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Undergraduate Symposium features variety

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Eastern Michigan University’s 30th annual Undergraduate Symposium was held Friday, putting the spotlight on students showcasing their academic research and activities.

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Discussion explores women’s fights for gender equality, opportunities

By Biyi Akinlude · Sunday, March 28, 2010

A panel of three women talked in the Carillon room Tuesday about their walk through life and their experiences of being a woman. This panel discussion commemorated Women’s History Month and celebrated the passage of the 19th Amendment, in which women were given the right to vote. The panelists were Marcia McMullen, political activist and founder of Women Progressive Activists; Eve Fortson, who practiced medicine; and Letitia Byrd, the first African-American teacher in Ann Arbor Public Schools. The discussion started with each panelist sharing a bit about her childhood and the way women were seen then. “I was raised in a family that respected women,” McMullen said.

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Chapelle, East Middle schools to close after a 5-2 vote

By Dan DuChene · Wednesday, March 24, 2010

In a 5-2 vote, the Ypsilanti Public Schools’ Board of Education approved a plan to close both Chapelle Elementary and East Middle School Monday night. As recommended by the district administration, the move, expected to save approximately $1.3 million, will go into effect at the end of this academic year.

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Police Blotter

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A rowdy group of EMU students smashed the card reader outside the Oakwood parking lot

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Bobb: Business ethics key

By Katrease Stafford · Sunday, March 21, 2010

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.

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EMU eases transition between colleges

By Joseph Yelick · Sunday, March 21, 2010

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.

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Violence against women decried

By Katie Milewski · Wednesday, March 17, 2010

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.

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