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Student Spotlight:

Jess Mulcahy

STUDENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE LGBT RESOURCE CENTER

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Minor: WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES

Year: JUNIOR

Favorite Book: SOOKIE STACKHOUSE NOVELS

Favorite Movie: TOO MANY TO COUNT

Favorite thing to do in your spare time: HANG OUT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, GO TO THE MOVIES AND RELAX

Where do you see yourself in 5 years: HOPEFULLY GRADUATING FROM GRAD SCHOOL AND TRAVELING AROUND EUROPE

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SPOTLIGHT Jess Mulcahy knew she was a lesbian from a very early age. She even came out to her mom when she was just a young teen.

“By the time I was 14, I had kind of started to really think, ‘Okay, this isn’t something I am going to be able to change. It’s who I am,’” she said during an interview in the LGBT Resource Center, where she now acts as the student program coordinator.

But that didn’t make high school any easier for the shy little girl from Livonia—a place where, she said, gender and sexuality issues were not discussed openly.

“I just decided to fit in with that, so I always would say that I am ashamed of who I am,” she said. “In reality, I wasn’t even open with who I was.

When I got to college, I really wanted that to change.”

Mulcahy knew right away that she wanted to work with the LGBT Resource Center, and during her first weeks as a freshman, applied several times at the office. She wasn’t discouraged when they didn’t call back. Even when she didn’t get into the work/study program with the Center, she decided to volunteer there anyway, which eventually earned her the student program coordinator position.

“I wanted to see if there was a possibility to be one of those people that I see all the time who’s really proud of who they are, who’s really active and involved,” she said. “I think over the past couple years I’ve been able to – through this job – be able to reflect on who I am and how I view my identity.”

By working at the LGBT Resource Center, Mulcahy blossomed from a shy little girl struggling to fit in with what was “normal” in high school to a confident and outspoken advocate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues at the university.

“I’m no longer that young girl who’s ashamed anymore. I’m very proud of who I am and would like to help other people feel that way on campus,” she said. “I feel like almost everyday I come out to someone without even

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knowing that I do it. I feel like now, especially being a part of the center, I’m more comfortable doing that.”

Mulcahy works hard on the programming at the Resource Center, and it’s clear she’s proud of the educational and social offerings for students of any sexual orientation.

October specifically is OUTober, a month-long LGBT Pride month.

Throughout the month of October, the LGBT Resource Center will be hosting several events throughout campus. Programs include a show by performance artist Ignacio Rivera on Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. in the Student Center Auditorium, a special presentation by famed sex columnist Dan Savage on October 13 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, the Safe Campaign, a comprehensive training for LGBT allies on Oct. 13 at 3:30 p.m. in room 320 of the Student Center, and the Rainbow Variety Show on Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Student Center Auditorium.

Another of Mulcahy’s favorite programs is the Eastern Pride Education Coalition (EPEC), which consists of a panel of students who go into EMU classrooms and share their coming out stories. The program concludes with a no-holds-barred question-and-answer session, where students can ask anything of the LGBT panel that they’ve ever been curious about.

“It’s usually the first time that most students get to talk about it,” Mulcahy said. “…You never know who you touch with your stories. It’s great to be able to be in the middle of a panel and see somebody get the gears turning.”

Mulcahy also participates in the Student Advisory Group, which includes representatives from many different organizations.

Each year, reps present one goal for the university to undertake. Mulcahy hopes to establish a campus-wide policy that would require all new or renovated buildings to have at least one

gender-neutral bathroom, not only for transgender students, but also to provide a place for foot-washing stations for Muslim students and privacy for nursing mothers.

“We really want to push that forward, and we’re going to call them universal bathrooms,” she said.

Mulcahy, a third-year student studying sociology as a major and women’s and gender studies as a minor, loves being a part of the active community at Eastern. So much so, that she hopes to continue her education and work in student affairs at a university. She also plans to get her Ph.D. in either sociology or women’s and gender studies and teach.

“I love my job here. I love everything about it. I love sitting on Student Leader Group. I love working with all the other different centers, and I would love to be able to make that a full time job,” she said.

From day one at EMU, Mulcahy felt that she had found a place she was comfortable in her own skin – and that’s what she wants for all students at Eastern.

“We do a lot of fun programming … but at the end of the day it’s about reaching out and helping a student who needs a place to be, who needs a place to feel safe and comfortable,” she said. “We’re moving and we’re focusing to create a safe campus and a campus that is not about tolerance but is about acceptance of all students. We want a student to be able to walk onto our campus and feel the overwhelming amount of love and acceptance.”

“I wanted to see if there was a possibility to be one of those people that I see all the time who’s really proud of who they are, who’s really active and involved.”

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SPOTLIGHT

“...It’s really about getting the job that you want. The key to do that is for students to recognize that they are the product and their resume is their brochure.” department: MARKETING

Classes taught at EMU: PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING, SALES MANAGEMENT, CONTEMPORARY SELLING

DEGREES AND SCHOOLS ATTENDED: BBA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, MBA FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Favorite book: THE CELESTINE PROPHECY

professor Spotlight:

bill wynne

Favorite MUSIC: STEELY DAN

Favorite thing to do in your spare time:

BE WITH MY WIFE AND RIDE MY HARLEY

Describe yourself in three words:

STRATEGIC. CREATIVE, COLLABORATION.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years: HOPEFULLY AS THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE LOTTERY WINNER IN THE HISTORY OF THE PLANET

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SPOTLIGHT As an officer of a Fortune 500 company, Bill Wynne is not your average professor.

“I have to be in meetings with the CEO in the morning and then have my team staff meetings after that,” Wynne said. “By the time I get to the classroom on Monday nights, I have plenty of things to talk about.”

Since coming to EMU in 2006,

Wynne, vice president of marketing for Con-Way Freight, has made quite an impact on his students. You’d be hard-pressed to find one bad review about Wynne on the popular website www.ratemyprofessor.com, something that he says has much to do with his experience outside the classroom.

“It usually seems like the examples and bringing the academic concepts to life is what resonates with the students,” Wynne said. “When I get going on some of my examples, it seems like there’s a shift in attention, almost like a shot of caffeine.”

It’s that attitude that keeps the good reviews coming. Wynne, whose corporate status may seem intimidating, just wants to give back to his community, which is one of the things that appealed to him about becoming a teacher, especially at EMU. “I like that, for me, it’s an opportunity to give back to the community that I essentially live in,” he said.

“The best way to give back with the skill set that I have and the opportunity

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I’ve been given at Eastern is to keep teaching,” Wynne said. “I probably won’t ever rule [teaching] out.”

Growing up with a father who worked in the marketing world, Wynne was exposed to business for much of his life. “My dad was a marketer, so I grew up around it,” Wynne said. “I worked with him for a while at his company Wynne Marketing, Inc. and then got my degree in marketing.”

Before forming Wynne Marketing, Inc., Wynne’s father worked for Wolverine Worldwide, Inc.—a company that provided Wynne with some interesting memories. “Their main brands were Wolverine Boots and Hush Puppies shoes, and our basset hound, Gaylord, was in many of the photo shoots for Hush Puppies,” Wynne said.

“He had that job until he bit my dad’s boss on a set.”

“That’s kind of an interesting story that’s almost unbelievably true—my dog was the Hush Puppies dog,” he said.

It’s stories like these that make Wynne unique to his field. For him, keeping things entertaining has become a priority. “Entertainment should be something that you get out of the classroom,” he said. “If I have a way to draw a humorous or cynical or outright hilarious analogy into the course concept, then I try to do that because it keeps things in perspective and it keeps things light.

I consider it my responsibility to make the class entertaining and worth participating in, too.”

For those of you looking for an easy class, however, think again. Wynne’s classes are not all fun and games, and he said he does not just sit at the front of the class and crack jokes the whole time.

“I think that my primary objective is to, yes, teach [students] about marketing, but I really need to help them maximize their earning power once they leave the classroom,” he said.

“It’s not like I’m sitting up

there cracking jokes the whole time, but one of the things I tell my students is that I’m here for their satisfaction because, fundamentally, marketing is all about relationships and customer satisfaction.”

With the kind of experience he has under his belt (a 19 year marketing career with Ford Motor Company, one of the people who was instrumental in helping ConWay Freight establish its first ever marketing department), Wynne knows the importance of education and finding the job that you want.

It’s this experience that allows Wynne to prepare his students for life beyond the classroom.

“Whether it’s the sales curriculum or the marketing curriculum, I have a section in the last lecture where it’s really about getting the job that you want,” Wynne said. “The key to do that is for students to recognize that they are the product and their resume is their brochure.”

Wynne’s advice to students: “Be deliberate about your presence in the digital world.”

“There’s a lot of people who do silly things and then post them to YouTube or Facebook, and then they go out looking for that corporate job, but recruiters find that stuff,” he said.

“Don’t be naïve about your product and always manage your brand.”

It’s smart advice, coming from someone who has been around the corporate block once or twice.

“It usually seems like the examples and bringing the academic concepts to life is what resonates with the students.”

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DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE AWARENESS

by Adrienne Ziegler

The statistics are grim.

Depending on the particular study, each year between 600,000 and 6 million women and between 100,000 and 6 million men are the victims of domestic violence. And, according to the National Domestic Violence Resource Center, one in four women will be the victim of domestic violence in her lifetime.

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college life Nearly 2.2 million people called a domestic violence hotline in 2004 to escape a crisis situation, seek advice, or assist someone they thought might be a victim. Of those that were the victims of intimate partner violence, women accounted for 85 percent of the victims, and men for approximately 15 percent.

The worst of it is that most incidents of domestic violence are not reported, especially not by college students, according to Dr. Dibya Choudhuri, an associate professor in the counseling program at EMU. “There’s a huge incidence of this. It goes unreported by and large,” she said.

Choudhuri has worked for many years with victims of emotional trauma, and prefers to call domestic violence “interpersonal violence,” because it encompasses relationships that may not fit into spousal roles, especially with college students whose relationships are often more ambiguous.

According to Bureau of Justice statistics, the highest rate of intimate partner violence is among women age 1624. Youth Violence & Suicide Prevention reports that 32 percent of college students experience domestic violence.

“It’s all in a very different context …

A college student who’s getting pushed around or coerced in some ways – emotionally abused – may not see the relationship between what’s happening to him or her versus what’s portrayed out there as domestic violence,” Choudhuri said.

Often times, interpersonal violence involves more than just physical abuse, which may make it hard for someone to recognize. Whether it’s emotional or psychological, Choudhuri said that there are a number of warning signs to watch out for.

“If you’re not feeling good in your relationship, if you’re feeling ‘less than,’ if you’re trying to constantly avoid being belittled or humiliated or embarrassed or hurt, then you’re sort of being victimized and that should tip you off that there is something wrong here,” she said.

Choudhuri also addressed a question that many find themselves asking: Why would someone put up with physical violence?

“It’s usually because of the other power dimensions that have been established,” said Choudhuri. “Usually [for] people in relationships that spiral

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into this, it doesn’t happen overnight.

It develops over a period of time when someone becomes accustomed to this kind of thing happening.”

If ignored the first time there is violence in a relationship, the cycle may begin again, putting the victim into a tailspin where there is abuse, profuse apology, forgiveness, and then further abuse.

“Each time it happens and you don’t leave, it gets harder to leave,” Choudhuri said. “If you left now, why didn’t you leave the time before?”

As a counselor, Choudhuri doesn’t always recommend to her patients that they leave their relationship. She said sometimes victims are reticent to get any kind of help if they think they have to lose that relationship.

“They want to keep their relationship, but they want it to be healthy,” Choudhuri said, noting she would recommend couples counseling for those patients.

Choudhuri recommended that student victims of interpersonal or domestic violence visit the Snow Health Center where they will have access to

counseling services, medical exams, and further information all for free.

However, there are several other options for counseling at EMU as well.

“If somebody wants to make sure this never happens to them again, they need to do some work on figuring out what got them into this in the first place, and some of their triggers that kept them there when it was way time to leave,” Choudhuri said. “Some of that is based on insight and doing some work on your own that says, ‘What am I looking for in a relationship and what am I willing to pay to get that?’”

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the EMU Women’s Resource Center put together a number of programs to help students recognize the warning signs of domestic violence, help students protect themselves from abuse and mourn those who have been lost to domestic violence.

The Women’s Resource Center is located in the Student Center and provides a ton of information for both men and women looking to find counseling support, safe houses and help for an abusive relationship.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH EVENTS

BY ADRIENNE ZIEGLER

Tuesday, Oct. 5 Domestic Violence 101 Event Student Center Room 310A 7 p.m.

October 19, 20, 21 Silent Witness Art Exhibit Student Center Room 310A 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 13 Self-Defense program Student Center Room 352 7p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 27 Movie: Searching for Angela Shelton Student Center Auditorium 7 p.m.

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“I went from MCing to producing to DJing.

I kind of switch roles, depending on what phase I’m in.”

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ALUMNI Spotlight:

14KT

Rapper, Singer, DJ and Producer 14KT on How He Does it All

by Amanda Slater

Kendall Tucker is a native of Ypsilanti, an Eastern Michigan University alum and an original member of the Athletic Mic League—the hip-hop group where Mayer Hawthorne got his start under the stage name “DJ Haircut.”

Growing up, Tucker developed the nickname 14KT on the basketball court (a combination of his basketball number and his initials), and it stuck ever since. Now, in addition to his ongoing work with Athletic Mic League and other projects, he

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releases his own solo records under the name 14KT. Tucker is a gifted musician—and he doesn’t let his talent go to waste. Having gotten his start singing in his church’s choir, he says that this experience became the foundation for many of his future musical endeavors.

“I learned how to sing with a choir and hear the different parts. I learned how to separate the parts and learn the harmonies and melodies. Once you have that foundation, you

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“I met a lot of cool people [at EMU] who were into different things and were really passionate about what they wanted to do, which inspired me to keep going in what I wanted to do.” can apply it to everything else,” he says.

Another thing that he says he learned from singing in the choir was how to sing with his heart. “[In choir], you don’t have to worry about a certain sound or selling out or all of the different things you have to deal with, as an artist. It just kind of reminds me of how real music needs to be,” he says.

From there, Tucker started rapping for the Athletic Mic League, which, at the time, was just a group of friends he had grown up, played basketball and bonded over hip-hop music with—elements that influenced the group’s name. When the Athletic Mic League needed beats to rap over, Tucker started getting into producing. Although Mayer Hawthorne, aka “DJ Haircut,” was originally the group’s DJ, once he started working on his solo material, Tucker filled in, learning how to DJ as well.

“I went from MCing to producing to DJing. I kind of switch roles, depending on what phase I’m in,” says Tucker.

His solo album, “The Golden Hour,” released in 2008, reflected his more recent production phase.

“That whole album is just me chopping up records and playing different instruments and trying to get my feelings out in a different way— through production,” he says.

He says that, at the time he was making the album, he had a hard time writing, so he took a different approach, getting his feelings out through music without actually using words.

“I tried to do a soundtrack of my life

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at that point in time, so there’s a lot of different stuff [on the record]. I just took all of my inspiration at that point in time and put it to work,” he says. “The [sound] is kind of everywhere, but it’s still cohesive.”

Tucker says that some of the music that inspired him, while he was making the record, was Detroit hip-hop, which he calls a “gem” due to both its value and rarity.

“Michigan hip-hop artists are all different in their own way, which is great, but they also have a common thread.

Detroit plays an important role in hophop because you can only really get the Detroit sound from here. A lot of people are trying to imitate it nowadays, but they know where it came from,” he says.

According to Tucker, one of the things that makes Detroit hip-hop stand out is its freshness and originality.

“The fact is that we still put out music that you can only get here. It’s the real McCoy. A Black Milk record doesn’t sound like anything else. You can only get it from Black Milk, who is from Detroit. Listen to an Invincible record and the producing on “Detroit Summer,” which just came out. That sound and what she’s talking about can only come from here. And, if you hear a Mayer Hawthorne record, you can only get a Mayer Hawthorne record from Michigan.

You’re not going to get that anywhere else. You’re not going to get a sound like Athletic Mic League anywhere else,” he says. “I think that the more we continue to put music like that out, the more we’ll carve a vein for Michigan to have its own voice in hip-hop.”

With that kind of appreciation for Michigan musicians, it’s not a surprise that Tucker, who lives in Ypsilanti, still calls Michigan his home.

“I’ve been to a lot of places. I’ve been to LA and Atlanta and overseas, but it’s just a comforting feeling being in Ypsilanti,” he says. “All of my family is here. It’s peaceful for me to come back here. It’s slow, but I like it.”

Tucker graduated from EMU in 2006, where he received a degree in Entrepreneurship, concentrating in management. He says that what he loved most about EMU was the people.

“I met a lot of cool people who were into different things and were really passionate about what they wanted to do, which inspired me to keep going in what I wanted to do—especially since I’m from Ypsilanti.”

He says that some of the lessons that he learned in business school have still stuck with him today—particularly the idea of reinforcement and repetition. He says that he still uses that concept and is constantly “studying” anything that he wants to learn or become successful in—even when it comes to music.

Tucker has decided to use his degree to manage a couple of businesses of his own. Recently, he and his sister opened a spa called My Day Spa in Canton, Mich. Tucker also says that he would like to be able to expand his studio business as well and use his skills to be able to teach the public about producing.

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THROW THE BEST HALLOWEEN PARTY OF THE YEAR WITH A FEW OF THESE TIPS If you haven’t yet been agonizing over the perfect costume, freaking out over what kind of candy to pass out or rewatching your favorite horror flicks, you’re a little behind. For Halloween junkies everywhere, it takes months to prepare for what is one of the most popular days of the year. But don’t worry, you can easily compensate for your procrastination by throwing the most talked about Halloween party of the year.

Not sure about which angle to take? Here are some fool-proof party themes that are sure to have the grown-up trick-ortreaters knocking on your door.

THE COSTUME PARTY

Costume parties are almost always a must, but here are some tips to make sure your guests don’t leave before all the candy is passed out. First, require attendees to dress in costume. Don’t let anyone in your who claims they are dressed as a “student.” If you do, it can totally change the vibe from full-out Halloween party to everyday, normal party. Not good.

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Second, it’s important to set the mood. (Not that kind of mood.) You have to create a Halloween atmosphere— decorations, music, lighting. It makes all the difference.

Finally, go crazy. Don’t dress up as your typical naughty nurse or witch. Kick it up a few notches. This is your one chance all year to dress up as something completely off-the-wall when no one can give you a hard time about it—embrace it.

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THE TRICK-OR-TREAT PARTY

Who says trick-or-treating is for toddlers? Isn’t getting candy one of the key reasons we all fell in love with Halloween? I say channel the little kid that’s in all of us and grab your friends and your favorite pillow case. Now, for this type of party, you may run into those who scoff at your attempt at re-living your childhood, but ignore the naysayers.

Here’s some advice when throwing a trick-or-treat party: when you start to see the last of the little ones heading in for the night, that’s when you and your group of overage trick-or-treaters make your move. (This is usually the time that people just want to get rid of the rest of their candy and are feeling pretty generous.) Be prepared for some candy-passers to even dump the remaining contents of their candy bowl into your bag.

THE HORROR MOVIE PARTY

If keeping it low-key is more your thing, then I’ve got just the party for you. Choose a location and have each of your closest friends bring over their favorite Halloween flick and favorite Halloween treat to share.

You’ll have all the essentials of Halloween—horror, sweets and a friend to clutch onto when the movie gets too scary—without the stress of picking a costume and finding a good party. Pretty self-explanatory; the details are up to you.

THE PUMPKIN CARVING PARTY

Nothing says Halloween like a pumpkin-carving party with all your friends. And this is one party that is not restricted to the weekend of Halloween (though Jack-O-Lanterns might look a little odd sitting on your porch in December).

If, on a fall day, you find yourself in the mood for a little fun, grab your friends and head to your nearest pumpkin patch. After everyone has chosen their perfect pumpkin, head back to home to carve your pumpkins with all of your friends. Have one friend bring the apple cider, another bring the donuts and another bring the tunes. You can even roast the pumpkin seeds once you’ve scooped them all out. For design ideas, check out www.celebrating-halloween.com.

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My investments and hard work have made me a millionaire. But I don’t own a personal vehicle, I drive a company car, I don’t take vacations and I’ve got two cell phones blowing up constantly!

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Transforming Ypsi One Building at a Time

The Real Deal on Stewart Beal

by Ryan M. Place

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SPOTLIGHT Stewart Beal is an excellent example of what every EMU student is capable of. Born in 1983, Beal was a businessman by 13 years old, starting his own lawn care and landscaping service in Ann Arbor’s Burns Park neighborhood and turning it into a million dollar a year business by the time he was at Pioneer High School.

“At 19, my landscaping company had 15 employees. I sold it to my partner, Lisa Burns, in 2002, and I bought the five-unit apartment house on 15 N. Hamilton in Ypsi with the proceeds.

The house was $262,000. I put up 50 thousand dollars in cash, and the bank financed the other $212,000. That’s how it all started,” says Beal Well-entrenched throughout Ypsilanti, Beal runs two successful companies, Beal Properties and Beal Incorporated.

And make no mistake about it—Stewart Beal and company are making tremendous headway in positively impacting Ypsilanti by renovating homes, purchasing and redeveloping commercial properties and transforming historic buildings into luxury lofts. In fact, Beal Inc. recently received awards from the Ypsilanti Jaycees for its work in the area and Beal himself received the Michigan Entrepreneur of the Year and Midwest Entrepreneur of the Year awards from the Michigan Small Business Administration. To top it all off, Inc. Magazine recently named Beal Inc. as the 191st fastest growing company in

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the US. Acquiring some 42 properties in five years, Beal’s company owns 47 total properties—38 of which are in Ypsilanti.

“Altogether we have 110 employees, 275 tenants and 170 apartment units in Ypsilanti alone,” Beal says. “I delegate some of the responsibility to our Property Manager.”

Although some might have a warped perspective of Stewart Beal as some kind of scheming shyster opportunist,

“MY ULTIMATE GOAL IN YPSILANTI IS TO PROVIDE QUALITY HOUSING FOR EMU STUDENTS AND YPSI RESIDENTS, COMPLETE THE THOMPSON BLOCK PROJECT AND ACQUIRE MORE PROFITABLE PROPERTIES.” that just isn’t the case. Beal is a sharp, resourceful entrepreneur who sleeps little, zips around like crazy and has a big heart for EMU and the Ypsilanti area.

From 2002—2006, Beal attended the EMU College of Business, graduating with a business degree, and speaks highly of the university, saying that he recommends EMU due to its “excellent, well-rounded business education” that provided him with the knowledge that he needed to get his start in the “real world.” He says he also greatly appreciated EMU’s professors, who he describes as being “outstanding” and “extremely helpful.”

Regarding Ypsi itself, he says, “I love Ypsilanti! My favorite structures here are the Water Tower, all the downtown buildings and the West Michigan Lofts, where we combined five buildings into one.”

“I love Washtenaw County. It’s where I’m from. All my family, friends and business associates are here, and, from a business perspective, we’ve found great success constructing highquality and affordable housing around universities,” says Beal.

Beal is managing member of the family business, Beal Properties, started by his father, Fred Beal, who has been doing construction at the University

of Michigan since 1962. Beal Inc. is the construction side of the business whereas Beal Properties “specializes in property acquisition and residential remodeling,” according to Beal. “We have excellent insurance and properly train our employees thru OSHA,” he says.

He says that the downside of buying properties in Ypsilanti is the financial risk, since insurance companies don’t compensate Beal Properties for revenue loss. However, the risk has been worth it for Beal and his company.

“The bulk of the profits we do make are reinvested in real estate,” he says.

Regarding his assets, he says, “My investments and hard work have made me a millionaire. But I don’t own a personal vehicle, I drive a company car, I don’t take vacations and I’ve got two cell phones blowing up constantly!”

However, Beal’s business isn’t the only thing that he is interested in—although it may be almost the only thing.

“My interests are 90% business and 10% sports—[particularly] football, baseball and basketball.” He also says that in his spare time he is an “avid reader of all things business related.”

Beal and his company are also committed to giving back to the local community.

“I grew up in Ann Arbor, but I’ve chosen Ypsi to be my home,” says Beal.

“I live here and remain dedicated to positively transforming the community.

We purchased 29 foreclosures in 2009, all vacant condemned houses in Ypsi, and now they’re ALL remodeled and rented. We also donate money to worthy causes constantly; we give to charities like the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign and the Ann Arbor Art Association. I actually bought my honeymoon at their auction, which was a trip to Genoa, Italy—so there’s a lot to look forward to!”

As a businessman, Beal’s long-term investment objective is to build up Ypsi, as well as Detroit, and expand geographically, starting with Atlanta, Georgia in January 2011.

“Our ultimate goal in Ypsilanti is to provide quality housing for EMU students and Ypsi residents, complete the Thompson Block project and acquire more profitable properties,” he says.

Stewart Beal and his fiancé will be wed October 2nd, 2010. Congratulations, Stewart, and best of luck!

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by Amanda Slater

october 2010

AROUND

YOU!

10/3:

O n c a mp us : College of Business Career Day Conference LGBT flag display EMU Brass Trio, 3pm, Alexander Recital Hall

10/6: O n ca mp us :

Hedley, 6:30pm, Pike Room, Pontiac

A r o und ca mp us :

10/5:

Goo Goo Dolls, 7:30pm, Stranahan Theater, Toledo, Ohio The Thermals, 8pm, Magic Stick, Detroit

10/4:

O n c a mp us :

NPHC Step Show, 7pm Friday Night Movie: Twilight Saga: “Eclipse,” 8pm, Student Center Auditorium

Jason Derulo, 6:30pm, Clutch Cargo’s, Pontiac

A r o u nd ca mp us :

Primus, 6:30pm, The Fillmore, Detroit Todd Osborn, 10pm, Savoy, Ypsilanti

O n c amp u s :

A r o und ca mp us :

Mass on campus, 4pm, Student Center Kiva Room (Weekly) Emerging Leader Series, 4:30pm (Weekly) SOLAR Seminar, Topic: Retention, 5pm, Student Center, room 302 Night of Poetry with Ignacio Rivera, 6pm Guest Artists: Julia Heinen and Dmitry Rachmanov, 8pm, Alexander Recital Hall

A r o u nd ca mp us :

10/1:

F i nd o u t w h a t is g o i ng on i n o c t o b er on c amp us & ar o und y ou !!

No limit Texas Hold’em, 7pm, Rec/IM Beyond the Binaries: The Identity Spectrum, 8pm, hosted by the LGBTRC Domestic Violence 101, 7pm, Student Center, room 310a

E M U ho me g a mes : Volleyball vs. IPFW, 7pm

10/7: O n ca mp us : LGBTRC Film Screening, 6:30pm, Student Center Auditorium Lyric Lounge: Poetry Open Mic, 7pm Dan Foster and Garik Pedersen

E M U h ome g ames : Women’s soccer vs. Bowling Green, 4pm

A ro un d c amp u s : Broken Social Scene, 7:30pm, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor Paul Rodriquez, 8pm, Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Hotel, Detroit Ryan Montbleau Band, 8pm, The Ark, Ann Arbor

10/2: O n c amp u s : Kid Cudi, 7pm, Convocation Center International Film Series, 8pm, Student Center Auditorium

E M U h ome g ames : Football: EMU vs. Ohio, noon

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A r o und ca mp us : Disturbed, 6:30pm, The Fillmore, Detroit Mary J. Blige, 7:30pm, Fox Theatre, Detroit

10/16: O n ca mp us : International Film Series, 8pm, Student Center Auditorium Eastern Excursion: Cedar Point Halloweekends, 9am

EMU ho me g a mes : Volleyball vs. Bowling Green, 7pm

A r o und ca mp us : The Misfits, Harpos, Detroit The Black Dahlia Murder, 6pm, Toledo, Ohio Mike Posner, 6:30pm, The Fillmore, Detroit Championship of Hip Hop, 7pm, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Godsmack, 7:30pm, Fox Theatre, Detroit

perform Beethoven, Schubert and Leon Kirchner, 8pm, Alexander Recital Hall

10/11:

A ro u nd c amp u s :

A r o u n d c a mp us :

Bad Religion, 6:30pm, Clutch Cargo’s, Pontiac

10/8: O n ca m p u s : Friday Night Movie: “Grown Ups,” 8pm, Student Center Auditorium

E M U h o me g ames : Volleyball vs. Western Mich., 7pm

The Temper Trap, 7pm, Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit Bell X1, The Ark, Ann Arbor

10/12: O n c a m p us : Study Abroad Fair, 10am, Student Center, room 310 No limit Texas Hold-em, 7pm, Rec/IM

A ro u nd c amp u s :

10/13:

Bizarre of D12, 6pm, Blondies, Detroit Four Year Strong, 6pm, Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit

O n c a m p us : Friday Night Movie: “Grown Ups,” 8pm, Student Center Auditorium

10/9:

E M U h o m e g a mes :

O n ca m p u s : Bands of America Regional Competition

E M U h o me g ames : Volleyball vs. Northern Illinois, 7pm

A ro u nd c amp u s : Blue October, 7pm, Emerald Theatre, Mt. Clemens Flyleaf with Story of the Year, 7pm, Eagle Theater, Pontiac Ying Yang Twins, 7pm, Hayloft, Mt. Clemens Stars, 8pm, Majestic Theatre, Detroit

10/10: A ro u nd c amp u s : Lady Antebellum, 7:30pm, Fox Theatre, Detroit Willy Porter, 7:30pm, The Ark, Ann Arbor The Walkmen, 8pm, Magic Stick, Detroit

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Volleyball vs. Western Mich., 7pm

A r o u n d c a mp us : Bizarre of D12, 6pm, Blondies, Detroit Four Year Strong, 6pm, Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit

10/14: O n c a m p us : Indie Lounge, 9pm

10/17: EMU ho me g a mes : Women’s soccer vs. Western Mich., 1pm

A r o und ca mp us : Rocky Votolato, 6:30pm, Pike Room, Pontiac Finger Eleven, 7pm, Headliners, Toledo, Ohio Sevendust, 7pm, Emerald Theatre, Mt. Clemens

10/18: O n ca mp us : Snack and Study, 9pm, Student Center

A r o und ca mp us : Blonde Redhead, 8pm, Magic Stick, Detroit Ingrid Michaelson, 8pm, The Crofoot, Pontiac

10/19: O n ca mp us : No limit Texas Hold-em, 7pm, Rec/IM Jazz Ensemble Concert, 8pm, Student Center Auditorium Silent Witness Art Exhibit, 3—7pm, Student Center, room 310a

10/15:

A r o und ca mp us :

O n c a m p us :

10/20:

Symphony Orchestra, 7:30pm, Pease Auditorium Friday Night Movie: “Despicable Me,” 8pm, Student Center Auditorium

E M U h o m e g a mes : Women’s soccer vs. Northern Illinois, 3pm Volleyball vs. Miami, 7pm

Drake, 7:30pm, Fox Theatre, Detroit

O n ca mp us : Gender Matters, 3:30pm, Sponsored by the LGBTRC SOLAR Seminar, Topic: Marketing/ Publicity, 5pm, Student Center, room 302

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Auditorium University Choir concert, 8pm, Pease Auditorium

A r o u nd ca mp us : Suffocation, 5pm, Harpos, Detroit Band of Horses with Jenny and Johnny, 7pm, The Fillmore, Detroit

10/23: O n c a m p us :

Halloween Concert, 7pm, Pease Auditorium Friday Night Movie: “Inception,” 8pm, Student Center Auditorium

10/30: O n ca mp us Band Day International Film Series, 8pm, Student Center Auditorium

National Make a Difference Day

EMU ho me g a mes :

E M U h o me g a mes :

Football vs. Toledo, 4pm

Women’s and Men’s XC, EMU Classic

A r o und ca mp us :

A r o u nd ca mp us :

Led Zeppelin Experience, 8pm, Fox Theatre, Detroit The Verve Pipe: an Acoustic Evening, 8pm, the Ark, Ann Arbor Rave from the Grave, 9pm, Clutch Cargo’s, Pontiac

Max Weinberg Big Band, 8pm, The Ark, Ann Arbor

10/24: O n c a m p us : Close Up, 7pm

A r o u nd ca mp us : Senses Fail and Bayside, 6pm, Majestic Theatre, Detroit Anberlin and Civil Twilight, 6pm, Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit

happy halloween!

10/25: O n c a m p us : Deadmau5, 8:30pm, EMU

10/26: O n c a m p us : No limit Texas Hold-em, 7pm, Rec/IM

A r o u nd ca mp us : Mae, 6:30pm, Eagle Theater, Pontiac

A rou n d c amp u s : So You Think You Can Dance (Live Tour), 7:30pm, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Deerhunter, 8pm, Magic Stick

10/27: O n c a m p us :

10/21:

Hillel Happening, 8am, Hillel House Movie: “Searching for Angela Shelton,” 7pm, Student Center Auditorium

O n c amp u s :

A r o u nd ca mp us :

10/31: Halloween

LCD Soundsystem with Hot Chip, 6:30pm, The Fillmore, Detroit The Rocket Summer, 6:30pm, Pike Room, Pontiac Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, 8pm, The Ark, Ann Arbor

EMU ho me g a mes :

“Training Rules” Film Screening, 6:30pm Sky Lounge, 9pm

A rou n d c amp u s : Social Distortion, 6:30pm, The Fillmore, Detroit The Alternate Routes, 8pm, The Ark, Ann Arbor

10/22:

10/28: O n c a m p us :

O n c amp u s :

Laugh Lounge, 9pm

“Hamlet” opens, 7pm (through 10/30) Friday Night Movie: “Dinner for Schmucks,” 8pm, Student Center

10/29:

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A r o und ca mp us : Insane Clown Posse, 6pm, The Fillmore, Detroit Eisley, 8pm, Magic Stick, Detroit Hallowicked Afterparty, 10pm, Majestic Theatre, Detroit

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emu vs. toledo 10/30 dress up to win a macbook in the costume competition!

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A New Eagle is Born

by Jason Idalski

PHOTO CREDIT: TUSCALOOSA NEWS

In the words of Mrs. Doubtfire, “Help is on the way, Dearie!”

Mike Marrow, a redshirt freshman running back from the University of Alabama by way of suburban Toledo, Ohio, has transferred to Eastern Michigan University and is already practicing with the football team.

Coming out of Toledo’s Catholic Central High School, Marrow was ranked the No. 2 fullback in the class of 2009 by ESPNU, rushing for 893 yards and 11 touchdowns his senior year.

The logical question might be: Why would a running back good enough to be recruited by Alabama choose to transfer to EMU and play on a team that has lost 16 games in a row instead of choosing one of the nationally ranked teams on his radar such as Wisconsin and Michigan?

Here is a look at two factors in Marrow’s decision.

CLOSER TO HOME Players transfer from one school to another for a variety of reasons, which are often fairly selfish in nature such as lack of playing time, coaching change, disciplinary troubles, etc. To prevent college sports from having the offseason merry-go-round of NFL free agency, the NCAA puts in a year of

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FORMER ALABAMA RUNNING BACK JOINS FORCES WITH EMU residency for Division I transfers.

During the year of residency, transfers go to class and practice. They are not allowed to play, but they retain their remaining years of eligibility.

However, Marrow’s reasons for transferring are not selfish. Marrow first considered transferring last year when both of his grandmothers passed away about a month apart. However, around New Year’s, his grandfather, with whom he was very close, was diagnosed with cancer and given 32 months to live. He only made it to about eight.

Mike’s father, former NFL player Vince Marrow (who played under Alabama coach Nick Saban when Saban was at the University of Toledo), told the Tuscaloosa News, “If he had been the starting running back at Alabama, I think he still would have made the same decision. And if all his family had lived in Atlanta or somewhere closer, he would probably still be at Alabama today.”

The NCAA will waive the year of residency requirement for players who transfer closer to home to be with or care for an ailing relative, for example.

Whether Marrow’s case falls under that umbrella remains to be seen.

If Marrow doesn’t play this year, he will enter fall practices in 2011 having not played a game in almost three years.

But even in that worst-case scenario, EMU coach Ron English knows he will start the ’11 season with a blue-chip running back to replace senior Dwayne Priest, the current starter.

EMU’S LATE START Although Marrow was searching for a school that is closer to home, the reason that he picked EMU over, say, U of M, which is just down the road, is partially due to EMU’s late-starting fall semester.

On Aug. 23, children, teenagers and parents across the country braced for the first day of school. But not at Eastern. EMU’s fall term began Sept.

8—which is late compared to most schools in the area. When Marrow decided to transfer in early September, he contacted Michigan and Wisconsin.

Each school was a couple of weeks into the term by then and said he should wait until January to enroll.

Marrow didn’t want to wait. Since Marrow and his family told the Tuscaloosa News they’re appealing the NCAA’s year of residency, he wanted to go somewhere where he could enroll immediately with the hope of playing this year. Eastern’s term being less than a week old, the school’s admissions office was able to accommodate him.

However, perhaps EMU shouldn’t attribute Marrow’s decision to luck as much as destiny. This season just might be the start of a new brand of Eagles, and Marrow might be a key player needed to facilitate this turnaround.

(For more on this story, read Chase Goodbread’s report in the Tuscaloosa News at tinyurl.com/mmt2emu.)

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10 for 2010: Coaches always want to see improvement.

However, doubling the win total from the season before is a lot to ask. And doubling the win total in one-third the time is practically impossible.

And yet that’s what Eastern Michigan’s volleyball team has done this year. The Eagles are off to a 10-1 start a year after going 5-28 and two years removed from a 10-22 season.

Eagles coach Kim Berrington knew this team would be better than 2009’s.

Eastern had 41 sets decided by two points last year.

“We were competitive with everybody,” Berrington said. “We just couldn’t win, we just couldn’t finish.”

Berrington said she saw signs of a breakthrough in the spring, when her team played well in the four out-ofseason tournaments they competed in.

But even she didn’t see her team starting 9-0, dropping one set in those nine wins. After a loss to Clemson, EMU beat Michigan State in East Lansing to take the Spartan Invitational.

“I think it was one of the bigger wins of our program,” Berrington said of the 25-22, 23-25, 16-25, 25-21, 15-10 match. “When you can beat a Big Ten team at their place, that’s huge.”

Last year, the team was led by freshman Rachel Iaquaniello, who recorded the third-best season kill total in EMU history (412) and was named to the freshman All-Mid-American Conference team. Iaquaniello again leads the team in kills and was named Most Valuable Player of the Spartan Invitational.

But a turnaround like Eastern’s is a team effort. Berrington praised the efforts of the team’s setter and libero.

“Ashley Mason is a very, very good setter. And I’ve always said she’s going to be one of the best setters in the MAC,”

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Berrington said. “Now that we have surrounded her by five solid hitters, she’s able to run a more dynamic offense.

“The play of our junior libero Haley Stein, I think, has been outstanding.

Defensively she just makes impressive incredible digs, but on serve receive she’s been really, really solid. So she’s kind of been the leader back there on defense for us and it’s been contagious.”

Mason and Stein were named to the Spartan Invitational all-tournament team.

Berrington said she’s also been pleased by the performance of freshman starters Paige Roback and Erin Short. Roback had 11 kills and 10 digs in the wins over MSU. Berrington invited the EMU community to attend the team’s 10 home matches, scheduled to start Sept.

21 against Youngstown State and go through Nov. 6 against Toledo. The team’s annual “Dig and Kick Pink” match to support awareness of breast cancer is Oct. 16 against Bowling Green.

“I think we have some of the best athletes on campus,” Berrington said, adding that her team’s offense and defense is fun to watch. “With some of the personalities that we have on the court, it’s kind of contagious. You just enjoy watching them play.”

Is this team good enough to win the first MAC title in school history?

“Baby steps,” Berrington warned. “The first thing we have to look at is winning the West.”

That won’t be easy. Northern Illinois is off to an 11-0 start, and Berrington said there are a number of good teams in the conference. The key

to winning the MAC Tournament and getting the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, like always, is to peak at the end of the year. Eastern’s current goals are to win the West and be most improved in the MAC. Winning the MAC would be a surprise, but the team has surprised the coach already.

“10-1? I wouldn’t have predicted that, no,” Berrington said of her team’s start.

Maybe another pleasant surprise is in store.

“With some of the personalities that we have on the court, it’s kind of contagious.

You just enjoy watching them play.”

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Football Update EMU ALUM PERFORM IN NFL WEEK TWO

by Jason Idalski

PHOTO CREDIT: STEELERSGAB.COM

Eastern Michigan University alumni have gone on to do great things in many different areas—and football is no exception, as NFL week two proved.

Three of the four EMU alumni currently in the NFL made their mark on Sept. 19.

One of the biggest performances of the day belonged to Houston Texans’ receiver and EMU alumnus, Kevin Walter, who made 11 receptions for 144 yards and a touchdown in Houston’s 30-27 overtime win over Washington. Walter also caught a touchdown pass in Houston’s first game, a win over the Indianapolis Colts.

After the game, Houston quarterback Matt Schaub praised Walter, commenting to Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, “I love watching him make plays. He’s always where he’s supposed to be.”

Although Charlie Batch started the season as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ fourth-string quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger got suspended, Byron Leftwich was cut to give the Steelers an extra roster spot for a needed defensive lineman and Dennis Dixon got hurt midway through the game against Tennessee. Enter Batch.

Although Batch’s numbers wouldn’t necessarily be deemed “impressive” (5-of-11 for 25 yards), he didn’t turn the ball over and he let Pittsburgh’s defense do the work in a 19-11 win.

On the other side of the line was Tennessee defensive tackle Jason Jones, picked by ESPN’s Chris Berman as his breakout player of the day. Despite a fairly unimpressive stat line, Jones seems to be recovered from the shoulder injury that put him on injured reserve last season.

This just goes to show that the players that you root for now at Rynearson might one day be making national headlines. Be sure to make it out to support your EMU Eagles. Some of them just might be the NFL stars of tomorrow.

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Girl Talk

October eh? Another month filled with football, football, football. The month

of September proved to be a great learning experience for me as I watched our season kick off. I sat with some of the EMU wrestlers at our first home game, and they were very patient with me as I asked more questions than usual because I didn’t have the scoreboard to help me out.

My questions consisted of things like: Have you ever seen me this sober before? Why isn’t the scoreboard working? How many yards did they just run? Did they get a first down?

What’s a turn-over? Have you ever seen me this sober before?

So, in this installment of Girl Talk, I will address some of these ever-daunting questions about special teams, downs, and turn-overs. But before I get into business, I do want to make one small disclaimer about Monday Night Football (also known as MNF). While on my journey through football-hood thus far, I’ve been doing my research like I promised—I’ve been to an Eastern game, an Iowa game and watched lots of games on ESPN. So, I decided to put my knowledge to the test and watch MNF at a bar with my boyfriend and his friends. (Thanks for having me!) And I learned a valuable lesson—that while the basics of football

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PUNT: When a team can’t get a first down, they turn to their punter to kick the ball as far away from the opposing team’s goal line as possible.

FIELD GOAL: A field goal is worth three points and occurs when the offense can’t get a first down but is close enough to kick the ball between the goal posts instead.

EXTRA POINT: After a team gets a touchdown, their kicker gets a chance to go for an extra point by kicking the ball between the big yellow goal posts.

Special Teams Positions: KICKER: This is the person that kicks the football during the kick-off, and who kicks field-goals and extra points.

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are important, so is the history of football.

Thus, it’s important to know the players from today and years past. While I knew who Mark Sanchez is and how many points a touch-down earns, it was still difficult to jump in on the conversation.

Most men seem to have both the history and lingo of football flowing through their veins. In fact, while most of them watch football they talk about NOTHING other than football. What I’m trying to say is this: unless you have another girl to chitchat with (or you really know your shit), DO NOT WATCH MNF WITH A GROUP OF GUYS. Even with the fresh football knowledge you might have gleaned from my column, you are not ready for MNF. MNF will eat you alive. Okay now that that’s out of the way....

Now, let’s talk about special teams.

Special teams are the groups of men who are on the field during kick-offs, punts, field goals and extra points. If you see a dude kicking a ball, he’s involved in a special team. (And btw, EMU’s kicker is pretty bad ass. He’s a Sophomore named Jay Karutz and can punt like nobody’s business.)

Special Teams: KICK OFF: The kickoff occurs whenever you put your spirit fingers in the air and see two teams on opposite ends of the field running towards one another with a ball sailing between them.

Essentially, it’s the big kick that starts the game off and the kick between touchdowns and field goals.

PUNTER: This is the person who punts the ball during the punt …pretty easy to remember. (Don’t fret if you’re still not certain about what the punters do, because next I will discuss downs and everything should become more clear.)

KICK RETURNER AND PUNT RETURNER: These two guys have similar jobs: to catch the kick-off or punt and run as far as they can, following the rest of their team on the field, who are blocking for them.

A few more important terms: DOWNS: When the offense moves the ball DOWN the field, they run or pass to get a certain amount of yards.

An offense has ten yards to get a first down, and they have four chances to get there. Those four chances are considered downs: First down, second down, third down, fourth down. If an offense doesn’t get the first down on their third try, then they use their fourth down to punt the ball away or kick a field goal, if close enough. Let’s use an example to clear up any confusion: If Eastern has the ball at the 50 yard line (which is the center of the 100 yard field) they have to get to the 40 yard line to get a first down (10 yards).

If they run the ball and get 4 of the 10 yards, the next play would be considered 2nd down and 6 (yards) to go. If you’re unsure about whether or not they got a first (down) and ten (yards), check the scoreboard …and if it’s not working, ask your neighbors. If your team got a first

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down, it’s a safe time to let out a happy scream or a hoorah. This is a good way say to the guys next to you, “Hey, I got this shit. I know stuff.”

TURNOVERS: Okay, now onto something that may look and sound familiar (if you were in attendance at the first Eastern home game): turnovers. Ew. If you hear that word too often in relation to your team, chances are your season will look a lot like ours did last year. Turnovers look a lot like the dude at the bar who totally chokes/fumbles when trying to introduce himself. It’s a stupid mistake that ultimately ends in someone slapping their hand to their forehead.

Think of turnovers as a Homer Simpson “dooohhh” instance. Turn-overs take the form of a fumble, interception or, when the offense doesn’t get their first down on their fourth try, giving up the ball.

FUMBLE: A fumble happens when the player who has the ball drops it and the defense recovers it. Players should have a death-grip on the ball so this NEVER happens. Can an opposing player try to knock the ball out of another player’s possession? Absolutely—and they will try! That is why it is important to hang on and run like hell.

INTERCEPTION: An interception occurs when the quarter-back throws the ball and the Eagles are asleep in

their nest, allowing the opposing team to catch/intercept the ball.

I can honestly say these articles are getting more difficult to write now that we’re getting into the hard stuff, but I can also say that I enjoy trying to learn and teach. The more familiar we become with the game of football, the easier it will be to enjoy it. Even if EMU isn’t winning, it’s nice to know when to scream obscenities and when to clap.

And, although EMU did not prevail at OSU while Pryor runs circles around them, we can be confident that we did prevail as football gurus. We will learn the ins and outs of the sport we never thought we could.

this month

at EMU

by Amanda Slater

Kid Cudi What Wiki says: Born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, Kid Cudi is an American rapper, singer and actor. He first gained major attention after the release of his debut mixtape, “A Kid Named Cudi.”

In 2009, his single, “Day ‘n’ Nite” reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. “Day ‘n’ Nite” is part of Cudi’s debut album, “Man on the Moon: The End of Day.” Cudi was nominated for three 2010 Grammy Awards for his singles, “Day ‘n’ Nite and “Make Her Say,” and is currently starring in the HBO series, “How to Make it in America.”

Kid Cudi will perform at EMU’s Convocation Center on Saturday, October 2. Tickets are priced at $33 and are available at the EMU Box Office or online at www.emutix.com.

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Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity

deadmau5 What Wiki says: deadmau5 is the stage name of Joel Thomas Zimmerman, a Canadian progressive house and electro house producer based in Toronto, Ontario, who is known for often performing in a costume head depicting a comical dead mouse. His debut album, “Get Scraped,” was released in 2006, followed by others in the next few years. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DK Poll, placing deadmau5 at number six. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for his remix of Morgan Page’s “The Longest Road.” He won a Juno award for Dance Recording of the Year.

Recently, he performed at the MTV’s 2010 VMAs. deadmau5 will perform at EMU’s Convocation Center on Monday, October 25. Tickets range from $25--$35 and are available at the Convocation Center’s website.

Sometime around the beginning of the year, Glenn Beck mysteriously announced that he would soon … have an announcement to make. In subsequent months, it was revealed that this announcement was so important that it would have to be shared at a rally at the Lincoln memorial, dubbed the “Restoring Honor” rally (which “coincidentally” fell on the same date that Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech—also on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial). In the end, the rally turned out to be more of a publicity stunt than anything else. However, it did inspire Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” to make his own announcement.

First, watch some of the original Glenn Beck clips, as featured on “The Daily Show”: http://www.thedailyshow. com/watch/thu-august-262010/i-have-a-scheme Jon Stewart’s announcement: http://www.thedailyshow. com/watch/thu-september16-2010/rally-to-restore-sanity

Stephen Colbert’s March to Keep Fear Alive Never to be outdone, Stephen Colbert followed Stewart’s announcement with an announcement of his own. http://www.colbertnation. com/the-colbert-reportvideos/359382/september16-2010/march-to-keep-fearalive-announcement

Drunk History Drunk History is a series in which people essentially sign up to get drunk and tell history stories as actors re-enact these stories verbatim, according to their drunken versions. http://www.youtube. com/results?search_ query=drunk+history&aq=f

Between Two Ferns Between Two Ferns is a series in which Zach Galifinakis interviews celebrities, while acting like a complete jerk towards them—comedy at its finest. http://www.youtube.com/ results?search_query=betwe en+two+fern+zach+galifiana kis&aq=2

Take It Off (with Me) Enjoy Ke$ha’s “Take it Off,” as performed by one of the most expressive lip-syncers we have ever seen. http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=qVSsYvC6O8s&feature =topvideos

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by Joseph Stromski II

The month of October brings many great things: Oktoberfest brews, giant bags of candy at the grocery store and plenty of costume parties to attend. What most seem to forget, however, is that there’s more to do in October than dress up like a slutty [insert noun] superhero or celebrity. October also brings the opening of dozens of haunted attractions in the area, which can really help break up a weekend of partying or hitting the books and offer a fun alternative to your usual weekend plans.

There are literally dozens of attractions that pop up in southeast Michigan for weekends in October, serving up everything from caged alien clowns, labyrinths and hayrides to candy stations and story tellers. Whichever attraction you choose is sure to be a frightening good time, but here are some of the best:

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arts & entertainment Haunted Detroit Tours

Hallowe’en at Greenfield Village

Open: Oct. 2 - Oct. 30 Admission: $35--$45 Location: Wunderground Magic Shop, 16 S. Main St., Clawson, MI 48017 For More Info: www.haunteddetroittours.com

Dates: Weekends in October Admission: Members $12.75; non-members $15 Location: The Henry Ford, 20900 Oakwood Bld., Dearborn, MI 48124 For More Info: www.thehenryford.org

Prepare to get your ghost hunting on with haunted Detroit Tours! During your three-hour chartered tour of Metro-Detroit, you’ll explore historically haunted locations, learn their history and access some haunted locations that are normally off-limits. The coolest part: Haunted Detroit Tours tour guides are even equipped with infra-red thermometers and EMF detectors to help identify any paranormal activity!

Keeping true to the Greenfield Village experience, Hallowe’en at Greenfield Village allows you to step back in time and travel along a path lit by over 800 jack-o-lanterns, listen to stories from the residents and stop at several treat stations throughout the village. And, who knows, you may even have a runin with the headless horseman!

Extreme Scream Haunted House

Dates: Weekends in October, the entire week leading up to Halloween Admission: $12 Location: 4724 Dixie Highway, Waterford, MI 48329 For More Info: www.myspace.com/extremescreamhaunt Wildly regarded as one of the best haunts in Michigan, Extreme Scream is not for the faint of heart. There are several scenes within the haunt that visitors must travel through where they will encouter extreme darkness, a chainsaw-wielding psychopath, heavy fog, high quality sound and lighting effects and more than 15 professional actors who could be hiding around any corner waiting for you.

The Haunting

Dates: Weekends in October Admission: $5 - $20 Location: Lenawee County Fair and Event Grounds, 602 N. Dean St., Adrian, MI 49221 For More Info: www.myhaunting.com The Haunting, located just 30 minutes south of Ann Arbor, brings a new level to Halloween Haunts, including not only your traditional haunted house, dubbed “Insanatorium,” but also “3-Dementia,” a 3-D experience in which you’ll be able to see walls come alive, walk on an infinity floor and even have some rooms completely disappear.

The Haunting also offers a paranormal magic show hosted by The Magic Stu!

Night Terrors at Wiard’s Orchards

Dates: Weekends in October Admission: Single Event $15; All Six Events $29.99 Location: 5565 Merritt, Ypsilanti Township, MI 48197 For More Info: www.hauntedhousemichigan.com Offering a full night of “scare-tainment,” Night Terrors at Wiard’s Orchards brings you six unique attractions to participate in, each with its own terrifying backstory. At Wiard’s you’ll encounter Alien Caged Clowns, be able to enjoy a haunted hayride, tour Dr. Jeremiah Wiard’s Asylum, get lost in the Labyrinth, search for lost fortunes in the Mineshaft and visit the ultimate haunted barn. And when you’re having your pants scared off in one of the attractions, you can always visit the bakery and enjoy Wiard’s own homemade cider, donuts and caramel apples or participate in “Scareyoke.”

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RATE IT! FILM: THE TOWN rating: 2 out of 5 by Ryan M. Place

Directed by: Ben Affleck Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively

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You know how airplanes have barf bags? Watching this non-movie has inspired me to start a movement to implement barf bags in all American movie theatres for the steady stream of junk food fed to viewers by the Hollywood assembly line. Before I even got into the theatre, I was already let down by this movie’s sappy, uninspired title, “The Town,” referring to the gritty Charlestown cipher in Boston.

Starring, written and directed by dopey headbobber, Ben Affleck, master of the Hollywood half-hug, “The Town,” is shot entirely in Massachusetts and held together by a thin plot, jagged pacing, readymade cinematic clichés and a total lack of Woody Allen-esque insight into romantic relationships.

Now, I’m willing to admit that perhaps a personal aversion to Affleck and everything he stands for plays a factor in my critique, but watching the lopsided character development between Affleck’s character and his love interest, played by Rebecca Hall, was painful.

Here’s the basic gist of the film: Doug MacRay (Affleck) is a professional bank robber who becomes romantically involved with Claire Keesey (Hall), a bank manager, and, even though she knows he’s a deceitful manipulator, she’s smitten to the gills with misdirected adoration for wishy-washy MacRay as he and his masked and heavily armed gang of long-time friends, known as “Townies,” continue their crime spree. The metaphor of the opening bank vault being equated to the opening of Claire’s heart was hopefully intentional, at best.

However, the best thing about this witless swill is the brief inclusion of Pete Postlehwaite as a street boss and flower shop owner known as Fergie the Florist.

My advice: Save your money, skip this flick and rent one of these great gangster/heist/ caper movies instead: The Killing (1956), Rififi (1955), Quick Change (1990), The Usual Suspects (1995), Goodfellas (1990), The Italian Job (1969) or Reservoir Dogs (1992).

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ALBUM: “HURLEY” rating: 2 out of 5 by Joseph Stromski II Weezer has again reinvented their sound with the release of Hurley, the band’s eighth studio album. With songs such as “Memories,” “Brave New World” and “Smart Girls,” Hurley touches on Weezer’s past, relationships and “Lost.”

Yes, that “Lost.”

But what the album doesn’t touch on is surfboards, Japanese girls or hash pipes.

I’ve been a fan of Weezer ever since I was a wee lad and heard “Undone” for the very first time, which I feel gives me the authority to say this: Long gone are the days when Weezer didn’t care about their own popularity or lining their pockets. The new direction Weezer has taken, even with the few decent tracks and covers on their past three albums, doesn’t hold a candle to everything released pre-Maladroit.

Artist: Weezer

FILM:

Being the third studio release in three consecutive years, Hurley felt forced. There was not one track on the standard release that I felt was worth the money, which is why I picked up the deluxe version on iTunes for only a few dollars more—because, let me tell you, the four bonus tracks were well worth the extra scratch, as they were the only ones that were fun and reminded me of the Weezer I grew up with.

If you’re a die-hard, you’ll already have this album and there’s no saving you, but if you’re just getting into Weezer for the first time, my advice to you is to do it right and start from the beginning with the Blue Album.

Post Script: Weezer’s rumored to be releasing a deluxe version of Pinkerton this Novemeber. Get excited.

DEVIL

rating: 1 out of 5 by Joseph Stromski II Before I start, I need to get something off my chest: I’m a sucker for a great bad movie—but only if they know and exploit how bad they are (for example, “Zombie Strippers,” “Commando” and anything by George A. Romero or starring Bruce Campbell are some of my favorites).

Okay, now that I’ve got that off my chest, onto the review: Being a movie tied to M. Night Shyamalan, I went into “Devil” thinking there was going to be some big plot-twist at the end … until I remembered how his career has been swirling the bowl for the past few years.

In a nutshell, the plot of “Devil” is as follows: Five strangers get

trapped in an elevator; elevator breaks down, trapping passengers; passengers freak out; passengers die--I’ll let you figure out the rest.

I said it before, but I’ll say it again: I’m a sucker for a great bad movie.

But, honestly, “Devil,” was by far one of the worst bad movies I’ve ever seen. It’s predictable every step of the way, nothing exciting happens, there’s no action or romance and, worst of all, the gory stuff in this so-called horror flick happens when the elevator’s lights are out—quite literally leaving you in the dark until the very end.

Like I have with all of his work post-“Signs,” I’m going to chalk “Devil” up as another big FAIL for Team Shyamalan.

Directed by: John Erick Dowdle Story by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Chris Messina, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O’Hara, Geoffrey Arend

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Dig Pink!

Almost everyone has either been directly affected by breast cancer or knows someone who has been affected by the disease. In fact, according to the American Cancer Society, in 2009, an estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer were estimated to occur, as well as an estimated 62,280 additional cases of in situ breast cancer. An estimated 40,170 of these women would die, as a result. Men are not exempt from the statistics, either. In 2009, about 1,910 cases of breast cancer were estimated to occur among men, accounting for 1% of all breast cancers, and an estimated 440 men would die as a result.

October is breast cancer awareness month, and EMU’s volleyball team is stepping up to do their part to both raise awareness and funds for the fight against breast cancer during their annual Dig Pink event.

During Dig Pink, EMU will host

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FIGHT BREAST CANCER WITH EMU’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM

by Amanda Slater

a volleyball match and fundraiser, with all proceeds being donated to the Side-Out Foundation, an organization established with the mission of uniting volleyball players and coaches by having them work toward the common goal of furthering breast cancer awareness, education and patient services.

Funds contributed to Side-Out are distributed to organizations that serve breast cancer patients through research, medical services and compassionate support.

According to the organization’s website, the term “side-out” “refers to a situation in volleyball when one team wins a point while its opponent team is serving, thereby regaining serve or control of play. It is hoped that this ‘side-out’ will do the same for breast cancer patients, providing them with the support, education and best available treatments to regain control of their lives.”

Last year, EMU’s volleyball team

raised a little over $6,500, which was one of the top five amounts donated to the Side-Out Foundation. This year, their goal is to raise $8,000, and they are already on their way, with $3,700 raised so far--$2,500 of which was donated by the EMU men’s basketball team.

A week prior to the event, the first 50 fans at EMU’s Oct. 9 volleyball match against Northern Illinois will receive a free piggy bank and an incentive to fill them up with change to be donated. Those who bring their filled banks back the following week will receive a concession voucher for a free hotdog and pop, as well as free admission for those who are nonEMU students or faculty. The Dig Pink match will be held at 7pm on Oct. 16, during which EMU will play against Bowling Green. Online donation options will also be available during the week of the match.

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SPOTLIGHT

Business Spotlight:

by Amanda Slater Eagle Crest Resort has a long tradition of hosting EMUrelated events—from student organization banquets to regents’ meetings and more. However, up until now, these accommodations came with a higher cost.

But, recently, Eagle Crest has not only reduced its rates for EMU students and staff, but has also newly renovated and updated much of their space—which is great for student organizations and other members of the EMU community that might find themselves in a bind, in the event that the student center is booked when they need it.

“We did a study, which showed that the majority of our business comes from Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, and we know that the lion’s share of the Ypsilanti business is coming from Eastern,” says Debra Johnson of Eagle Crest Resort. “We want to do everything we can to try to be as value-oriented for the EMU community as possible.”

As the Student Center becomes increasingly busy, Eagle Crest Resort is a great second option, providing the perfect place to accommodate meetings, conferences, exhibits, formal events, receptions, fraternity and sorority year-end wrap-up luncheons and more.

“Everyone from campus loves the conference center. We just finished doing some pretty major renovations. There’s a lot of glass and two and three-story spaces, so everything looks beautiful,” says Johnson. “It’s even a great place for student organizations to meet for a few hours to have pizza or a taco bar.”

Although outside food is not permitted at Eagle Crest, the conference center’s menu features a variety of delicious food, ranging from pizza to tacos, sandwiches to coneys, baked ziti and more—and at a reasonable price.

The resort also features a championship golf course that is often used for EMU-related golf-outings. The course was recently given a four star rating by Golf Digest Magazine for the fourth straight year. However, on Sunday, Oct. 18, Eagle Crest is hosting an EMU golf appreciation day where EMU students, alumni and faculty can play 18 holes of golf for just $10—including cart rental—as long as they show their Student ID. The course will be reserved for EMU all day long, but the amount of spaces available is limited. Those who are interested should contact Eagle Crest Resort in advance.

“Come see what we have to offer,” says Johnson. “We just want to let people know that we’re here and we’re part of the [EMU] family.”

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ERASE TIRED THURSDAY NIGHT EYES IN TIME FOR FRIDAY MORNING CLASS

by Lily Duevel If there was one thing that I wish someone would have told me when I was a freshman, it’s that Thursday is the new Friday. Before that I, like many college freshmen, would never have guessed that the biggest night of the week to party is Thursday. The only trouble with this is that some of us still have to wake up and go to class on Friday. This begs the question, how do you get in on the fun while still fooling your Friday morning professors into thinking that you spent Thursday night studying at home? Here are some cheap and easy tips that will do the trick:

LOREAL’S COLLAGEN MICRO-PULSE EYE ROLLER

For those of you late-night party owls who never quite get a full eight hours of rest, try Loreal’s Collagen Micro-Pulse Eye roller. This product will make you appear well-rested by zapping under-eye baggage with a depuffing potion that contains collagen.

According to dermatologists, this product will perk up skin and fill in any fine lines that make you look haggard and tired. Available at Target for $22.

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BENEFIT’S LEMON AID

If you’re the kind of person who may need a little scent of refreshment to help kick start your Friday morning, try Benefit’s new Lemon Aid. Lemon Aid is a lemon-colored cream that acts as a First Aid ointment for tired eyes. It erases a multitude of pesky flaws including discoloration, redness and little blue veins to help brighten up your eye lids. Available at most major department stores for $20.

KIEHL’S FACIAL FUEL EYE DE-PUFFER

If caffeine is the motivational tool you use to pull yourself out of bed in the morning, try Kiehl’s Facial Fuel eye depuffer to help revive those tired eyes.

This lightweight cooling de-puffing stick is formulated with caffeine and refreshing Arctic Root to minimize morning puffiness. The convenience and portable packaging of this product also allows the formula to glide on easily, providing an instant cooling effect. Available at Ann Arbor Bivouac for $18.50.

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HALLOWEEN’S

HOTTEST COSTUMES

by Lily Duevel

hair clip. In order to achieve Snooki’s nuclear bright body tan, try taking a comical route with your costume by using orange body paint under your mini dress. Make sure to sport your pink fuzzy slippers and carry around a jar of pickles to really add some humor to your costume!

OIL SPILL MERMAID

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF STYLING TIPS FOR SOME OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITE HOT HALLOWEEN COSTUMES OF THE YEAR!

SNOOKI FROM JERSEY SHORE To be the perfect Snooki, make sure you pre-order your “Bump It” for your guidette poof and secure this trademarked look with a white seashell

For a somewhat less humorous costume that will still make an incredible statement, here are some tips on how to become an Oil Spill Mermaid. Not only will this costume make a splash, but it is also incredibly inexpensive. All you need to get started is a mermaid costume (try looking for a Disney Ariel costume), some black body paint and black fabric paint.

Begin by painting some black splotches on the costume using the fabric paint; smear some black body paint on your

face and arms; and, if you decide to use a wig, smear some of the body paint on your hair as well. Even though this is not a costume that everyone may pick up on right away, they will certainly understand when you explain that this is one of the worst disasters of 2010 and that it needs attention brought to it in order to be put to an end.

HERE ARE A FEW OTHER HOT COSTUME IDEAS YOU’LL LOVE:

ALAN (ZACH GALIFIANAKIS’S CHARACTER) FROM THE HANGOVER NEYTIRI FROM THE FILM AVATAR:

This costume requires a lot of body paint and a little imagination.

MAD HATTER FROM ALICE IN WONDERLAND: It’s a classic—and we’re

talking the Johnny Depp version, of course.

LINDSAY LOHAN (OR PARIS HILTON): If Hollywood trainwrecks are good for anything, it’s for great Halloween costume material.

LADY GAGA: Just wear any of her

signature crazy outfits with a long platinum blonde wig and the appropriate makeup and people should be able to identify you.

GROUP COSTUME:

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: Get a

group of seven together to dress up as greed, lust, gluttony, wrath, sloth, pride and envy. These costumes can be made to either be sexy or comical, and you and your friends will be the talk of the party.

COUPLE COSTUME:

TIGER WOODS AND HIS MISTRESS: Why not make one

of the year’s top gossip stories into a humorous couple costume?

COUPLE COSTUME: BILL COMPTON AND SOOKIE STACKHOUSE FROM TRUE BLOOD: Both of them are hot and scary. What could be a better couple costume?

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StyleWatch

by Lili Duevel

brought to you by Ann Arbor Bivouac

Nick Downs Class: Junior Major: Marketing Favorite EMU Professor: Phil Simmons, Theatre/Dance Department

Nick is wearing: 7 For All Mankind Jeans in Ashen Indigo $178 Original Penguin V-neck Sweater in Biking Red $77 James Perse Short Sleeve Tee Crew Neck in White $45 Lacoste Arona shoes in Light Brown $118

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Lauren Lally Class: Senior Major: Apparel & Textile Merchandising Favorite Professor: Cathryn Amidei Lauren is wearing: My Tribe Poncho Sweater in Black $122 Hudson Skinny Jean $198 Michael Stars Slub Beater Tank in Black $38 Marc by Marc Jacobs Derby Bag $298 Gorjana Silver Olive Necklace $128 Minnetonka Allegra Boot in Black $99

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Taylor Foley Class: Senior

Eric Mendrysa Class: Senior

Major: Criminal Justice

Major: Communications

Favorite EMU Professor: Benjamin Wilcox,

Favorite Professor: Judy Sturgis-Hill

Criminal Justice

Taylor is wearing: Wilt Distressed Fleece Paneled Long Sleeve Tunic in Grey $94 *EDITOR’S PICK* Sanctuary Skinny Cargo Pants in Onyx $118 Michael Stars Scoop Neck Tank in White $33 Marc by Marc Jacobs Messenger Bag in Navy $278 Minnetonka Kitty Moccasin in Chocolate $39 Sun & Moon Necklace $148

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Eric is wearing: *EDITOR’S PICK* Hudson Langport 5-pocket Jean in Straight Winchester $189 Lacoste Long Sleeve Cotton Jersey ½ Zip sweater $110 Original Penguin Bernardo Reversible Long Sleeve in Dark Spruce $69 Lacoste Footwear in White $80

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