Editor's Note: The Eastern Echo staff is meeting regularly with interesting people both on and off campus. Engage in those conversations with us, through our weekly Q&A report. This week, Lindsay Calka, director of Groundcover News. As director of Groundcover News, Lindsay Calka acts as a news ...
On a quiet street in Ypsilanti, a gray home sits waiting for anyone who needs it. A rainbow Peace flag hangs in the front, with two other Peace signs hanging to the left and right of the front door. As people pass the garden boxes in the front, and continue to the backyard, they are met with many messages ...
Editor's note: Information about candidates is from interviews with Echo staff, or from available campaign materials and websites.Ypsilanti Township has candidates for the township board and the parks commission on the Nov. 5 ballot. They include:Supervisor Candidate: Brenda StumboParty ...
Every third week of October, Eastern Michigan University celebrates National Transfer Student week, which is an opportunity to recognize the portion of the student body who are coming to EMU from another school. This year, the Holman Success Center celebrated transfer students throughout the week ...
Stefan Szumko, local historian and longtime resident of Washtenaw County, will be taking participants through a spooky walking tour of Depot Town on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 10 a.m., and Sunday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. The guided tour, with the theme “Depot Town’s catastrophes, triumphs, and more,” will ...
Thanks to a grant from the UPSHER Institute for Civic Education, Eastern Michigan University will be participating in the Ethics Bowl for the first time at the collegiate level in November. The Ethics Bowl is a tournament put on by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics that encourages ...
As of publishing, 25 Michiganders have become infected with the West Nile virus, including residents of nearly all Washtenaw-neighboring counties, including Jackson, Livingston Monroe, Oakland, and Wayne counties. This information comes out nearly a month after the Washtenaw County Health Department ...
Nearly three years into the program, Eastern Michigan University’s Changing the Cycle is continuing its commitment to bring free menstrual products to students, with more ways to get products than ever before. EMU’s Changing the Cycle program is an initiative that seeks to end period poverty by ...
Aidan Campbell, a public administration student with a minor in journalism, is one of the 65 recipients of the fall 2024 Media Fellows Scholarship, courtesy of the Washington Media Scholars Foundation. The Washington Media Scholars Foundation is an organization that aims to support undergraduate media ...
Metro Detroit journalists Nolan Finley and Stephen Henderson visited EMU for Constitution Day.
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