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Ypsilanti residents protest international village at city council meeting

By Carly Grills · Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017

Ypsilanti residents gathered at city hall during Tuesday’s public meeting to protest Water Street’s International Village project.

Former EMU student arraigned for racial graffiti on campus

By Sydney Nimeth · Monday, Oct. 23, 2017

A former EMU student was arraigned Monday morning in the Washtenaw County District Court for the racial graffiti incidents on campus during the Fall 2016 semester. Eddie Curlin, 29, who was already in jail for unrelated charges, was arraigned on three counts of malicious destruction of property, four counts of identity theft and one count of using computers to commit a crime stemming from vandalism incidents.

EMU Students and Faculty angered by Trump Administration’s Title IX changes

By Sarah Lewis · Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017

The Trump administration announced their reversal of Obama-era guidance of Title IX, which forced universities that are federally funded to be aggressive on sexual assault perpetrators.

EMU Students for Choice stage counter protest to Anti-Abortion display

By Olivia Grills · Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017

Members of Eastern Michigan University’s student organization EMU Students for Choice gathered outside Marshall Hall on Thursday, Oct. 12 to protest Tuesday’s anti-abortion display.

EMU Women’s Resource Center holds Self-Love Workshop

By Malaya Elgarico · Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017

EMU Women’s Resource Center holds a Self-Love Workshop to teach fun and easy ways to take care of yourself mentally and physically.

Students react with anger to graphic pictures from Anti-Abortion display

By Olivia Grills · Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017

Eastern Michigan University students stand in silence with handwritten cardboard and scrap paper signs, contesting the anti-abortion display of hyper-focused photos of aborted fetuses.

EMU’s “Mental Health Awareness Week” helps fight the stigma on campus

By Rolanda Taylor · Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

Eastern Michigan University students from the leadership & counseling department helped fight the stigma against mental health with ‘mental health awareness week’ on campus.

American Red Cross holds blood drive at EMU’s student center

By Olivia Grills · Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017

The American Red Cross held a blood drive Tuesday, Oct. 3 in Eastern Michigan University’s student center ballroom.

EMU's 'Out of the Darkness' walk raises awareness for suicide prevention

By Olivia Grills · Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017

Eastern Michigan University partnered with the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Friday, Sept. 29, at 4p.m. to raise awareness for suicide prevention. The ‘Out of the Darkness Walk' is part of an AFSP initiative to gather communities together to fight suicide.

A reflection of Apartheid

By Jack Swartzinski · Friday, Sept. 29, 2017

This past week, as reported in the Echo, the “Students for Justice in Palestine” held a protest at the freedom wall which, not surprisingly, turned out to be rather controversial. Now, there are many different aspects of this event one could review or criticize, from freedom of speech to the many divisions between campus organizations, but I am going to focus on the heart of the protest, the accusation of Israel being an Apartheid State.

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.