EmYOU! The Magazine
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emYOU! The Magazine is a free full-color independent monthly magazine distributed in the Ypsilanti–Ann Arbor area of Southeast Michigan
. The magazine's primary demographic are Eastern Michigan University
students and Ypsilanti residents. The magazine is not affiliated with Eastern Michigan University
and covers local pop culture happenings, fashion and profiles students, alumni and faculty at EMU. The magazine's mission is to promote Eastern Michigan University
and Ypsilanti and to bridge the gap between campus and community.
The magazine is feature-based. An EMU student is featured on the cover of every issue. The magazine spotlights students, faculty and alumni as well as pop culture topics relevant to students.
Created to fund the College Survival Guide, emYOU! The Magazine started in a room at Halle Library in November 2007. Co-creators Bilal Saeed and Tim Adkins launched their company Pakmode Publications, now Pakmode Media + Marketing, at the same time. Bilal, an entrepreneur major at EMU's College of Business and a 2008 Alumnus and Tim, a communications major and 2006 Alumnus gathered a team of writers and designers (Amanda Slater, Kari Mcleod, Jeremy Allen).
The magazine has interviewed personalities such as TV host Judge Mathis
, Bruce T. Halle who founded Discount Tire Company
in 1960, Domino's Pizza
spokesman and VP of Communications Tim McIntyre, U.S. Secretary of Transportation for the Clinton Administration Rodney E. Slater
, actress Drew Barrymore
, musician Tobacco
, actors Paul Rudd
and Jason Segel
, Jamie Tworkowski founder of the suicide prevention non-profit To Write Love on Her Arms
, former NBA
player Grant Long
, mayor of Ann Arbor John Hieftje
, EMU Head Football Coach
Ron English
, musician Mayer Hawthorne
, band Plain White T's
, singer of Dashboard Confessional
Chris Carrabba
, the band O.A.R.
, the rock band Panic! at the Disco
, film producer Micah Bartelme, Detroit News journalist Chris McCosky, cartoonist Dave Coverly
, band The Ragbirds
, Detroit artist and creator of the Heidelberg Project
Tyree Guyton
.
emYOU! has created events to raise money for local non-profits, the biggest being the Ford Lake Frozen Leap. The magazine will give away its 4th free 1 year apartment lease to the Lake Shore Apartments in 2010 at the annual Renting 101 Housing Fair. Thanks to the growing success of the magazine, Pakmode Media + Marketing now publishes iSPY - The Ypsilanti Area Events and Entertainment Guide, runs the EMU Athletic Corporate Partnership Program, and manages several small business social media community strategies.
Southeast Michigan
Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries as well as slightly over half of the state's population, most of whom are concentrated in Metro...
. The magazine's primary demographic are Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
students and Ypsilanti residents. The magazine is not affiliated with Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
and covers local pop culture happenings, fashion and profiles students, alumni and faculty at EMU. The magazine's mission is to promote Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
and Ypsilanti and to bridge the gap between campus and community.
The magazine is feature-based. An EMU student is featured on the cover of every issue. The magazine spotlights students, faculty and alumni as well as pop culture topics relevant to students.
Created to fund the College Survival Guide, emYOU! The Magazine started in a room at Halle Library in November 2007. Co-creators Bilal Saeed and Tim Adkins launched their company Pakmode Publications, now Pakmode Media + Marketing, at the same time. Bilal, an entrepreneur major at EMU's College of Business and a 2008 Alumnus and Tim, a communications major and 2006 Alumnus gathered a team of writers and designers (Amanda Slater, Kari Mcleod, Jeremy Allen).
The magazine has interviewed personalities such as TV host Judge Mathis
Judge Mathis
Judge Mathis is a syndicated television legal reality show produced originally by Black Pearl Productions. In 2008, it entered its tenth season produced by AND Syndicated Productions and Telepictures. It is taped at NBC Tower in Chicago, but includes cases and litigants from other U.S....
, Bruce T. Halle who founded Discount Tire Company
Discount Tire Company
Discount Tire Company is a tire and wheel retailer headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is the largest independent tire retailer in the United States, and sole retail outlet for the Arizonian brand of tires....
in 1960, Domino's Pizza
Domino's Pizza
Domino's Pizza, Inc. is an international pizza delivery corporation headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America. Founded in 1960, Domino's is the second-largest pizza chain in the United States and has over 9,000 corporate and franchised stores in 60 countries and all 50 U.S....
spokesman and VP of Communications Tim McIntyre, U.S. Secretary of Transportation for the Clinton Administration Rodney E. Slater
Rodney E. Slater
Rodney Earl Slater was the United States Secretary of Transportation under U. S. President Bill Clinton.-Education:...
, actress Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
, musician Tobacco
Tobacco (musician)
Thomas Fec, better known by the alias Tobacco, is an American electronic musician. He is the frontman of the band Black Moth Super Rainbow, in addition to working as a solo artist; in both settings he works most conspicuously with pre-digital electronic instruments such as analog synthesizers and...
, actors Paul Rudd
Paul Rudd
Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor and screenwriter. He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the films Clueless, Wet Hot American Summer, Anchorman, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Dinner for Schmucks, The Object of My...
and Jason Segel
Jason Segel
Jason Jordan Segel is an American television and film actor, screenwriter, composer, puppeteer and musician, known for his work with producer Judd Apatow on the short-lived television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, the films Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up, I Love You, Man,...
, Jamie Tworkowski founder of the suicide prevention non-profit To Write Love on Her Arms
To Write Love on Her Arms
To Write Love on Her Arms is an interfaith, American non-profit organization which aims to present hope for people struggling with addiction, depression, self injury, and thoughts of suicide while also investing directly into treatment and recovery...
, former NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player Grant Long
Grant Long
Grant Andrew Long is a retired American professional basketball player. He played over 1,000 NBA games over a 15-year career....
, mayor of Ann Arbor John Hieftje
John Hieftje
John Hieftje is the mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Hieftje began his political career in 1999, when he was elected to the city council for Ann Arbor's 1st Ward as a Democrat. He was first elected to the post of Mayor in 2000, and was re-elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010...
, EMU Head Football Coach
Ron English
Ron English (American football)
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, musician Mayer Hawthorne
Mayer Hawthorne
Mayer Hawthorne is an American singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, DJ, rapper and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California, USA. The stage name "Mayer Hawthorne" is a combination of Cohen's real middle name and the name of the street he grew up on in Michigan...
, band Plain White T's
Plain White T's
Plain White T's is an American Pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.The band is best...
, singer of Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The name of the band is derived from the song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" from the debut album The Swiss Army Romance....
Chris Carrabba
Chris Carrabba
Christopher Ender Carrabba is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional, and is the vocalist for the American emo/indie rock band Further Seems Forever.-Biography:...
, the band O.A.R.
O.A.R.
O.A.R. is an American rock band composed of Marc Roberge , Chris Culos , Richard On , Benj Gershman , and Jerry DePizzo...
, the rock band Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco is an American alternative rock duo, formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005. Since its split, the band's line-up includes Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith . Former members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left the group in 2009...
, film producer Micah Bartelme, Detroit News journalist Chris McCosky, cartoonist Dave Coverly
Dave Coverly
Dave Coverly is the creator of the single-panel comic Speed Bump.He grew up in Plainwell, Michigan and graduated from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti with a degree in philosophy. At EMU, he worked for the student newspaper, the Eastern Echo...
, band The Ragbirds
The Ragbirds
The Ragbirds are a 5-piece, female-led, folk-rock-world fusion band out of Ann Arbor, MI. They describe their own music as "infectious global groove". The musical roots of The Ragbirds sound are complex - with Gypsy, Middle-Eastern, Americana, rock, and Latin influences, all stirred with a Celtic...
, Detroit artist and creator of the Heidelberg Project
Heidelberg Project
The Heidelberg Project is an outdoor art project in Detroit, Michigan. It was created in 1986 by artist Tyree Guyton and his grandfather Sam Mackey as an outdoor art environment in the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood on the city's east side, just north of the city's historically African-American Black...
Tyree Guyton
Tyree Guyton
Tyree Guyton is an artist from Detroit, Michigan, born on August 24, 1955. He is married to Jenenne Whitfield and lives within Detroit city limits. Before becoming an artist, Guyton worked as a firefighter and an autoworker and served in the U.S. Army. Guyton studied art at Marygrove College,...
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emYOU! has created events to raise money for local non-profits, the biggest being the Ford Lake Frozen Leap. The magazine will give away its 4th free 1 year apartment lease to the Lake Shore Apartments in 2010 at the annual Renting 101 Housing Fair. Thanks to the growing success of the magazine, Pakmode Media + Marketing now publishes iSPY - The Ypsilanti Area Events and Entertainment Guide, runs the EMU Athletic Corporate Partnership Program, and manages several small business social media community strategies.