Governor Jennifer Granholm and the Michigan leg­is­la­ture are look­ing into a pro­posal to amend the Tuition Incentive Program that ben­e­fits cer­tain col­lege students.

As part of Granholm’s pro­posed higher edu­ca­tion bud­get, she is propos­ing a cap on the amount of that will be cov­ered by the gov­ern­ment for TIP stu­dents. The TIP is a two phase finan­cial assis­tance pro­gram that helps qual­i­fied stu­dents pay tuition and make col­lege more afford­able. (more…)

Does St. Patrick’s Day have his­tor­i­cal “drink­ing roots” or is the prac­tice of imbib­ing some mod­ern skew of the orig­i­nal celebration?

Irish and non-Irish alike are out in their finest, green­est attire today in cel­e­bra­tion of St. Patrick’s Day. Besides wear­ing green and eat­ing corned beef and cab­bage, the other activ­ity many peo­ple asso­ciate with the hol­i­day is drink­ing. (more…)