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Racist message found on bathroom stall at EMU's Student Center

By Olivia Grills · Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017

A racist message was found on a men’s bathroom stall at Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center Wednesday night, Sept. 27. The words “N------ die” were scratched into the surface, according to a statement made by student government and the NAACP.

Eastern Michigan University's IYSSE talks 100-year-old Russian Revolution

By Joe Israel · Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017

The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in partnership with Eastern Michigan University held an event on Wednesday Sept. 20 in the McKenny Hall ballroom to commemorate the centenary of the 100-year old Russian Revolution.

Eastern Michigan University's Black Student Union holds racial graffiti memorial rally

By Malaya Elgarico · Monday, Sept. 25, 2017

On Wednesday, Sept. 20, the Black Student Union held a rally in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial reflecting on the racial graffiti incidents one year ago and the action taking place moving forward. The racist graffiti incident took place on Eastern Michigan University’s campus, where the words “KKK leave N------” was spray painted along the side of King Hall.

WEMU holds first pledge drive of the semester

By Sarah Lewis · Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

Eastern Michigan University’s public broadcasting service, WEMU held its annual pledge drive to raise money for continued operation on Wednesday, Sep. 13 and Thursday, Sep. 14 at King Hall’s Studio A.

'Growing Hope' in Ypsilanti

By Olivia Grills · Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

Students from Eastern Michigan University’s Honors College gathered in downtown Ypsilanti to help with the development of Growing Hope’s new indoor community building Friday, Sept. 15.

Canton Township Police shut down EMU icebreaker

By Candis Caldwell and Dereka Bennett · Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

The Canton Township Police Department shut down the eighth annual Eastern Michigan University Ice Breaker, “Issa Ice Breaker,” Friday, Sept. 8, at 11:30 p.m. at the Golden Gate Banquet Hall in Canton, Michigan with no explanation.

EMU's 'Students for Justice in Palestine' protect messages on freedom wall

By Olivia Grills · Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017

A disagreement among Eastern Michigan University students broke out around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, over the content painted on the school’s freedom walls and kiosk. The student organization, “Students for Justice in Palestine” painted over the freedom walls, concrete blocks on campus where anyone can write messages.

Eastern Michigan University on the road to energy self-sufficiency

By Joe Israel · Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

Eastern Michigan University completed the first phase on the road to energy self-sufficiency Thursday, June 8, when a 500-ton crane lifted a new energy saving turbine into its heating plant. The new project will allow EMU to become almost fully self-sufficient in its output for electricity and heat for the campus, reducing its carbon footprint and annual energy expenditures.

News Briefs: August

By Sydney Nimeth · Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

As part of the national #YouAreWelcomeHere campaign, Eastern Michigan University installs banners on light posts up to and around campus celebrating more than 100 international students who represent more than 40 countries.

Eastern Michigan University's ECA program donates $200,000 toward Strong Hall renovations

By Joe Israel · Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Amid the humidity in the Strong Hall Atrium, it was all smiles and high fives. On Wednesday, April 19, the partnership between Eastern Michigan University and local school districts grew even stronger when the Washtenaw Educational Options Consortium (WEOC) and its Early College Alliance program donated $200,000 toward the renovation of Strong Hall, a salient STEM-focused facility at the university.

EMU part-time lecturers rally for fair contracts

By Joe Israel · Tuesday, May 30, 2017

"Well paid teachers, not stadium bleachers!" That was one of the many chants led by Eastern Michigan University part-time lecturers, community members and students during the rally held Monday, May 15, at Welch Hall.

Eastern Michigan University student fatally shot at Ohio party

By Sydney Nimeth · Monday, May 8, 2017

Jayquon Tillman, an 18-year old Eastern Michigan University student was fatally shot on Saturday, May 6 at a party four miles away from Kent State University in Portage County, Ohio. According to the Akron Beacon Journal, the Portage County sheriff’s said deputies were dispatched to a large party at a multi-family residence on state Route 43 in Franklin Township around 11:30 p.m.

Police Blotter: April 2 - 8

By Joe Israel · Monday, April 10, 2017

Sunday On April 2 at 12:22 a.m., DPS received a call regarding a highly intoxicated female, who sustained minor injuries to the forehead, during a party at Village Building E.

EMU's Physician Assistant student organization provides medical relief to Haiti

By Joe Israel · Monday, April 10, 2017

“The biggest instance was when we were leaving and six people in our group were informed by Spirit Airlines that their flights were cancelled and rescheduled for five days later,” Eastern Michigan University President of the Physician Assistant student organization, Emily Batdorf said. It was February 26.

News Brief: April 9

By Sydney Nimeth · Sunday, April 9, 2017

Eastern Michigan University hosts open house at Livonia campus Eastern Michigan University hosts an open house at its Livonia campus, Wednesday, April 26, from 4 p.m.

37th annual Undergraduate Symposium

By Sasha Brown · Monday, April 3, 2017

Students, staff, faculty and community members gathered together in the Student Center for Eastern Michigan University’s 37th annual Undergraduate Symposium.

Guest opinions column

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

On November 8, 2016 Americans went to the polls across the country to cast their ballot for the next President of the United States, since then disappointment, investigations and anxiety have followed.

A Letter to the Editor: Animal Rights

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Dear Readers, Pigs are well known in North America for one thing in particular: bacon. If people knew that pigs are kept in tiny gestation crates their entire lives, they might take a second look at what they are about to eat.

Professor of disability studies speaks abolition of institutionalization

By Sarah Lewis · Monday, March 27, 2017

Liat Ben-Moshe, Ph.D., assistant professor of disability studies at the University of Toledo presented her lecture “Epistemologies of Abolition” as part of the Philosophy Speaker Series on Thursday, March 23 at Halle Library. Moshe’s lecture focused on the institutionalization of disabled people, which is the movement of people outside of large residential institutions for people with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric hospitals and looking at these as forms of incarceration.

'The Doctor Is In' panel discussion provides insight on the doctoral pursuits of African-Americans

By Malaya Elgarico · Monday, March 27, 2017

Veronica Konglim, EMU alum, remembers when she arrived in Detroit, Michigan on May 13, 2013. Her eyes swollen from crying during her flight from Cameroon, Africa -- leaving her 18-month old son behind.