Last week was the start of a week long celebration of events in honor of civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. Students from colleges across Michigan met at UM-D to kick-off the MLK Day of Service and then headed out to various volunteer sites. MLK Day was a way for students, faculty and staff to give back to their community, but the rest of the week was composed of activities in which the university gave back to its students by educating them about various topics pertaining to African American history.
As we all know, Conan O'Brian said his farewell to his viewers on Friday, Jan 22, 2010, raking in more than 7 million viewers. Just compare that to the 2.8 million viewers for David Letterman and 1.4 million for Jimmy Kimmel. Can you say popular or what? Not too long ago, O'Brian took over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno, seven months later he "divorced" NBC for a $45 million settlement, where he took a lump sum of $33 million and the rest was split between his team and staff.
Forget the popcorn, the Reese's and even the Swedish Fish; you'll be too busy crying to munch on any of it. While it may not be that sappy, Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones" certainly packs an emotional punch. The much anticipated film is based on the bestselling novel by Alice Sebold, about the vicious murder of a 14-year-old girl.
To further expound on the week's celebration of Martin Luther King Day, the MLK commemoration committee planned a trip to the Charles H. Wright Museum. Although students and staff were invited, the group of students who went was primarily members of the Black Student Union (BSU).
The University of Michigan-Dearborn Women's Basketball team extended their winless streak to 19 games last week, after dropping a pair of games to conference foes Concordia and Madonna. Back in November, the season started out with so much promise. The program had improved upon its previous season's record each year since 2003, several new transfer students were set to be impact stars, and injury-riddled players were finally healthy.
