What’s This About Medical Drug Shortages?
By Eunice B.Reference Librarian
Maybe you’ve seen all the items in the news lately about shortages of important “medically necessary” drugs.
By Eunice B.News Spotlight: Golf Tournament on August 19 to benefit Guide Right Programs
The Lansing Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation invites golfers to the 2nd Annual Stuart J. Dunnings, Jr. Golf Classic on Friday, August 19, 2011 at the Wheatfield Valley Golf Club in Williamston located at 1600 Linn Road.
News Spotlight: Youth cybercrime linked to friends’ influence
EAST LANSING, MI — Peer influence and low self-control appear to be the major factors fueling juvenile cybercrime such as computer hacking and online bullying, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University criminologist.
News Spotlight:Dole Fresh Vegetables Announces Precautionary Recall of Limited Number of Italian Blend Salads
Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 2,880 cases of DOLE® Italian Blend salad
Best, Brightest & Most Beautiful 2011
LANSING, MI – This is always an exciting edition for The New Citizens Press. We have the opportunity to introduce you to fantasic people in our community that are doing interesting things. Over the year, we come into contact with many people and since starting the “Best, Brightest and Most Beautiful” article in 2005, we have been featuring impactful individuals.
FAMILY-STYLE CHILI
Home cooking for a new generation. Easy and
elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.
Movie Review: X-Men First Class
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Plot: A prequel to the previous X-Men movies, “First Class” promises to resolve mysteries about the origins of Professor X and his team of mutants.
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Bill Milner, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Beth Goddard, Zoe Kravitz
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ***
By Laurence Washington
I’m going to have to recheck my history books concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis. According to history books, John F. Kennedy stopped the Russians from installing nuclear missiles in Cuba by ordering the Navy to blockade the island from Russian ships delivering parts and equipment to complete missiles installation.
Great Michigan Read Kicks Off for Partners
The Ossian Sweet house, though private, remains a historic site in Detroit.
Photo by Andrew Jameson
“It has all the elements of a great story. I mean, really fascinating figures. … I’m from Michigan, from Detroit, and it’s a place I care an enormous amount about. It was a chance to write about a place I love. It’s not the most flattering picture of Detroit, but I tried to give the most honest one.”
Author Kevin Boyle, on his book “Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in Jazz Age”.
LANSING, MI –The 2011-12 Great Michigan Read is now underway, featuring “Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age”, by Detroit native Kevin Boyle.
Written by Detroit native Kevin Boyle, “Arc of Justice” tells the story of African American Dr. Ossian Sweet and the chain of events that occurred after he purchased a home for his family in an all-white Detroit neighborhood in 1925.
AboutThatCar.com: Suzuki Kizashi – Not Bad at All
By Frank S. Washington
DETROIT, MI – I just spent a week test driving Suzuki’s latest effort to expand its offerings with the 2011 Kizashi Sport SLS Sedan.
The front fascia was more muscular, it had chrome accents, a lower grille, body side sill extensions, lower body side molding and chrome accents, a rear integrated spoiler atop the trunk, 18-inch alloy wheels and a slightly lower ride height.
Excuse me, are you listening?
Dear Readers,
Summer is a very interesting time of year in Michigan. One day it will be 50 degrees the next day it is 85 degrees and 101 in your car. Summer brings out a lot in people as well. No pun intended but we must revisit proper etiquette. I know that it may be hard to hear about this but it is necessary to talk about. And of course, I am not talking about you.