Michigan

her Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish, and Irish heritage into books…” [Family gatherings to celebrate] When Lightning Comes from a Jar, is a book about a time when Trisha’s family comes to her house on the family farm during a warm summer evening in Michigan for a reunion. The evening consisted of food that kept coming, games to win, and stories to be told. As “the last rays of sun [had] left the grass” (Polacco), Gramma said a poem as “a small burst of starlight puffed out the grass” (Polacco).…

Ray Stannard was conceived in Lansing, Michigan, on April 17, 1870. He spent his initial life on a homestead before enlisting in Michigan Agrarian School (now Michigan State College) as an undergrad. After Stannard finished his investigations at Macintosh, he selected in the College of Michigan to contemplate law and writing. It was there he initially came into contact with reporting and enlisted in a course called Rapid Writing, the primary daily paper composing class in any American…

Native American affairs. Found in an earlier paper that Henry Baird archived, he writes that Judge Doty also stated that because the crime was committed “by a Indian upon a Indian” then “the crime is not, consequently, amenable to the laws of the Michigan…

behind-the-scenes account of college football. He describes his journey as a University of Michigan Wolverine, starting from his high school scouting days and ending with his retirement in Alaska. Reid recounts the strain he and his fellow players put on their bodies, both on and off the field, and explains the constant pressure to fulfill the image of a popular, powerful football player at a sports-oriented school like Michigan. In “My Body, My Weapon, My Shame,” Reid compares the path of…

History The history of Founders Brewing Company began with two men, Dave Engbers and Mike Stevens, who quit their full-time jobs, in 1997, to start a new brewing company. They were Hope College graduates and were invested in home-brewing beer. Founders was not their first brewing company. The first brewing company was named Canal Street Brewing Company, and has evolved into its current name of Founders Brewing Company, even though the business is still listed as Canal Street Brewing Co., LLC.…

the criteria that I was looking for. I was choosing between three colleges to research about. These colleges are Western Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, and Eastern Michigan University. I was trying to find a college that was in Michigan and that offers occupational therapy. There were many options with my specifications, but I was drawn to Western Michigan University. There were many elements that made me choose Western over the others. I found that 82% of people that apply…

He was born on April 17, 1870 in Lansing, Michigan. He went to Michigan Agricultural College and graduate from there in 1889. He then later studied law at The University of Michigan. In 1892, he went to go work for Chicago Record and was a reporter and editor for four years. This is how he found out how Chicago really was, with all the murders, lots of homeless people, and people not able to support them selves. “My attitude was that of the Frontier where I had grown up”. In 1894 he was assigned…

Moore also put a cartoon about the history of America which shows the relationship America has with guns. Within his documentary, he also gives different examples of gun violence in America. One example is, a shooting of a six-year-old in Flint, Michigan. In Bowling for Combuline, there is a cartoon about the history of the United States. This cartoon tells a brief description of different historical events in the United States: such as, pilgrims coming to North America, slavery, and the Civil…

While states like New York and California are raising the minimum wage, other states such as Michigan and Minnesota have laws in place that offer younger adults lower wages, if under 18. This ensures that many kids will be hired at these low wages, which will in turn, give these young adults lots of experience. They look at these experiences as development for future work development. These states have discovered that “more teens would be hired if they did not have to be paid the same as an…

and blues sounds. Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan on May 13, 1950. His original name was Stevland Hardaway Judkins. He was named by his parents Calvin and Lula May Judkins. Wonder was blind due to the fact that he did not receive enough oxygen in the incubator as a premature baby. He was diagnosed with retinopathy of prematurity, which made him blind. Wonder had numerous talents, which people first recognized in his church choir in Detroit, Michigan, where his family moved to when he was 4…