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As the holiday season rolls around, many parents and grandparents are heading to toy stores to fill those spots under the tree. One toy that seems to always find a place on Christmas lists is Barbie. “It’s year after year. It just continues to be an item,” said Michelle Flemington, store manager of Toys “R” Us in Okemos, Mich. “It’s been around for generations.”
In late February 2016, the Academy Awards nominations for the following year were released. While the actors and filmmakers who were nominated celebrated their triumph, others were outraged—for the second year in a row the twenty actors and actresses nominated for the top four categories were white. This notion led to the #OscarsSoWhite movement that arguably made more noise than the Oscars themselves. A conversation that was already present now was going to heard by everyone. Several actors included Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Will Smith boycotted the award show and others included George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon and President Barack Obama showed their support for the call to create a more inclusive and representative environment.
When it comes to athletes, a lot goes into how they keep their performances levels high. One of those ways is through their nutrition. I spoke with Kate Davis, a registered dietician in Lansing, Michigan, on just how important it is to keep those things in mind for an athlete, as well as anyone trying to stay healthy. Davis graduated from Michigan State University with a master of science degree in human nutrition, with an emphasis in exercise physiology. She is a member of the United States Olympic Committee Sports Dietician Registry and has consulted teams such as the USA women’s hockey team, Grand Valley State University Athletics, and the Gatorade GFEAT Employee Wellness Program.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — During Halloween in 2016, Sharon Thomas, a human biology major at University of Michigan, was walking through the neighborhood of Cedar Village around 8 p.m. when a man called her from across the street. “He said, ‘Hey, baby, you look fine,’ then he ran over to me from across the road,” said Thomas. “I didn’t really register what he was doing at the moment.”
Thomas said the man ran up to her and grabbed her waist while complimenting her. She pushed him away physically, but she couldn’t get him out of her mind.