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EMU is now a doctoral university

By Meghan Koglin · Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016

The Carnegie Foundation reclassified Eastern Michigan University as a doctoral university in the 2015 edition of the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education rankings system. EMU was previously listed as a large master’s university.

Petition striving to bring democratic election processes to EMU

By Nina Drumsta · Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016

Over winter break, the Board of Regents held a special meeting to announce the appointment of Interim President Donald Loppnow. A group of EMU students attended this meeting and left feeling as though the election of the new interim president was unfair, and they believe that Michigan’s state constitution should not allow EMU’s Board of Regents to be appointed by the governor and should be elected democratically through the university. However, even if they were to elect a new interim president democratically, another problem that these students recognized is that the meeting was announced on the last day of finals and took place after the semester had already ended.

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News Briefs

By Drew Saunders · Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016

Eastern Michigan University is back in full gear as of Wednesday. The EMU wrestling team will take on Northern Iowa at the Convocation Center Wednesday, Jan.

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EMU to say farewell to Kim Schatzel with ice cream social

By Nina Drumsta · Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016

Last semester Interim President, Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs Kim Schatzel announced that she will be further expanding her career by leaving Eastern Michigan University to accept a new position in Baltimore County, Maryland as President of Towson University beginning on Jan.

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DPS investigating two robberies

By Drew Saunders · Friday, Dec. 18, 2015

The Department of Public Safety and Ypsilanti Police Department are investigating two armed robberies. The first one took place at 8:52 p.m., Thursday, on Ann Street Lot.

EMU issues update on "Bubble"

By Eric Coughlin · Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015

Eastern Michigan University will pay for repairs to the torn, deflated Indoor Athletic Practice Facility with funds from an insurance policy with FM Global, which includes a $50,000 deductible.

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Andrew Mascharka wins journalism scholarship

By Meghan Koglin · Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015

The Eastern Echo’s sports editor, Andrew Mascharka, was awarded one of the Michigan Press Association Foundation’s community journalism scholarships. Mascharka is from Ann Arbor and a junior at Eastern.

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Board of Regents Chair and Vice Chair reelected

By Meghan Koglin · Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015

At the Board of Regents meeting on Tuesday, the chair and vice chair were re-elected. Mike Morris will keep his position as chair, and Mary Treder Lang will remain the vice chair. Morris is an Eastern Michigan alumnus.

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News Briefs, Dec. 12

By Drew Saunders · Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015

Monday, Dec. 14 The Art College will be hosting a free exhibition, starting Monday and will show all day at the Ford Gallery.

Students could take a break from studying to dance at Club Halle, Thursday night.

Club Halle offers students a break from studying

By Jaycie Sabala · Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015

Student Government invited students to Club Halle to take a break from their studies before finals week on Thursday in the Bowen Field House. “[I came tonight] to have some fun and get away from homework,” sophomore special education major Taylor Baugh said. After months of planning and a day of setting up, the field house was filled with inflatables, cotton candy and a DJ from 6-9 p.m. “We’ve been planning this for about 5 months,” student body vice president Anjali Martin said.

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Former EMU football player found guilty in OKC

By Drew Saunders · Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015

Former Oklahoma City policeman Daniel Holtzclaw was found guilty of multiple charges of sexual assault, Thursday. This 29-year old man, who according to CNN is half white and half Japanese, has been the center of another episode of the intersection between race and police in the United States. He is also an Eastern Michigan football alum.

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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