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Students meet and greet campus police

By Jess J. Salisbury · Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015

The Eastern Michigan University Department of Public Safety invited students to meet and mingle with their officers on Tuesday afternoon as part of an effort to break down the barriers between the police and the community.

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Be ten percent happier through meditation

By Drew Saunders · Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015

Dan Harris was on the top of the world in 2004. He had gone from being a local news reporter in New England to ABC World News. Then he had a panic attack – an attack that happened on one of the most watched shows on television – 5.091 million people were watching.

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News briefs, Feb. 8

Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015

Monday, Feb. 9 The Vagina Monologues: Survivor Speak-Out The Speak Out will start with a bang, first, enjoy powerful slam poetry and a resource fair.

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The Young Professionals: New club to launch fall 2015

By Allie Tomason · Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015

Eastern Michigan University, seniors, Kyle Wilkinson and Alex Lombard plan to launch a new club in the 2015 Fall semester – The Young Professionals. An introductory session was held Thursday evening in the Tower Room at McKinney Hall.

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Students for Life tackle abortion in Halle Library

By Jess J. Salisbury · Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015

Eastern Michigan University students, faculty and community members gathered in Halle Library for, “A Woman’s Choice?”, a panel discussion on the topic of abortion presented by Right to Life of Michigan and EMU Students for Life.

Yichun Xie, director of Eastern Michigan's Institute for Geospatial Research and Education.

EMU Geospatial researcher awarded $1.5 million grant

By Jess J. Salisbury · Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015

Eastern Michigan University’s Yichun Xie will be helping to put new learning opportunities on the map for Michigan middle school and high school students. Xie, director of the Institute for Geospatial Research and Education and a computer modeling expert, was awarded $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to work with 120 teachers from around the state.

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Eagle on the Street

By Allie Tomason · Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015

The Detroit Metropolitan Airport recorded 14.7 inches of snow Monday morning. As a result, businesses and schools were closed across Southeast Michigan, including Eastern Michigan University. The Echo asked students: “How did you spend your snow day?”

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MLB lacks salary cap

By Thomas Beiszk · Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015

Major League Baseball has a growing issue. No, it isn’t steroids. It isn’t gambling. It isn’t any concern the league has encountered in previous years. The issue I am referring to is the worth of the monster contracts players are receiving.

WRC explores women during the civil rights movement

By Sarah Lewis · Monday, Feb. 2, 2015

Eastern Michigan University students learned the roles of women in the civil rights movement as part of the “Intersections” series at the Student Center Thursday. Women’s Resource Center’s Intersections speaker series explores different identities, and looks at how they relate to each other.

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News briefs, Feb. 1

By Curt Allain · Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015

Monday, Feb. 2 Teach and Learn in Korea Program (TALK) Informational Meeting Korea Ministry of Education sponsored scholarship based Study Abroad program which will address teaching students in the public elementary school of rural areas of Korea for 15 classes a week.

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Women's Resource Center hosts EMU's first V-month

By Scout Bostley · Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015

February opens up the first “V month” at Eastern Michigan University. The Women’s Resource Center will be holding events covering topics and stories not featured in the “Vagina Monologues.” V month is a month dedicated to the expansion of the “Vagina Monologues” which will be performed Feb.

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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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