The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year to sit by the fireplace, drink eggnog, reconnect with your family members and – of course – play video games.

It is a never-ending war for the seventh-generation video game consoles.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s Playstation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii have been competing for gamers since the November 2005 release of the Xbox 360 and November 2006 release of the Playstation 3 and Wii.

“Real Estate,” the debut self-titled full-length release from New Jersey’s Real Estate is a hazy, beautiful, free-flowing ode to memories of summers past.

The local music scene in Mount Pleasant is going through some changes.

Diamonds in the Rough Promotions hosted its last show of the semester Thursday at Rubble’s Bar, 112 W. Michigan St. But DITR Promotions founder Corey Densmore said the company will not completely stop serving Mount Pleasant.

Fashion advice may be easier to get now than any other time.

Legend has it that a young woman was killed in Warriner Hall many years after her head was crushed by an elevator.
The legends claim the girl’s ghost haunts Warriner Hall and in one of the windows, lights can be seen flickering and her silhouette can be seen.

The abandoned Mount Pleasant Center remains one of the most mysterious buildings in town.

The 119-year-old facility at 1400 W. Pickard St., was the last facility in the state for people with developmental disabilities to be offered
institutionalized treatment plans.

Samantha Harris, a CMU alumni and president of the Michigan Paranormal Research Association, said she has witnessed too many examples of paranormal activity to list.

She is convinced that Millpond Park, 607 S. Adams St., is haunted.