KALAMAZOO, MI Former New York Times researcher, White House correspondent and U.S. News & World Report senior writer Steven V. Roberts will speak Monday at Western Michigan University about the media’s role in the 2012 presidential election. Roberts, a George Washington University professor, has been working as a journalist for 45 years and has covered [...]
Mom Porn: Vegas business trip
In a thousand different ways, I am a lucky lady, despite the grief that I’ve known. I’m healthy, have a great husband, beautiful son, there’s a roof over my head, food on my table, $ in my 401K, and I have a career that I love and am good at. Lucky Freaking Lady. I got [...]
Kalamazoo College board approves 10-year master plan for campus that includes stadium lights
KALAMAZOO — The Kalamazoo College Board of Trustees has approved a 10-year master plan for the college. Completion of the plan, approved Friday by the Board of Trustees, brings the college a step closer to becoming the first entity classified by the city of Kalamazoo as an institutional campus zone. The designation will allow the [...]
One celebrity (and 1,099 others) killed by heart attack yesterday
Like nearly everyone else, I was surprised to hear that Davy Jones died of a heart attack yesterday at the age of 66. My mind instantly returned to childhood days happily watching reruns of The Monkees and the occasional Marsha-Brady-has-a-crush-on-Davy-Jones episode that was recreated in the Brady Bunch movie 25 years later. I hadn’t paid [...]