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Action needs to be taken to improve voter turnout

By Andrew Kocis · Sunday, March 22, 2015

Voter turnout in the 2014 election was historically low. According to data collected by the Institute for Democracy Electoral Assistance only 33.4 percent of the voting age population voted in the midterm elections of 2014, which is the lowest turnout since 1942.

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Psychology behind terrorism

By Jennifer Kirby · Sunday, March 15, 2015

Terrorism is a universal problem that has been in the news for a long time. There have been conferences held and protests lead against this kind of violence, but nothing has worked effectively enough to eradicate it completely.

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Lammily: Perfectly Imperfect Doll

By Hannah Saul · Sunday, March 15, 2015

Self-esteem problems and not feeling adequate are a gloomy reality for most women. Everywhere, we are faced with pictures of stick-thin models and ads for the latest and craziest fad diets.

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The Changing World and Church

By Jane Mandley · Sunday, March 15, 2015

Of all of the controversies circling through the media, the war between the Christian Church and same-sex marriage is vying for one of the top spots.

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Problems with 'meninists' and 'equalists'

By Andrew Kocis · Sunday, March 15, 2015

Feminism has become something of a dirty word over the past few years. Men, and even some women, have rallied against the term, seeing feminists as aggressive, men-hating, women-supremacists.

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Facebook and Depression

By Natalie Rogers · Sunday, March 15, 2015

Social media outlets have been paving the way for a new age of constant communication with one another since the early days of AOL Instant Messenger and MySpace.

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Obamacare and the Republican's plan are the same

By Andrew Kocis · Sunday, March 15, 2015

On Wednesday, March 4, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in the King v. Burwellcase, which is the latest court case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

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Why Email Scandal Matters

By Alison Basley · Sunday, March 8, 2015

“How stupid do they think we are?” MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough asked the most important question we should be asking of 2016 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and her former president spouse in the wake of the newest 21st century Clinton scandal.

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Stop Drinking Bottled Water

By Jacques Vorves · Sunday, March 8, 2015

I recently watched a documentary from 2009 called “Tapped” which talks about the controversies surrounding the bottled water industry and how it is virtually free to do as it pleases and that the water it sells is actually unsafe to drink.

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Definition of freedom

By Jacques Vorves · Wednesday, March 4, 2015

In English, “freedom” is a word often used to describe the literal or mental state of being free, free from worry or utilizing your right to free expression.

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Veto the Keystone Pipeline

By Andrew Kocis · Sunday, March 1, 2015

On Jan. 29, in one of their first acts, the Republican-controlled Senate approved the Keystone XL Pipeline by a 62-36 vote, and GOP lawmakers in the Senate have called passing the Keystone XL pipeline a “top priority,” according to U.S.

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Tumblr and oppression

By Natalie Rogers · Sunday, March 1, 2015

If anyone ever wants a slice of social justice and animated pictures of cats and TV shows, the website Tumblr is the place to go.

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The psychology behind 'The Dress'

By Jennifer Kirby · Sunday, March 1, 2015

Unless you haven’t been on the Internet in the past few days, I’m sure you’ve seen “the dress that made the Internet explode.” There is a dress that looks distinctly different to different people.

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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