For some, an open house is a simple tour.

For students in RPL 440: Special Event Administration, it is a chance to show the world that Central Michigan University is committed to education while being environmentally conscious.

The Education and Human Services Building’s Sept.

As Michigan college students graduate, approximately half of them don’t think twice about leaving the state to pursue a career and life elsewhere.

Interninmichigan.com is hoping to put a stop to that.

“It’s an effort to try and keep Michigan graduates in Michigan,” said Britany Affolter-Caine, coordinator of Intern In Michigan.

This summer marks the 90th anniversary for Michigan state parks, and the public has a chance to come and celebrate for free.

“Ninety is a landmark year, it’s a good time to celebrate,” said Ron Olson, chief of the Parks and Recreation Division for the state of Michigan.

Dry mulch and woodchips in front Grawn Hall caught on fire Tuesday.

The source came from a discarded cigarette, said Officer Rich Clark, Mount Pleasant Fire Department.

“The fire was on the landscaping and someone pulled the alarm inside,” Clark said. “The first unit to show up on the scene used a dry chemical solution to put out the small fire.

As the swine flu continues to rip through Mexico and slowly make its way into America, it’s becoming more apparent that the U.S. needs to invest more interest in the health of foreign countries, especially neighboring countries.

This viral outbreak goes beyond humanitarian or political reasoning – it threatens the very survival of all Americans.

As the state of Michigan’s economy continues to sink, more and more public universities are pushing to be privatized.

The University of Michigan is one such school, contemplating making future students pay the difference that the state can no longer pay. The idea of working-class kids getting a world-renowned education is continuously fading away, and this is just another punch to the dream.

“By 2050, earlier, probably – all real knowledge of Oldspeak will have disappeared … The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact, there will be no thought, as we understand it now.”

- George Orwell, “1984.”

One of the most prevalent things anyone ever said came from me complaining about having to read “1984.

Watching the final NCAA basketball game Monday night, I realized there was something different about watching college players instead of the NBA.

There were no superstars the announcers kept praising. The ridiculous showmanship after a 3-point shot was absent.