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COB students benefit from internship experiences

By Robyn Hoffenblum · Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009

The College of Business at Eastern Michigan University offers experience to business students through the Entrepreneur Internship Program.

Scholars debate Holocaust's effect on religion

By Katie Milewski · Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009

Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center Ballroom was packed with students, faculty and others for a debate last Monday evening.

Scholars to discuss links between loss, spirituality

By Michael Hintz · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

Eastern Michigan University’s Holy Trinity Student Parish and Hillel at EMU, along with EMU’s Division of Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences and several other academic departments, have teamed up to sponsor an event titled “Did God Survive the Holocaust: A Jewish/Catholic Conversation.” The discussion will take place at 7 p.m Monday in the EMU Student Center Ballroom.

Murder suspect fit for trial

By Citizen Staff · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

Dominic Oyerinde was found competent to stand trial for open murder and car jacking charges by a Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge for the death of his ex-girlfriend, 17-year-old Anna List, prompting Oyerinde, 20, to request to defend himself. He quietly said he wanted to defend himself instead of his current public defender, Timothy Niemann.

Gotcha!: Yellow slip could prevent thefts

By Katie Milewski · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

On any given day, at any given time, you might be able to find officer Pat McGill roaming the halls of the first year center.

House panel: U.S. losing dominance in space race

By Robert S. Boyd · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

WASHINGTON- America’s once clear dominance in space is eroding as other nations, including China, Iran and North Korea, step up their activities, a panel of experts told the House subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Thursday. “Others are catching up fast,” said Marty Hauser, vice president for Washington operations at the Space Foundation, an advocacy organization headquarters in Colorado Springs.

Scientists help dispel myths of Doomsday

By Kiran Sood · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

WASHINGTON – As moviegoers across the nation watched the end of the world with the opening of “2012” last week, news of Earth’s demise spread quickly across the Web.

Senate votes to begin health-care debate

By Noam N. Levey · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

WASHINGTON- Without a vote to spare, Democrats pushed their health-care overhaul legislation over its first obstacle on the Senate floor Saturday, as the chamber voted to begin formal debate of a sweeping measure to guarantee medical coverage for all Americans. The 60-39 procedural vote, backed by all 58 Democrats and two independents, with Ohio Republican George Voinovich not voting, overcame a Republican-led filibuster designed to block consideration of the bill and kept up momentum behind President Barack Obama’s top legislative priority.

Invasive Asian carp threaten Great Lakes

By Tina Lam · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

DETROIT- Two feared species of Asian carp have zoomed beyond the $9 million electric barriers built to keep them out of Lake Michigan.

Bee ordinance gets first OK from Council

By Dan DuChene · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

City Council unanimously passed an ordinance on first reading Tuesday allowing Ypsilanti residents to keep bees. The ordinance had been considered by City Council last month, but decided a permit process should be included with the original language and postponed the matter before a vote was taken. If approved on a second reading the ordinance would give residents the opportunity to apply for a permit to keep no more than two bee hives on a parcel of land.

Professor's research aims to expand biofuel use

By David Paulk · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009

The use of biofuels such as ethanol to provide energy is in a state of flux, but one Eastern Michigan University professor is doing his part to make it more efficient.

Governor to talk the 'Promise' at EMU

By Danny Hopkins and Alyssa Eckles · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Gov. Jennifer Granholm is on a tour to save the Michigan Promise Scholarship. And her next stop? Eastern Michigan University. Granholm will be visiting campus from 9 – 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Student Center to discuss the scholarship.

Swine flu clinic set for Sunday at Convo

By Danny Hopkins · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

The Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center will host its second mass H1N1 vaccination clinic from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Panel: Mammograms under 50 downplayed

By Sarah Avery · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. – An influential federal panel said most women under 50 do not need routine mammograms – a direct contradiction to longstanding advice from doctors and cancer groups.

Journalists in Iraq facing political parties' pressure

By Warren P. Strobel · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

BAGHDAD – Warid Badr Salim’s front-page satire in a recent edition of the newspaper al-Mada compared Iraq’s parliament to wolves stalking sheep – the Iraqi people – and cheekily suggested its members need the diplomatic passports they’ve awarded themselves just to leave Baghdad’s fortress-like Green Zone.

State preference ban still being contested

By Robin Erb · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

DETROIT – Michigan’s ban on racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring was in court again Tuesday, another step closer to its assumed destination: the doorstep of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Police Blotter Nov. 13 - 16

By Jordan Dekker · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Nov. 13 At 9:49 p.m., an officer initiated a traffic stop at the intersection of Lowell and Jarvis Streets and found the driver to be in possession of three baggies of marijuana.

Peninsular Place armed robbery suspect arrested

By Alyssa Eckles · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

A suspect in an armed robbery at Peninsular Place has been arrested, according to Ypsilanti Police Department. The 23-year-old Detroit man was picked up Tuesday night outside the city in Ypsilanti township

Ypsi City Council to reconsider Michigan's Open Meetings Act

By Dan DuChene · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

City Council will be reconsidering whether the Michigan Open Meetings Act will apply to subcommittees created by itself or its boards and commissions. Toward the end of the meeting Tuesday, Councilmember Bill Nickels, D-Ward 2, motioned to reconsider the resolution, adopted by City Council last month.

Ypsi Meals on Wheels funds down

By Christine Laughren · Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009

Starting on the seventh floor of Clark East Towers apartment complex off East Clark Road, Jackie Macy and her assistants begin to make their daily rounds for Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels.