| University of Michigan – home of the Wolverines | | Posted Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:51:15 PM by Kate Grant | “Hail! Hail! to Michigan, the leaders and best... Hail! Hail! to Michigan, the champions of the West!”  Are the key lines of the University of Michigan fight song.
Famous for their “winged” football helmet, dated back to the days of coach Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler, who invented this design, this University of Michigan helmet is one of the most recognizable icons in college sports, and other University of Michigan sports teams are using this design as well.
The University of Michigan was re-founded in Ann Arbor in 1837, and have been known ever since as one of the the most progressive university in the United States.
Until today, it is one of the largest leading universities. And for more recent events, 2 former students of the University of Michigan are participating in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
Mike Knuble who graduated from U-M in 1998, will skate for the USA in ice hockey, and Marty Turco, who played for Michigan from 1995 through 1998will skate for Team Canada.
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| | | Area forests threatened by yet another invasive species - beech ... | | Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:24:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | Strolling through the many hardwood stands of northern Michigan is something Little Traverse Conservancy executive director Tom Bailey does often. He sees the diverse browns, tans, grays and blacks of tree trunks, hears the calls of many birds; takes in the life-force of the forest. It is something, Bailey said, not to be taken lightly. Something that he knows too well can vanish, and not just through development. As more and more exotic species spread in the wilderness, more trees begin to die out in large numbers. For those who didnt live through the Chestnut Blight or the Dutch Elm Disease in the early and mid-20th century, all one has to do is to look at the devastation being unleashed by Emerald Ash Borer across parts of Michigan today to realize that the threats posed by exotic species represent a clear and present danger to the health of our forests and the vitality and beauty of our landscape, Bailey said.... | |
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| | | What's happening in West Michigan this week | | Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 1:24:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | Middle Eastern Dancers, 2-4 p.m. today; Original Dickens Carolers, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday; Sam Stryker, 2-4 p.m. Dec. 3, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, 1000 East Beltline Ave. NE, ages 14-64 $12, ages 65 and older $9, students with ID $9, ages 5-13 $6, ages 3-4 $4, free to ages 2 and younger, 957-1580 or (888) 957-1580, meijergardens.org or sculpturesitesgr.org. Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids, 3 p.m. today, Basilica of St. Adalbert, Davis at Fourth streets NW, adults $18, seniors $15, students $5, 459-2787, chamberchoirgr.org. Bittersweet Christmas Band, 4 p.m. today, Langeland House Bed and Breakfast, 1337 Peck St., Muskegon, $10, (231) 728-9404, langelandhouse.com. Lynelle Pierce, 5:30 p.m. today, New Community West Church, 5211 Cherry Ave., Hudsonville, 667-2764.... | |
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| | | Comic art exhibition shows how images, themes have changed over time | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:40:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | YPSILANTI -- Eastern Michigan University inaugurates its new University Art Gallery with "Leapin' Lizards," a major exhibition of comic art -- that's cartoons, comic books and comic strips -- spanning nearly 100 years. "Leapin Lizards" was curated by EMU art history professor Richard Rubenfeld, who teaches courses in popular culture and vigorously defends its importance. "I've never been one to compare a Superman page to a Leonardo da Vinci," Rubenfeld said. Nevertheless, he understands popular culture as communicating ringing truths about American society, values and history. Visitors to the exhibit will likely leave it sharing his view. The University Art Gallery, located in EMU's new Student Center, encompasses more than 1,500 square feet.... | |
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| | | Students demand MSU fight Prop 2 | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:43:39 AM by Blog57 Team | | EAST LANSING - More than 100 Michigan State University students took over the microphone at a Board of Trustees meeting Friday to complain about the way university officials responded to the passage of Proposal 2. The initiative bans public institutions from using affirmative action programs in hiring and contracting and in college admissions. "You were requested to go out and oppose Proposal 2 publicly," said Claudia Gonzalez, a member of the Radical Chicano Student Union, addressing President Lou Anna Simon. .... | |
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| | | University of Michigan Index Stays Near 15-Month High (Update2) | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:46:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers stayed close to the highest level in 15 months in November, supported by cheap gasoline and an expanding labor market. The University of Michigan's preliminary index of consumer sentiment fell to 92.3, from 93.6 in October, a level that was the highest since July 2005. Before today, the measure had averaged 88.1 since monthly data were first compiled in 1978. High spirits may keep Americans spending, helping the economy withstand a housing slump that contributed to the slowest pace of growth in three years last quarter. Consumers, who endured a barrage of negative political ads during the election campaign, got a boost from the least expensive gasoline since December and the lowest unemployment rate in five years.... | |
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| | | Our towns - news from our local communities | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:30:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | Full-time master's of business administration students at Michigan State University's Eli Broad Graduate School of Management are participating once again in the national "MBA Food Fight" competition. The competition, which runs through Sunday, is expected to raise more than 270,000 pounds of food with the support of the Greater Lansing community. The students plan to collect donations Saturday and Sunday at Kroger, Felpausch and Wal-Mart stores in Lansing, Okemos, Williamston, Leslie and Delhi Township. In 2005, MSU's MBA students won the competition for the fifth time in a row, collecting 268,458 pounds of food or food-equivalents. .... | |
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| | | ‘Stop the War’ slate picks up steam | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:08:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | 7 election. Sole, a member of Workers World Party, is running on the Green Party ticket as the lead candidate on the Stop the War Slate. He has brought his anti-war message to cities and towns throughout the state. Due to the persistent media work by his campaign, Sole has done several interviews around Michigan. A 12-minute interview was recently aired on WDET public radio in Detroit. The Metro Times, a free weekly, featured Sole in a full-page article on the Green Party campaign. The candidate also taped a 15-minute interview on public television and radio in the mid-Michigan city of Mt. Pleasant. The broadcast area covers half of the northern Lower Peninsula. Sole did a live interview at a Kalamazoo radio station as well as a taped interview on Kalamazoo public radio, and with the student newspaper at Western Michigan University in that city.... | |
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| | | Central Michigan 42, Temple 26 | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 3:46:19 AM by Blog57 Team | | PHILADELPHIA - Central Michigan has already matched last season's win total. The next goal is to continue playing beyond the regular season. Dan LeFevour threw four touchdown passes and ran for a fifth as Central Michigan beat Temple 42-26 on Saturday. Ontario Sneed accounted for 233 yards of total offense and four touchdowns for the Chippewas (6-3), who won their fourth straight to become eligible for a bowl game. Central Michigan hadn't won six games over Division I-A opponents in back-to-back years since 1984-85. The Chippewas went 6-5 last year but didn't receive a berth in a bowl game. "I think it's great," LeFevour said. "Another good thing about this season is we've still got three games to go. We want to keep playing. We're still not satisfied with where we are." LeFevour was 18-of-22 for 268 yards.... | |
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| | | Michigan scholar new day-to-day chief of Islamic Society | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 3:44:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | PLAINFIELD, Ind. -- Imam and scholar Muneer Fareed, who led a program to teach Muslim youths about their religion, has taken over the day-to-day operations of the largest Muslim group in the U.S. as the new secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America. Fareed, who began work Tuesday at the society's Plainfield headquarters, taught at Wayne State University in Detroit until earlier this year. He earned a doctorate in Islamic Studies from the University of Michigan and also has studied in South Africa, Saudi Arabia and India. "He was an excellent teacher, an excellent administrator, and a very good colleague," said May Seikaly, chairwoman of the Department of Near East and Asian Studies at Wayne State. The Islamic Society, formed in 1963, is an umbrella group that represents Muslim associations for youth, college students, engineers and others, and provides support to Muslim chaplains and North American mosques.... | |
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| | | What's happening WEDNESDAY in Southwest Michigan | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:18:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Visiting Nurses Association is sponsoring flu clinics from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Diocese of Kalamazoo on North Westnedge Avenue; from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Harding's on Cork Street; from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Westside Family Center on West Main Street; and from 8 a.m. to noon at the Maple Street YMCA on Maple Street. The cost is $30 for a flu shot or nasal spray. Those with Medicare Part B should bring their cards, and Medicare will cover the cost. 323-3719. DVD screening The documentary DVD ``Bush Crimes Commission'' is being screened at 7 p.m. in the Van Deusen Room of the Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S. Rose St. Sponsored by the Kalamazoo Chapter of the World Can't Wait -- Drive Out the Bush Regime, the screening covers information on torture, indefinite detention, environmental destruction and global public-health concerns.... | |
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