Central Michigan

Time is running out.

Students who are graduating, if you have not already, make sure you book your lodging and dinner reservations.

The week leading up to the May 9 commencement will be a rush of appointments and reservations made by excited seniors and their parents at hotels and restaurants in and around the Mount Pleasant area.

To say that Keisha Brown and Damon Brown have gone through a lot during their almost six-year marriage would be an understatement.

Keisha, 37, who is the athletic director at Sacred Heart Academy and the boys' head basketball coach, has dealt with breast cancer for the past two years.

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As many Mount Pleasant residents were still in bed early Monday morning, others forwent sleep for a chance to be on national television.

Several Central Michigan University students and Mount Pleasant community members gathered at Sacred Heart Academy, 302 S.

One hundred days. The symbolic benchmark that we have used to measure our presidents since President Franklin Roosevelt is upon us.

For many, the past few months have been full of “yes we can” moments, but behind all of the hype and glamour, how has President Barack Obama performed in his first 100 days in office?

On the one hand, he has done some great things: increased government transparency, stood up against the use of torture, encouraged the use of alternative energies, etc.

The first open forum for Central Michigan University's presidential search will be at 4 p.m. today in the Bovee University Center Lake Michigan Room.

“It's basically an opportunity for members of the university community to give input as to what they would like to see in the next president of the university,” said Director of Media Relations Steve Smith.

For some, a game show host is late night entertainment.

But for Jason Antoniewicz, it's a potential career path.

“It's one of those things that you can't exactly go up to a door and go 'I'd like to apply to be a game show host,' so it's my career goal,” he said.

Swine flu may already be in Michigan and area hospitals are prepared for the virus.

A swine flu case in Livingston County has been identified as “probable,” said Kurt Weiss, a public information officer for the Michigan State Joint Information Center.

Cases are not confirmed until it goes to the Center for Disease Control in Georgia, he said.

When celebrating graduation from college, monetary gifts from family members always work.

But, what about people that want to go the extra mile for a graduating family member, friend, or significant other? What if there is something to be said that cash just can't say?

Consider these basic suggestions, to possibly find just the right thing.

The search for Central Michigan University's College of Communication and Fine Arts dean is nearly over.

Salma Ghanem, chairwoman of the communications department at the University of Texas-Pan American, accepted the position last week and was selected by Provost Julia Wallace over fellow position finalist Jack Bowman, who is dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

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.

The Central Michigan University Police Department is investigating multiple incidents of damage to vehicles in lots 42 and 44, located near the Towers Residence Halls.

“It was mostly mirrors on cars that were knocked off,” said CMU Police Chief Stan Dinius.

Overrun with spare stuff in your refrigerator, and have no idea what to do with it?

These recipes can be used as a starting point, on how to put them together for a delicious and resourceful meal. At your own discretion, use these recipes as a starting point, and alter them to include whatever is vexing your fridge.

Garnet Lewis, associate director of Professional Education, is surprised at the press attention she is getting for being “just a regular ol' fashion girl.”

As the first openly gay person appointed to a governance board for a Michigan university in April, Lewis said she has always been open.

With the allure of pancakes, charity and brotherhood, Frankenmuth sophomore Kraig Haubenstricker knew he could not stay away.

Haubenstricker decided to join Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after attending one of the group's pancake breakfasts. He said the friendly atmosphere and fraternity's commitment to giving back impressed him.