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Ypsilanti City Council Removes Pride Flags Resources Scarce For PG. 2 PG. 3 PG. 6 SHOOTING ON FOOTBALL TAKES ON ONLINE NEWS LEFORGE RD KENTUCKY - GALLERY SUBSCRIPTIONS INCLUDED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 | VOLUME 136, ISSUE 1 SERVING EMU AND YPSILANTI SINCE 1881 Resources scarce 142 EMU employees bought out ASHLEE BUHLER for homeless EMU NEWS EDITOR One hundred forty-two Eastern Michigan University employees are set to retire from student population the university within the next year.In May, the university announced a Voluntary Early ASHLEE BUHLER intake form during the fall 2016 - winter Retirement Incentive Plan (VERIP) that gave NEWS EDITOR 2017 school year and the 16.93% from the full-time faculty and staff the opportunity to fall 2017 - winter 2018 school year. accept a payout and retire. Joelle Summers, a graduate assistant More than 600 employees were eligible Most students are prepared to face the who works at Swoops Pantry, said she for the offer. Of the 142 employees who ac- expected stresses of college such as stay- suspects the increase was due to the pantry cepted the buyout, there were 42 professors, ing up late to study for exams or doing re-defining what housing instability means 10 full-time lecturers, one athletic head coach copious amounts of homework. However, based on the Wisconsin Hope Lab study (swimming team) and 21 administrative pro- some students have additional worries on that was published in 2018. “In the previ- fessionals including the director of the Stu- their plate. With college tuition on the rise ous two years, we just asked the question dent Center. The plan offers employees their across the country, reports of food and ‘Are you currently experiencing housing 2019 base salary in monthly payments over housing insecurity among college students instability?’ Summers said. “Many stu- the course of five years. The plan also covers are on the rise, too. At Eastern Michigan dents may not know exactly what it means 100% of the employee’s current health, dental University, resources are becoming more to be housing in-stable … Since we have and vision premiums for three months follow- limited and the number of students who reconstructed our housing instability ques- ing their exit date. fall under the housing instability category EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. tion on our intake, we have seen the per- Faculty and full-time lecturers who took are growing. buyout after contemplating it several years. … This time when it came through, I had al- centage jump.” the buyout are set to exit Aug. 31 or Dec. 31. Statistics provided by Swoops Pantry, White is set to retire on Sept. 30. ready been considering leaving just because I Studies show that housing insecurity Other staff members are scheduled to exit on EMU’s on campus food pantry, show that “They offered the buyout a couple of years had become somewhat disenchanted with my among college students is rising across the Sept. 30. Depending on their job position and 56% of students who completed the intake ago, and I put in for it then,” White said. “20 job and what it took. The offer was there, I was country. In April of 2019, The Hope Cen- the university’s operational needs, some em- form for the fall 2018 - winter 2019 school minutes before it was finalized, I pulled my looking at maybe retiring in 6 months or a year ter for College, Community and Justice at ployees may be asked to stay for up to a year year reported housing instability. That paperwork with the idea that there was too from now, anyhow, so for them to offer some Temple University surveyed 86,000 stu- beyond their elected exit date. Tim White, who number was a drastic increase from the many things left outstanding and my leaving other incentive, I might as well go ahead and served as the aquatics coordinator at the REC/ 16.63% of pantry users who completed the SEE “RESOURCES” ON PG. 2 would affect too many students and athletes IM for the last 19 years, decided to take the with the swimming teams and the dive team SEE “BOUGHTOUT” PAGE 2 Ypsilanti city council removes pride flags ASHLEE BUHLER courtesy I think it’s nice to support different NEWS EDITOR flags, but as a personal affinity I think it will be a little difficult because of likes and dis- likes and choices to support or deny different Members of the Ypsilanti City Council flags,” Morgan said. voted to remove gay pride, transgender pride “I think the best impartiality would be and Black Lives Matter flags from the coun- to go with the actual ordinance to keep our cil chambers during the Aug. 27 meeting. The state, national and national flags. I think resolution, which passed 5-2, states that City personal, professional courtesy’s or consid- Council does not want to become a forum to erations are cool but I think to stay out of advertise or promote any particular ideology. hot water it would be best to put our agendas As a result, it was agreed upon that the only and personal ties … aside to do our munici- flags allowed in the council chambers are the pal work.” Being gay and growing up with United States of America, the state of Michi- little to no support, council member Jennifer gan and the city of Ypsilanti flags. Symanns said she struggled to support the Mayor Beth Bashert and council mem- resolution. However she also said she under- ber Annie Sommerville were the only two to stands city council cannot show support for vote against the resolution. Avoiding “first some groups and beliefs but not others. amendment controversy” was the main topic “I remember what it was like to not see of discussion. Several council members were any kind of support except for things that concerned that potentially offensive groups were negative,” Symanns said. “So it does could request a flag be hung up in City Hall mean a lot to me, but then I understand it such as the confederate flag. If the city were does get kind of tricky trying to then show to deny that request, they could potentially support because there’s a lot of groups … If be sued for infringing on that groups freedom another groups asks, ‘Hey would you have of speech.According to City Attorney John our flag up there?’ Again, being that we sup- Barr, flags are considered an expression of port diversity and inclusion and equity, it the first amendment, which protects several would be hard to say no. I don’t know ex- rights such as freedom of speech and free- actly where to draw the line.“You can have dom of religion. flags but I think how you really show (sup- “If you allow one group to protest or ad- SOPHIA KALAKAILO port) is through your actions and what we do. vance their idea by hanging a flag then you And I think that is where we really show our have to have a very good reason for now UNIVERSITY FLOWER SHOP DOES POP-UPS IN THE ANN ARBOR AND YPSILANTI AREA. THEY SELL A VARIETY OF PLANTS AND support and what this city is really about and FLOWERS. allowing another group to do it,” Barr said. made of, is by what we do and our actions “My concern I guess with this would be the and not necessarily by what we have on the liability because if you allow one group to walls here.” do it and you say no to another group and for Council member Nicole Brown said she whatever reason they don’t like it, then we Festival of the Honeybee brings agreed with Symanns. “(By taking down the have to defend that in court and that would be flags) it does not mean we are not show- a hard case to defend.” Councilman Anthony ing our support for those represented by Morgan said personal beliefs should be left the Ypsilanti community together out of municipal work. “As a professional SEE “PRIDE FLAGS” PAGE 2 SOPHIA KALAKAILO well as a variety of flavors. Basically, if you have a beehive, ARTS REPORTER you have an apothecary.” A number of the organizations pres- ent have a central focus on environment-friendly initiatives. EMU parking garage The first Friday of every month, businesses, musicians and We Adore Flowers grows one million bee-friendly flowers in artists come together to create a free event to showcase artistic Ypsilanti with organic and sustainable methods. Bee Present and cultural features. This past Friday, Sept. 6, the Festival of has educational services and produces sustainable products renovations completed from beehives. Taylor Honey Farm attended, selling their the Honeybee took place in downtown Ypsilanti. include the ramp to the third floor and the honey. MEGAN MORRISON Vendors, artists and local businesses set up booths in the three stairwells being repaired, as well as “I’m just excited about being apart of this awesome town street selling art, food, services and of course: lots of honey. NEWS REPORTER nine handicapped spaces being added. It and contributing in a beautiful way,” said Ginette Blades, Canvases were lined up as numerous artists live painted. A is reported that the renovations cost about owner of We Adore Flowers. “I think that there is this ecologi- Eastern Michigan University’s park- band performed, while people wearing headbands with faux $1.4 million dollars.The structure was not cal revolution happening right now and I’m just really excited ing structure recently finished renovations antennas made from black and yellow pipe-cleaners crowded the only project that ParkEMU, operated by to be a part of that, too.” that took place over the summer of 2019.
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