College Headlines

HREN: Learning to be a freshman again

The Marquette Tribune, Marquette University, WI

2 days ago by Megan Hren

I wouldn't trade places with my little freshman sister for any sort of enticing award. Being a senior establishes an earned comfortableness and self-assuredness that three years of college afford. I do not envy my sister's tasks of making new friends, wrestling with questions that lead to choosing the right major or figuring out where I fit in on campus.

Open Hooters

Central Michigan Life, Central Michigan University, MI

2 days ago

To some residents, the opening of a Hooters restaurant is emblematic of Mount Pleasant's moral decay.

This was a nice town, they argue, and opening a Hooters will, in the words of one resident, ruin it.

It's easy to lambaste Hooters because of its popular image: girls in short shorts and tight tops.

FIORI: Thanks for the school supplies, you're only three months early

The Marquette Tribune, Marquette University, WI

2 days ago by Lindsay Fiori

My summer was off to a great start. There were days spent at the beach and nights spent at Milwaukee's many festivals. Time flew by without a hitch until the end of June when I had a rude awakening — school supplies were on the shelves.

Two thumbs up for city's improvement

The Marquette Tribune, Marquette University, WI

2 days ago

Top three changes

Central Michigan Life, Central Michigan University, MI

6 days ago

The 2007-08 academic year was an eventful one for Central Michigan University.

The CMU Promise, the university's guarantee to incoming freshmen that their tuition will stay fixed for five years, was nixed last spring. Construction on a new education building is underway, while another hotel in the Center for Applied Research and Technology is in the works.

Get out of Detroit Kilpatrick

Central Michigan Life, Central Michigan University, MI

6 days ago by David Veselenak

City mayor doing more harm than good

by sticking around

Kwame Kilpatrick's attorneys have asked Gov. Jennifer Granholm to reconsider denying the hearing to oust Kilpatrick as mayor.

At this point in the mayor's text messaging scandal and assault case, a hearing shouldn't be the cause for Kilpatrick to leave office - he should have enough cause to leave on his own.