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5th annual EMU pumpkin carving

EMU's Campus Life and Student Center team up to host Pumpkin Carving on the patio

By Megan Girbach · Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019

The Student Center patio was filled with eager pumpkin-carving contest participants on Oct. 29. At the event, students were able to create all kinds of fun and spooky designs to celebrate Halloween at EMU. Not only could students participate in pumpkin-carving, they could also listen to music provided by DJ LiXxer, take Halloween photos in the photo booth, enjoy free hot chocolate and apple cider and enter giveaways from Amazon and the EMU Bookstore. 

EMU men's golf presented with recognition

EMU Board of Regents overview

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019

All of the Echo's coverage of Eastern Michigan University's Board of Regents meeting on Friday.

Faculty Affairs BoR Meeting

Faculty engagement in student recruitment show positive effects on enrollment

By Megan Morrison · Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

Typically, faculty are not too engaged with the process of recruiting students. At the recent Regents meeting on Oct. 24, several faculty members showed how their programs were successfully increasing enrollment rates. It is hoped that the success of these programs will inspire other faculty campus-wide to develop their own programs to bring in more students to EMU.

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Police Blotter: Oct. 21 - Oct. 26

By Tyler Gaw · Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019

The police blotter is a report of criminal activity going on in Ypsilanti and Eastern Michigan University during the week of Oct. 21 through Oct. 26.

Trap Karaoke

Trap Karaoke displays culture and history

By Keri Geis · Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019

Oct. 8, 2019 in EMU’s Student Center Ballroom, The Nation organized and put on EMU’s own Trap Karaoke event. The Ballroom was full of energy and self-expression as a community through singing, rap and dance.  

Prolife and Prochoice Student Government

Inequality of free speech on campus becomes concern for EMU Student Government

By Jenna Robinson · Friday, Oct. 25, 2019

During the Senate meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, Senator Nick Galluzzo and representatives from Protect Life at EMU made the Student Government aware of the destruction of the pro-life chalk messages on campus. Planned Parenthood Next Generation said they did not encourage any destructive behavior from its members. Galluzzo said he plans to write a resolution addressing the inequalities evident in the current campus climate.

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New EMU student senators sworn into office

By Jenna Robinson · Friday, Oct. 25, 2019

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, Student Government listened to the ideas and agendas of applicants running for the two available Senate chairs. After a lengthy meeting and multiple votes, the Senate chose Duaa Aljirafi and Domenic Dame for the positions. They encouraged those who did not get chosen to try again at a later time or pursue a delegate position.

EMU Student Center

EMU Campus Climate Assessment launched by DCCAC

By Andrew Lenzo · Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019

The initiative features a cross-sectional survey of EMU students, faculty and staff. The committees findings will help identify strengths and challenges of making Eastern a more diverse and inclusive campus.

Latest Podcast

Introducing The Eastern Echo’s newest event and news based podcast, Scoop on the Scene. These weekly episodes will be hosted by the organization’s Digital Editor, Julez DeShetler. She intends to bring awareness to the events happening on an around campus to Echo listeners. 

DeShetler’s goal with the podcast is to encourage students and community members to get involved in an educated, safe and fun manner. She will list various events to choose from in addition to sharing the key details of said events. 

These podcasts can be expected to come out near the weekends and be no longer than 10-15 minutes.

For the week of Sept. 14 to Sept. 20, DeShetler includes events such as sports, a pub crawl, yoga, a movie in the park, Study Abroad Fair and training sessions. 

Be sure to tune in weekly to stay up to date on all the Eastern Michigan and Ypsilanti amusement!

Listen to this week’s episode here: 

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