Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a five-part series looking at local initiatives to become more environmentally-friendly.

CMU is taking sustainability seriously by examining and modifying every aspect of the university.

“We’re making some progress, but CMU still has a ways to go,” said Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities Management.

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth article in a five-part series looking at local initiatives to become more environmentally-friendly.

When friends and family call Wayne Todd ‘windy,’ they’re really paying him a compliment.

That’s because the Union Township resident constructed a personal wind turbine over 10 years ago.

Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a five-part series looking at local initiatives to become more environmentally-friendly.

Many people know recycling can make a positive impact on the environment, but it is not always clear what, where and when to recycle.

Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a five-part series looking at local initiatives to become more environmentally-friendly.

Living green is a state of mind and the lifestyle for student environmentalist Audrie Thelen.

“My passion is sustainability,” the Grand Ledge senior said.

Editor’s note: This is the first article in a five-part series looking at local initiatives to become more environmentally-friendly.

Calculating Central Michigan University’s carbon footprint is the first step in deciding where to concentrate efforts to increase campus sustainability.

Seven thousand hate crimes occur every year in the United States, said the keynote speaker for Coming Out Week.

Thomas Howard, program director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, conversed Monday night with a group of 50 students about the realities of hate crimes and hate incidents that occur on a national level and within the campus community.

Sixty percent of residential sales are foreclosures, totaling in 110,000 homes in Michigan forced to foreclose, said Bill MacLeod of Coldwell Banker Hubbell Briarwood Realty.

The significant decline in the housing market and the downfall of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac troubles the panelists that spoke at the second annual Central Michigan University Real Estate Conference Friday.

The Speak Up, Speak Out forum will allow students to scrutinize the candidates of the upcoming presidential election and discuss issues on both sides of the political spectrum.

“Politicians give us manipulative emotional messages,” said Merlyn Mowrey, Speak Up, Speak Out committee chairwoman.