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'First world problems' is not appropriate

By Zubin Khan · Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015

The other day, while I was sitting in class, someone came in and sat in front of me. I overheard him complain to his friend about how his shower got way too hot that morning and his friend smiled and said, “First world problems,” and they both laughed.

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Religion is nonsense

By Jacques Vorves · Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015

“Nine million children die every year before the age of five,” says American author, neuroscientist and philosopher, Sam Harris.

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Picking a major can be difficult

By Zubin Khan · Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015

Often, picking a major can seem daunting. You’re straight out of high school, 18 years old and you’re expected to choose what path you want in life despite barely having experienced it yet.

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Young women should get the HPV vaccine

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015

Every year I get a physical to make sure I am healthy. I sit in the lobby of my doctor’s office and fill out a sheet of paper describing how I’ve been feeling and what I’ve been eating.

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Lessons learned in kindergarten still apply in college

By Marianne McCreight · Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015

I think EMU orientation should include mandatory review of the basic lessons or life rules we all learned in kindergarten (if we attended kindergarten in this country). Since there are plenty of international students that did not live here when they were five years old and, since some of us haven’t been in kindergarten in more years than we care to count, review of these rules should be mandatory for ALL students (ESPECIALLY COMMUTER STUDENTS) upon entry to EMU.

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We must demand action on gun violence

By Jacques Vorves · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015

294. That’s the number of mass shootings, or “incidents where four or more people are killed or injured by gunfire,” that have happened this year, according to Christopher Ingraham of The Washington Post. 294 mass shootings, out of 274 days, as of October 1.

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Is a college degree really worth it?

By Corson Nikkel · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015

The Huffington Post’s Lucy Sherriff comments on the fact that Ernst & Young, an international professional services firm headquartered in London, U.K., will no longer be using a college degree as a criteria for its positions.

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Is Bernie Sanders really such a long shot?

By Jane Mandley · Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015

I have admitted before that I don’t know much about politics. If I walked by a television that had a governor, senator or even our own president on the screen giving some sort of speech, I wasn’t going to stop and listen to what they had to say.

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Bernie Sanders is wrong about income inequality

By Alison Basley · Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has said that, “The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time,” and “for the last 40 years the great middle class of our country—once the envy of the world—has been disappearing.” Sympathy for this kind of outrage is reflecting in the polls, showing Sanders to be a legitimate threat to Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire and Iowa.

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!

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