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Leaders break promise to Michigan students

By Robyn Hoffenblum · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

The Michigan Promise Scholarship, a valuable scholarship for students who scored well on their Michigan Merit Exam, was eliminated Friday, Oct. 30. Cynthia Van Pelt, Eastern Michigan University’s Director of the Office of Financial Aid, was not surprised.

Ypsilanti rejects two proposed millages

By Dan DuChene · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

Both the local millage proposal in Ypsilanti Township, and the county-wide millage proposal were rejected by voters Tuesday. Election results are according to preliminary numbers released by the Washtenaw County Clerk’s Office, which will not become official until approved by the Washtenaw County Board of Canvassers, which is expected by Monday.

Seattle predicted as key market for electric cars

By Katherine Long · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

SEATTLE — After years of hype, it looks as though the mass-produced, all-electric car is really on its way. The Seattle area is poised to become one of the key markets for the initial wave of electric cars, in part because of plans to begin building a network of more than 2,000 charging stations throughout the region next year. Funded by part of a $100 million federal Department of Energy economic-stimulus grant, the charging stations are to the electric car what the cellphone-tower network was to the cellphone.

House race will be battleground for GOP identity

By Steven Thomma · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

WASHINGTON – The future of the Republican Party will be tested Tuesday in upstate New York. A special election for an open seat in the U.S House of Representatives has turned into a high-profile proxy war over how the party should come back from the stinging losses of both the House and Senate in 2006 and the White House in 2008. Will the GOP employ the same tactics the Democrats used in 2006 to win back power in both houses of Congress and pick centrist candidates to fit moderate districts?

U.S. man charged with Danish terror plot

By Sebastian Rotella · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

WASHINGTON — It is a worrisome first: an American accused of going to Europe to plot a terrorist attack there. Recent arrests in Chicago underscore a growing concern among Western officials about the threat posed by U.S.

Man caught after fleeing from court

By Dan DuChene · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

The 19-year-old Ypsilanti Township resident who escaped from custody last week was arrested in his home this morning.

Two teens arrested in shoe theft

By Dan DuChene · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

Two Ypsilanti teenagers were arrested by Ypsilanti police Sunday, after allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a downtown business. According to a report released by the Ypsilanti Police Department, officers from the Michigan State Police, Eastern Michigan University Police and the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office responded to help arrest the suspects, who had fled from Puffer Reds with shoes and clothing after triggering the store’s alarm system. The report said three officers were on foot patrol in the area when they heard the alarm sound from the closed clothing store at 9:30 p.m. “The suspects ran on foot and tried to hide in a wooded area near the Huron River,” the report said.

Sheriff's Summary

By Dan DuChene · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

Child pornography A 41-year-old Ypsilanti Township resident was arrested Thursday for possessing child pornography. Washtenaw County Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant in the 4700 block of Munger Road at 7 p.m., where it was discovered the resident was in possession of “child pornography materials.” Police said the suspect was arrested and transported to the Washtenaw County Jail, where he was arraigned Friday.

Scientist speaks on accepting evolution, religion

By Robyn Hoffenblum · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

Eastern Michigan University hosted “Creationism is Not the (Only) Problem: Cognitive Constraints on Undergraduates’ Understanding of Evolution,” a symposium on how students’ religious beliefs affected their acceptance of evolution on Thursday.

Concealed weapons bill would allow guns in trunks on campus

By Katrease Stafford · Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

Students all over the state of Michigan may soon be able to carry concealed weapons on campus. Bill 5474, introduced by Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, to the Michigan House of Representatives, would prohibit colleges from banning weapons on campus.

Eastern Convocation Center hosts H1N1 clinic

By Alyssa Eckles · Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center will hold a mass H1N1 vaccination from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

EMU lecturer honored by state with induction into Women's Hall of Fame

By Michael Hintz · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

Kay Givens McGowan, a lecturer in Eastern Michigan University’s sociology, anthropology and criminology departments, was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday in Lansing.

NAACP to march against violence on campus

By Adrienne Conner · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

The Eastern Michigan University chapter of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is hosting a march in honor of Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old boy who was killed as a result of gang violence in September, and prevent the loss of more lives to violence. The march is from 5-7 p.m.

Student senators address drinking

By Michael Sanders · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

Yesterday, approximately 20 student senators from the student government met to listen to the latest updates at Eastern Michigan University.

Police Blotter

By Jordan Dekker · Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

October 22: A handgun was allegedly stolen from a vehicle parked at the Convocation Center between 9:45 and 11:30 p.m.

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.