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Bowen Field House on December 10th, 1992 for a men's basketball game.

Column: Can a win over U of M improve fan attendance?

By Andrew Mascharka · Monday, Dec. 8, 2014

Six miles separate the Eastern Michigan Convocation Center and Crisler Center. Tuesday night, the “Battle for Washtenaw County” continues when the Eastern Michigan men’s basketball team travels those six miles to take on the University of Michigan Wolverines.

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Ferguson: Who is to blame?

By Lamaria Reed · Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014

Looting in our own communities makes no sense. I understand that as a unit we are mad but what about when this is all over and this just becomes another faint memory we are going to look around and say we destroyed our community for what.

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G.M., bailout a mistake

By James Tatum · Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014

On Nov. 24, Candice Anderson was finally cleared of a murder that she didn’t commit. For ten years, Anderson accepted the blame for the death of her boyfriend, Gene Mikale Erickson, who died in a car crash that took place on Nov.

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Knitting and stress

By Jane Elizabeth · Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014

Stress is most likely the most common word spoken on a college campus. It follows us around like Eeyore’s little raincloud as we try to eat, sleep, and Netflix it away.

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U.S. media and the Middle East

By Jacques Vorves · Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014

For years, United States officials and the corporate media have sought to create a conflict of interest with Iran by means of misinformation and fear-mongering.

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Should EMU drop athletics?

By Curt Allain · Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014

Should universities like EMU, who will likely never have a profitable athletic department, be pioneers in higher education by distancing themselves from the current collegiate athletic model?

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Financial growth isn't always most important

By John G. Fike · Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014

As the dentist removed my painfully infected tooth the other day, he told me about his latest experience in skiing downhill through the financiers’ maze. “I used to believe this idea that ‘If we’re not growing, then we’re dying,’’ he said.

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Cowboy capitalists: Winning by breaking the rules

By John G. Fike · Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014

The only way cowboy capitalists win is by breaking the rules. On an even playing field, abiding by the rules and regulations laid down by government, they can’t survive. Cowboy capitalists are the corporate globalization wizards, pushing “free-market” fundamentalism, privatization of the public sphere, de-regulation, and freedom from taxation.

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A Thanksgiving in retail

By Andrew Kocis · Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014

Thanksgiving is the holiday for family. Unlike every other holiday we celebrate, Thanksgiving is the only one we dedicate to coming together with our families, both extended and immediate, in order to enjoy each other’s company, eat an excessive amount of food and bond over how thankful we all are to be together.

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Examining agnosticism

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014

If one was unsure whether fall or winter was the more beautiful season or whether Chopin or Mozart was the more masterful composer, the disagreement which would ensue would be purely academic.

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What do we have to be thankful for?

By Jane Elizabeth · Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014

Growing up, my parents were very instrumental in making sure that Thanksgiving was a day on which we made time to pause and think about the past year and all the things we were thankful for.

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Smell the roses

By John G. Fike · Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014

When I first joined the workforce in the late sixties, a popular expression was “don’t work so hard -- take time to smell the roses.” The implication was that we’re in this life to enjoy ourselves and the world around us, not just to work and “get ahead.” Balance was a watchword. Those among us with “Type A” personalities--the strivers and over-achievers--were admonished to slow down, take the time to relieve our stress by valuing enjoyment of nature or time to reflect and evaluate who we were and what we were doing. Sadly, those days are over.

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Lame duck, lame voters

By David Konarske · Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014

Recently, the Michigan State Senate’s bill to raise fuel taxes to improve the roads passed by a 23 to 14 vote, in the lame duck session. For those who do not know, a lame duck session is the time between the election and the beginning of the new state senate term.

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Journalist Lenora Chu talks with Eastern Michigan University associate professor of Journalism Dr. You Li on this weeks episode of Women Journalists COVID Experiences. If you are interested in hearing the full unedited conversation check out the Eastern Michigan University archive website. Otherwise tune in for this weeks exceptional episode of WJCE on Spotify!

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