Since Ypsilanti was selected to take part in Michigan’s Downtowns program in 2007, there has been steady development in the historic downtown areas on and around Michigan Avenue. Ypsi’s own Club Divine was revamped earlier this year, becoming what is now the edgier and intimate Savoy, a new music venue with a standing capacity of 700, located at 23 N. Washington Street.
It took a bit of walking, talking, perusing and quite a few interviews to bring you Eastern Michigan University’s best and most loved cold-weather hangout spots. But here you have it, a chance, and hopefully, some encouragement to get to know EMU’s campus and Ypsilanti area at large, in spite of the cold months to come. The list could go on, but here’s a start.
It’s rare and refreshing to meet someone who so thoroughly knows herself and purpose. Kristen Alonzi, a senior at Eastern Michigan University, has been committed to service work since her early teens.
Appropriately, ‘Home” was the theme of Campus Life’s first Storytellers Lounge, from 9-11 p.m Thursday in the Student Center’s SkyLounge. The atmosphere was accordingly intimate, candid, personal, serious and simultaneously light-hearted. Spotlights illuminated the stage and soft colors like Christmas lights hung over attendees, allowing students and Campus Life staffers to let their hair down.
The men of the Inter-fraternity Council did a little experiment Friday night. A group of fresh faces gathered at the Student Center as participants in the experiment, in this case as prospects for fall fraternity recruitment.
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