News Briefs 6-20
State Offers Trick-or-Treat Food Safety Tips, Don’t let your license lapse ‘Snowbirds’ should renew licenses, plates before heading south for the winter, The Greater Lansing Housing Coalition announce FREE Home Classes
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MSU-led study: Women face workplace weight discrimination
Women are 16 times more likely than men to report weight discrimination in the workplace
Guess Who’s Coming to TV? A Pakistani Exchange Student
16-year-old Justin Tolchuck, played brilliantly by Dan Byrd and Pakistani Muslim student Raja played by Adhir Kalyan in “Aliens in America”. Courtesy photo
Owners of Winnie the Pooh to Appeal State Court Decision to California Supreme Court
They will Move Ahead with Federal Court Case Including Termination of Disney’s
Rights Which Are Worth $12 to $15 Billion and Seek $2 Billion in Damages
We Remember: My Father, Alvin E. Haynes, Sr.
Alvin Haynes Sr. who was affectionately known as “Big Al” walked into the arms of Jesus on September 29, 2007 due to complications from diabetes. He was born on August 18, 1941 to Oscar and Emily Haynes.
JANET JACKSON TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT WEIGHT ISSUES
Entertainer says she’s ‘really coming from the soul with it.’
D.L. Hughley is “Unapologetic”: Comedian Set to Perform at MSU
Need a bit of humor in your life? Well get ready to roll, the incredibly funny D.L. Hughley is set to perform at Cobb Great Hall on Michigan State University’s campus.
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MSU offers Midwest’s first Ph.D. in Chicano/Latino Studies
EAST LANSING, MI — Michigan State University has launched the first doctoral program in Chicano/Latino Studies in the Midwest – and only the second in the nation.
News Briefs 6-19
“Walk a Mile in These Shoes” Exhibit, Lansing Black Lawyers Association Free Legal Education Workshop and Kids Halloween Costume Party, 5th Annual Gourmet Gents Fundraiser, Uplift Our Youth Foundation, Safety Union Set to Bring Community Together
Viola Liuzzo Exhibit to Open at Women’s Historical Center October 20: Slain Civil Rights Worker Is a Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame Honoree
A Civil Rights worker from Detroit who was murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan following the March to Montgomery in 1965 is the subject of a dramatic new exhibit at the Michigan Women’s Historical Center.