East Lansing, Michigan

College or professional, even in high school, a rivalry between two teams is always a big deal. The stakes are even higher when this rivalry comes between a city. Rochester Hills is home to two very different colleges, Oakland University and Rochester College. When the two meet it is much like the U of M versus MSU during football season. The RC versus OU hockey matches, known as the Battle of the Jug, is one of the biggest hockey series of the season. The Battle for the Jug is one of the few…

Backgrounds Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford Motor Company quickly grew to be one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world with Ford’s leadership. Ford Motor Company is the world’s largest family owned company and the products the company produces include cars, trucks, and SUVs. General Motors was founded by William “Billy” Durant on September 16, 1908 in Flint, Michigan. GM started off small but quickly acquired many other…

The Flint water crisis is a drinking water contamination issue in Flint, Michigan that started in April, 2014. These past 3 years have been an extremely hard time for Flint residents since they have had no proper drinking or bathing water in 2 years, so residents have been taking a stand against the government by carrying around jugs full of dirty, unsafe drinking water coming from their faucets at home to protest against the inaction of the government. The residents have a lot of courage to be…

Have you ever wondered if different authors writing about the same topic had different points of view. Comparing points of view of the authors of for the World's Poor ,Drinking Water can kill and After Pollution in Flint, Some finds Tap Waterś Benefits Hard to Swallow is the purpose of this response. In these pieces, there are many facts presented about the water crisis. The points of view represented in these two texts had more commonalities than variances. These readings explore the topic…

I was born in Detroit and moved away before I had my brain was able to create memories. The only part of Detroit I knew was downtown. I’d go there for Tiger games, the Science Center, and the D.I.A. Before coming to U of D, I had the same stereotypical view of Detroit as most of United States. I thought of Detroit as being a city with a nice downtown but dangerous and rundown everywhere else. I was so wrong. Pledge Detroit changed my opinion of Detroit for the better. Particularly my sophomore…

The Great Recession has destroyed many cities in America but no city has suffered as much as Detroit. When the automobile companies declared bankruptcy this created complete chaos since trust was lost between investors and the people. As a result of this, the majority of people saw Detroit as a lost cause and viewed the metropolitan area as an economic wasteland. However, Detroit never gave up. The auto industry attained back its health, the Motor City slowly crawled its way back from a…

are fortunate enough to have access to clean and safe drinking water, but sadly, the residents of Flint, Michigan do not have that luxury. Since 2015, I’ve heard stories about water crisis in Flint. When I received the assignment in my AP Human Geography class to write a letter to a leader, I thought it would be a perfect time to write about the Flint water crisis. As the governor of Michigan, you have a responsibility to ensure that all the residents of your state have access to safe water. By…

billion dollars. He has had many successes and achievements, most notably, the world's most popular search engine, Google. Page was born on March 26, 1973, in Lansing, the capital city of Michigan. His father was Dr. Carl Victor Page, a professor who specialized in computer science, technology, and artificial intelligence. He taught at Michigan State University. His mother was Gloria Lawrence, also taught computer programming at the university. Not only were Larry Page's parents…

Have you ever been to lake michigan? Well it will feel like it after this experience. I’m going to tell you how much money you need to go there for 3 days, but only one person. You're going to learn about, Natural Resource Environmental impact: consequences short and long term, and Geographical Feature Information, historical and diverse uniqueness of this feature what it is, location. There is a ton of stuff to do there. Like for one you can go on boat rides and other stuff like that. . So come…

the Saint Lawrence River. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth, containing 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume. The total surface is, and the total volume is . Due to their sea-like characteristics the five Great Lakes have also long been referred to as inland seas. Lake Superior is the second largest lake in the world by area, and Lake Michigan is the largest lake that is entirely within one…