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U.S. secretary remark draws EMU response

By Katie Milewski · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

The U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, staked some unflattering claims against schools of education during his speech on education reform last Thursday at the Teachers College at Columbia University in New York.

Students and staff line up behind Show Health Center on Wenesday in order to recieve vaccinations in groups of fives. EMU is only offering vaccinations for those deemed high risk patients due to the shortage of vaccines available. High risk individuals include pregnant women, those with chronic pulmonary disorders, health care workers, EMS/first responders and those who care for or live with infants

H1N1 vaccines in short supply

By Katrease Stafford · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

With winter fast approaching, many are becoming increasingly worried about the H1N1 Influenza. For the week of Oct. 19, Eastern Michigan University documented four new cases of influenza-like illnesses on campus.

Recent crimes upset sense of safety on campuses

By Mara Rose Williams · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Tuition might not be the most troubling concern for parents sending sons and daughters off to college. A disturbing pattern of violent crime has erupted across the nation’s campuses – from Yale University, where a female graduate student was strangled, to the University of California at Los Angeles, where a chemistry student was stabbed repeatedly in a lab. While saying campuses almost always are safer than their surrounding communities, Jonathan Kassa of Security On Campus Inc. acknowledged the headlines can create the opposite impression. “This has been a very uniquely deadly and brutal first semester, so there is concern,” said Kassa, the executive director of the nonprofit organization, which seeks to reduce campus crime. This month at Sacramento State University in California, a student was beaten to death in his dormitory by a bat-wielding roommate.

14 American soldiers die in 2 helicopter crashes

By Hal Bernton · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

KABUL— Fourteen Americans died Monday in helicopter crashes in southern and western Afghanistan, one of the deadliest days for the United States in the Afghanistan war. Ten died when a helicopter went down in western Afghanistan, and four were killed in a mid-air collision between two helicopters in southern Afghanistan, according to NATO officials in Kabul.

Palin to get at least $1.25 million for book, forms, show

By Erika Bolstad · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

WASHINGTON— Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was paid at least $1.25 million for her upcoming memoir, a book that’s one of the top pre-orders on online bestseller lists even before its release next month. Palin reported she had received what she described as a “retainer” as part of a required financial disclosure to the Alaska Public Offices Commission.

Strong Hall next up for renovations

By Robyn Hoffenblum · Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

Eastern Michigan University is making the Strong Hall science complex a top priority for the fiscal year 2010-2011.

Cascades could hide large magma pool

By Les Blumenthal · Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

WASHINGTON- A vast pool of molten rock in the continental crust that underlies southwestern Washington state could supply magma to three active volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains, Mount St.

Coal-fired power plants face curbs

By Renee Schoof · Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

WASHINGTON- The Environmental Protection Agency will put controls on the emissions of hazardous pollutants such as mercury from coal-fired power plants for the first time by November 2011, according to an agreement announced Friday to settle a lawsuit against the agency. Many other polluters were forced to reduce emissions of toxic material such as mercury, arsenic and lead after the Clean Air Act was strengthened in 1990.

Some Democrats in Senate hold fate of health care bill

By David Lightman · Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

WASHINGTON – A handful of moderate Senate Democrats will determine the fate of this year’s health care overhaul, and they’re sending strong signals that while they are willing to compromise, they’re wary of a strong public option. “I’ve ruled out a government-funded and a government-operated plan,” said Sen.

Burglary in Phelps Hall; DPS is investigating case

By Alyssa Eckles · Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

A burglary occurred in Phelps Hall last Thursday afternoon between 1:30 and 2 p.m., resulting in a stolen laptop. Police Chief Greg O’Dell said the Department of Public Safety has had no new developments in the case. The case will remain an open investigation due to no suspects.

City's state lobbyist paints dismal picture about budget

By Christine Laughren · Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

Kirk Profit, with Government Consulting Services Inc., told city council Tuesday not to expect lost state-shared revenue to be restored any time soon, if ever, as the state grapples with its own budgetary quagmire.

Vote will come on bee-keeping

By Dan DuChene · Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

City Council voted to postpone a decision on an ordinance that would allow bee-keeping in Ypsilanti Tuesday night. In a 6-1 decision, with Councilmember Brian Robb, D-Ward 3, voting against, the measure was postponed while changes are made to the ordinance.

Supreme Court will hear detainees' appeal

By David G. Savage · Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

WASHINGTON -The Supreme Court set the stage Tuesday for another clash with the president, this time, with Barack Obama instead of George W. Bush, over the prisoners held in the war on terror and whether a judge can order the immediate release of a detainee who was wrongly held as an enemy combatant.

Afghan president, challenger OK runoff on Nov. 7

By Hal Bernton · Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

KABUL – Now comes the hard part. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under heavy pressure from the Obama administration, its allies and the United Nations, accepted Tuesday a final election tally that stripped him of hundreds of thousands of questionable votes in Afghanistan’s Aug. 20 election and agreed to a Nov. 7 runoff with the second-place finisher, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.

Adoption treaty produces double standard

By David Shaffer · Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS – Last year, an adoption agency in Florida was denied permission to find children for American families in 77 foreign countries that have agreed to operate under the rules of an international treaty aimed at cleaning up abuses in international adoption.