Students help build homes in Guyana

Students help build homes in Guyana

For most, spending the majority of a week digging foundations in blistering South American heat would sound more like a prison sentence than a vacation. But for a group of SVSU students who traveled to the tiny South American country of Guyana over spring break, spending all day caked in dirt and sweat doing hard labor made for a trip worth taking. »

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Senators Shirley Johnson and Mike Goschka of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education listen as fellow member Senator Mike Prusi (left) asks a question of Betty Youngblood, Lake Superior State University president. Officials from LSSU, MTU, U of M-Dearborn, and SVSU gave testimony Monday morning.
Steven Wright entertains audience members Saturday night at the Temple Theatre. Wright has appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, and as the man on the couch in Half Baked. Wright currently is touring nationwide.