July 2007 « EMUtalk.org

Totally unconfirmed rumor: Fallon on Larry King tonight?

I think the header says most of what I’ve heard: not one but two different sources have emailed me today to tell me that they had heard that John Fallon is going to be a guest tonight on CNN’s Larry King Live. Quite frankly, I find this hard to believe, there’s nothing on the [...]

A Tale of Two EMUs

There was a fabulous “Other Voices” article in the Ann Arbor News today, written by Social Work professor D. Mark Ragg:

“EMU has a hard-working, respected side – but it’s a quiet one“

… The first EMU is now well-known in the media. This is the EMU that carefully packages information to mislead the [...]

Weekend at the Movies: The Late Night Players with Eastern Michigan University Anagrams

In the spirit of last week’s post of a link to a clip from the movie Horse Feathers, I thought I’d start a new regular/weekend feature here at EMUtalk.org, what I’m calling “At the movies.” I did a search on YouTube for “Eastern Michigan” and came up with a couple of funny bits, including [...]

Campus crime report for July 8-21, 2007

After the jump I’ve pasted in an email from Pam Young, this one titled “Campus crime report for July 8-21, 2007.” But before we get to the actual report, I thought I’d mention a couple of things:

I think it’s great that EMU is finally doing something like this. But…
Maybe this is just me, but I think this sort of report ought to come in an email directly from folks in the Department of Public Safety, and not the PR wing of EMU. Perhaps I’m just splitting hairs here, but in Pam Young’s role as a PR/communication person, she has also the one who has sent out emails about how the faculty union was behaving badly, about how no foul play was suspected, and about how EMU did not mishandle the Dickinson murder investigation. I realize that Young (and Ward Mullens, too) are mainly just doing what they’ve been told to do and/or say. Still, I would feel better if this came directly from DPS. It wouldn’t be hard to facilitate technology-wise, of course. I also would like to see this info archived on the web.
As this report suggests, EMU is a pretty boring and safe place, especially in the summer.

Okay, to the report itself:
Continue reading Campus crime report for July 8-21, 2007

“Most people keep their perspective at EMU”

“Most people keep their perspective at EMU.” commentary from Jo Mathis in the AA News yesterday. One interesting comment/passage from this piece:

Fortunately, most people are keeping their perspective. While overall enrollment is down 2 percent, freshman class enrollment is up 3 percent over the same time last year. EMU’s interim director of [...]

Ten Terrific Things about EMU!

I feel like sharing a list of some of the things at EMU that make me happy to be working here….Feel free to add your own!

1. the EMU Theater program and its many wonderful productions over the last year!

2. EMU’s location — I like this part of the state a [...]

Chronicle article #2: Undone by murder

I think we all saw this one coming…
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Chronicle article #1: “Sports Spending Has Drawbacks, Report Says”

I don’t usually read the paper version of The Chronicle of Higher Education, but there are two articles in it this week that might require me to find a copy.
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EMUtalk.org updates and news

First off, I am happy to announce that I have just updated the EMUtalk.org blog so that it is now using WordPress 2.2, which is a much more robust version of this software. I don’t want to get too geeky about this, but WP 2.2 supports a variety of different plug-ins that give much [...]

EMU as a Marx Brothers movie

A regular reader/wag about EMUtalk.org sent me this fine link on YouTube of the first 9:13 of the Marx Brothers classic, Horse Feathers:

I recommend it as viewing for one and all in EMU-land for two reasons. First, it points out that the goals of the BoR for a good football team are [...]

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