Money management is important for college students as they near graduation and start to gain independence from their parents.

George Ross, vice president of Finance and Administrative Services, stressed personal finance management Tuesday night as part of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. “Simply Golden” week in the Bovee University Center Gold Room.

“The most important thing you can do for yourselves is to write out a budget on paper,” Ross said. “It will help you in the future to live within your means.”

Attendees learned the importance of having a checking and savings account, managing credit cards, paying bills on time, working and starting to plan for retirement.

If students start saving for retirement right out of college or save about $200 a month, they could potentially be millionaires in 30 to 40 years.   more >>

He leans over the story titled "Dino chick luck" that he just finished writing.

"It has duck feet, a chick body and a dinosaur head," said Parkwood Elementary School third-grader Daimonian Seburn, of the main character in his short story where "Dino chick luck" is chastised for being different, but in the end, saves all the farm animals. "I just thought of it."

Getting practice reading and writing should help this 9-year-old prepare for life skills and the upcoming Criterion Referenced Competency Tests, a state test to measure academic performance given to all students in mid-April.   more >>

Actress Phylicia Rashad, best known as the stern but loveable "Claire Huxtable" on The Cosby Show, is the recipient of the fourth annual Sarah Applebaum Nederlander Award for Excellence in Theatre.

Rashad will be honored at a gala celebration on Tuesday, April 26, at the Masonic Temple, Detroit. The evening will include a cocktail reception, seated dinner and presentation of the Apple Award, followed by a strolling dessert and the Detroit premiere performance of the musical Hairspray.

Rashad graduated magna cum laude from Howard University with a bachelor of fine arts degree in theatre. Outside of theatre she is a committed volunteer to such projects as the PRASAD Project and RNT - Recruiting New Teachers. Rashad is an alumna member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.   more >>

From smashing windows to slashing tires, a group of Wayne State University students met yesterday for a discussion called “Why Men and Women Cheat” to discuss how being “cheated on” affected them.

“Everyone was surprised to hear I did,” said Candice Torres, a freshman majoring in pediatric nursing. “I told what happened. I told what the guy did and what I did in retaliation.”

Torres story was one of many at the event, which was sponsored by the Nu Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., as part of their Omega Psi Phi Week of events. It was held in room Hilberry C of the Student Center Building.   more >>