity in the hip-hop culture, Wednesday in the Phelps-Sellers lounge.
Former Eastern Michigan University faculty, Robert W. Simmons III, talked about the many faces of masculinity in the hip-hop culture, Wednesday in the Phelps-Sellers lounge.
The Ypsilanti Public Schools Board of Education will be voting today on a district restructuring plan that would close Chapelle Elementary and East Middle schools.
Robert Bobb, emergency financial manager for the Detroit Public Schools, stressed the importance of ethics in business during his Ethos Week keynote address to a packed audience Friday in the Student Center Ballroom.
Most students receive a firm reprimand from teachers when even a glimpse of a cell phone is spotted from across the classroom.
Eastern Michigan University is continuing to find creative ways to recruit prospective students. An example of this is the articulation agreement EMU recently signed with Macomb Community College.
Rallying for rights, students and lecturers joined forces Tuesday afternoon to march across campus.
Students and shocking statistics filled the room at the Student Center on Wednesday morning, when the executive director of Safe House, Barbara Niess May, spoke about violence against women in Washtenaw County.
The Ypsilanti Public School’s Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting for this week to hear the proposed restructuring plan from the administration.
A man was tasered last Wednesday night by Ypsilanti police officers, after allegedly becoming assaultive and combative during his arrest.
Lecturers, students and community members at Eastern Michigan University will rally on campus from 2-5 p.m. tomorrow at the Pray-Harrold Kiosk. Supporters are encouraged to show up at any time during the rally.
The area surrounding Growing Hope’s greenhouse was covered in blankets of white snow.
The Office of Nutrition Services will be hosting its second annual Nutrition Fair tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in room 108 of Roosevelt Hall.
In honor of Women’s History Month, Dr. Farzeneh Milani, a professor at the University of Virginia, hosted a dialogue Wednesday about women in Iran and Islamic culture.
Budget reduction plans for Ypsilanti Public Schools are planned to be announced during a special board of education meeting next week.
March 15-19, Eastern Michigan University’s College of Business will host the fourth installment of its annual lecture series on business ethics.
President Susan Martin gave a testimony before the State Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education on behalf of Eastern Michigan University last Monday.
Ypsilanti City Council voted to deny a traffic control order for the scaffolding supporting the Thompson Block and initiate legal action to have it removed.
The Ypsilanti District Library is preparing to add a new section catered specifically towards teenagers and young adults. “Teen Zone” is a project both library visitors and library officials consider to be important.
Washtenaw County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating two strong-armed robberies reported in Ypsilanti Township last Monday. Deputies responded to the 3100 block of Washtenaw Avenue at 3:50 p.m.
With Ypsilanti budget deficits skyrocketing in 2011, the city planned to cut eight officers from the Ypsilanti Police Department on July 1. However, YPD will be able to save two jobs by assigning an additional officer to a multi-jurisdictional task force known as the Livingston and Washtenaw Narcotics Enforcement Team.