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“Campus Rape Victims: A Struggle for Justice”

I’m listening to a good and important story on NPR’s “Morning Edition” just now, “Campus Rape Victims: A Struggle for Justice.” The audio part of the story won’t be available until later today, but the text is there now. I think it illustrates the problem of rape on college campuses, and it also mentions EMU [...]

Another campus grieves

There’s a pretty good summary article in Inside Higher Ed about the murders committed by Amy Bishop at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, “Another Campus Grieves.” Here’s a quote:

The facts in the case are, as is often so in such situations, fluid. Early news reports suggested (incorrectly, it turned out) that Bishop had just learned that [...]

I totally missed this…

Because I wasn’t on campus at 8 am this morning, I did not hear the EMU Public Alert System Malfunction. Did anyone?

So, what is the deal with the student with TB?

An alert EMUTalk.org reader sent me an email today that raises some interesting questions about the recent news about a student with a documented case of tuberculosis.  The official EMU announcement, with the easily deleted subject line “Message from University Health Services,” does not mention that the student worked for EMU food service (The Eastern [...]

This is a weird crime notice…

Just a couple hours from EMU DPS:

EMU Police Department is reporting a suspicious situation that occurred in the Warner Building on January 26, 2010 at approximately 9:45 a.m.  A staff member and students attending a class observed a subject in the hallway loitering.  When the staff member went to approach the subject, it was noticed [...]

Recent robbery/carjacking story near campus takes a turn

I’ve kind of stayed away from posting every message that comes my way from DPS about some sort of crime near campus, but the most recent notable crime has taken a sort of odd turn. Just yesterday, DPS said there was an “abduction/armed robbery” at the corner of Ballard and West Cross (by one [...]

“Campus concealed weapons bills debated at Eastern Michigan University panel discussion”

From Annarbor.com (and, surprisingly, nothing from the Eastern Echo, at least yet) comes “Campus concealed weapons bills debated at Eastern Michigan University panel discussion.” There’s a good discussion going on there, but I have to say I very much agree with this comment from Andy Ypsilanti:

This is a great idea. Because college kids are [...]

What’s new with the concealed weapons bill? (UPDATE: a panel discussion today 3 to 5 pm)

I ran into an EMU friend and colleague this morning who said to me “hey, why don’t you put something about the concealed weapons law on the blog?” So here it is, with a few links.

First, from the Echo, “Concealed weapons bill would allow guns in trunks on campus.”

Second, from AnnArbor.com, “Campus gun law [...]

Imaginary crime fighter

I saw an announcement about this from EMU DPS the other day, but here’s the article in annarbor.com: “Eastern Michigan University student’s carjacking claim was fabricated, police say.” Basically, the student who claimed there was someone in her car who she punched out in order escape made the whole thing up. Why? [...]

Where’s EMU’s zombie attack plan?

Just the other day, EMU was testing out its emergency texting system (BTW, if you aren’t already a part of it, you should join it), we keep getting updates/warnings about what to do if there is a swine flu outbreak, and clearly there has been a lot more consciousness and preparedness for various safety issues [...]