In today’s recovering economy, it is arguable that a college degree is worth more than ever, and in Michigan, and so is its price. This summer, the state’s 15 public colleges and universities settled upon their tuition prices for the 2011-12 school year. Almost all raised their cost by nearly seven percent.
Oakland University professor Preston Brooks announced his candidacy for U.S. Representative of Michigan’s Eighth Congressional District on the platform of removing the influence of lobbying from American politics. Brooks, of the computer science and engineering department, will petition the state Bureau of Elections to add his name as an independent candidate to the 2012 ballot.
With Christmas here, metro Detroit locales are finalizing their festive displays to celebrate the season. Brent Waldrep has been ready all year.
In a countdown led by Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, locals gathered at Fourth and Main Streets in downtown Rochester, Monday to welcome the holiday season with the debut of the Big Bright Light show.
Women in short shorts, high socks, fishnets and tank tops, skating around a track and bashing into each other. That’s the game of roller derby. Although you do see all of this at a Detroit Derby Girl bout, the game is also an intense sport of trained athletes hoping to be active while having a good time.
Seven candidates in the general election for Rochester Hills were associated with OU. Results from voting were announced Tuesday night.
The Auburn Hills Police Department has begun using social media to reach out to the community with a variety of topics from local events to crime alerts
The Kid Rock Foundation is extending their Detroit pride with the launch of the Kid Rock “Care” tour by reaching out to charities across the nation in an effort to support those in need.
The Occupy Movement has spread to Detroit. Equipped with tents, signs, bullhorns and even pumpkins for Halloween, metro Detroiters who are part of the Occupy Detroit movement have been camped out at Grand Circus Park since Friday, Oct. 14.
Sinister Haunted House can’t keep the dead under the ground. Once inside there is only one rule — you do what you are told by the people that live inside the house.
