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  • Mid-Michigan Industries partners with students to benefit developmentally disabled residents

    Jan 27, 2012 8:00

    Mid-Michigan Industries partners with students to benefit developmentally disabled residents

    Thirty-two year old Heather Naessens bounced her knees as she adjusted herself into the warrior pose. “Shake it, but don’t break it!” the Mount Pleasant resident joked to her fellow developmentally disabled participants as a chuckle broke out in the room. This was Naessens’ second time participating in Mid-Michigan Industries’ [...]

     
  • Christian sorority performs standstill flash mob Thursday in UC

    Jan 26, 2012 20:00

    Christian sorority performs standstill flash mob Thursday in UC

    Bodies frozen in place turned the heads of passersby in the Central Michigan University Bovee University Center Thursday. The attention was exactly what the frozen bodies wanted. Ten students supporting Alpha Lambda Omega Christian Sorority performed a standstill flash mob at 11 a.m., while wearing red and purple shirts. Their [...]

     
  • Dancer battles injury, schedule to perform with University Theatre’s Dance Company

    Jan 26, 2012 20:00

    Dancer battles injury, schedule to perform with University Theatre’s Dance Company

    Fraser senior Eric Miller first found himself through movement in Central Michigan University Theatre’s Dance Company. Despite a recent ankle injury, Miller dedicates at least three days a week to dance. Through the company, he is required to learn a new choreographed routine every Sunday, taught by the faculty, as [...]

     
  • Sigma Tau Delta sells used books, raises money for annual conference

    Jan 26, 2012 18:01

    Sigma Tau Delta sells used books, raises money for annual conference

      “It grew from just one bag of books to this, which is very exciting,” said President of Sigma Tau Delta and Flatrock senior Keith Guyot. Members of Sigma Tau Delta sat behind a table with stacks of books gathered around them in the lower level of the Bovee University [...]

     
  • Collectors gather to swap stamps, stories at monthly meeting

    Jan 26, 2012 14:51

    Collectors gather to swap stamps, stories at monthly meeting

    Tom Culver can attest to the fact that much can be learned from an avid philatelist. Better known as stamp collectors, Culver said he has learned about global politics by what countries print on their stamps. “You’ll know all the answers on ‘Jeopardy!’ if you collect stamps,” Culver said. He [...]

     
  • Students spend financial aid refund checks, finance professionals offer advice

    Jan 25, 2012 8:00

    Students spend financial aid refund checks, finance professionals offer advice

    It’s financial aid refund season again — a time when students become magically richer overnight, or so it may seem. After aid, whether federal or private, is dispersed to student accounts, there is often a chunk of money left over given to students as either a direct deposit or refund [...]