A Look into Chinese Etiquette

By Karla Helvie China has been an intense draw for me this summer. Not only is news about China or coverage of the Olympics readily available, but in less than two weeks, I leave Michigan to live and study in Shanghai for four months. One article I read recently...

Generation Y Trends

By Jim Bruckbauer As we can see throughout history, each generation has unique factors and experiences that distinguish it from previous cohorts and sets them apart from those to come. Listed below are five attributes of Generation Y that are slowly changing the...

The "Un-Conference"

By Jami Miedema BarCamp was a term I was not familiar with until recently. Even after I learned what it was, it took awhile for me to wrap my mind around it. A BarCamp is a user-generated gathering (on-site, not virtual) created by and for individuals who are eager to...

Two Ways to Get There

By Todd Smithee At the end of my family vacation, I decided to attempt to hook into a king salmon in Ludington, Michigan’s harbor.  Ludington is where the Pere Marquette River empties into Lake Michigan.  Every August the salmon make their annual migration from the...