Mirror News

Day of Silence to commemorate slain teen

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

"If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon." George Aiken.
For an estimated one-tenth of the population, race, creed, and color only adds on to the discrimination faced every day.

HFCC hands out scholarships

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Henry Ford Community College Annual Scholarship Celebration was held Thursday April 10, 2008. A breakfast was given in honor of the donors, representative's faculty and students that gave or received scholarships for the fall and winter semester at HFCC.

HFCC student recieves Soroptimist Scholarship

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Throughout her time at Henry Ford Community College, HFCC student and Taylor resident Kerry Reed has been all too familiar with life's struggles and hardships. Now, with the help of the Soroptimist's
Women's Opportunity Award from the Soroptimist International Fairlane Wayne County West chapter, she is getting the financial help she needs to complete her education.

No break for Zaranek

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Rochelle Zaranek isn't your average college instructor. While many of us spent our spring break relaxing and enjoying our time away from school, Dr. Zaranek and the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) were in Mississippi and Louisiana helping Hurricane Katrina and Hurrican Rita victims.

Uganda: IDP camps and stolen children

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

With the growing recession and Michigan's employment rate ranking at the lowest of the nation, the last issue on anybody's mind is global affairs, right? Well, for 4 college students from California that is simply not the case.
On Wednesday, April 2, the Invisible Children Great Lakes team visited HFCC to show a screening of Invisible Children's newest documentary "Sunday".

Relay for Life 2008

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Relay for Life Dearborn 2008�.A benefit for the American Cancer Society
Team HFCC Update

I invite you to join us at Relay for Life. This year's Relay for Life will take place at the Ford Community and Performing Arts in Dearborn. (Greenfield and Michigan Ave.

Grandma's lacy underwear

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

People need to stop and think about the original woman who became our beloved grandmother. What a concept. Can there really have been, a vivacious, adorable, flirtatious, dedicated, intelligent woman encased in the same body that we now perceive as an old biddy, an old bag of bones, simply someone we go to visit on holidays or drag around with us to our relatives?
Mother knows best! Ask your mother! Did you get hurt, or are you in trouble? Need some money in a hurry? Exactly how far have you taken it, how badly have you overlooked the person inside and take advantage of your grandmother instead (or someone else's grandmother, for that matter)? You don't even want to think about it do you?
Do you have any idea of the accomplishments of your grandmother, or the sacrifices, the "against all odds" bad times she has managed to work out and live through, to even be with you today? I pity the person who hasn't sat down with their grandmother and actually "listened" to everything the lady had to say, verbally and non-verbally.

It's not that serious

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

All good things must come to an end including this column. I feel that 'It's not that serious' has run its course and it is time for me to 'hang up the hat'. But before I do, I would like to address one issue: hate mail. About a month ago, I received a letter of disgust.

Career Corner

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

So you have been in college and now you're about to graduate and step out into the real world-the real world that you have been preparing for during your time in college. Whether you received a certificate, associate degree or higher you are now about to be armed with a weapon to seek out a job in your major that can lead into a career.

Life Unscripted

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Even in the womb a baby learns the voice of their mother, and when they're brought into a world of strangers they cry for the familiarity of that home they once found within that voice. In a world where people judge you immediately on the color of your skin, your culture, your hair color, your class, education, career, moving to new cities and new schools can be a rough experience for a child.

Not as nerdy as it sounds

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It's not as nerdy as it sounds. That's the first thing I was told when I was invited to my first Penguicon in 2006. How could a convention that bills itself as catering to "open source, science fiction, and fantasy" be anything other than nerdy? Because, as I found out, when you bring together over 800 enthusiasts with a dedication to sword fighting, gaming, technology, computers, science fiction, food, drink, and entertainment, amazing things happen.