Organization 3: RCAH Council

The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities council, a student organization at Michigan State University, was the third organization involved with the GYEC charity concert. They helped book the location for the performance, and helped publicize the event in order to draw a big crowd.

The RCAH Theatre, where the concert was held, is located in the basement of Snyder Hall. It has 150 seats and can be rented out for a variety of events.

The council is the RCAH's student government, “established for the express purpose of representing the needs and interests of students within the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities," according to their website.

They have their own blog, which can be found here.

Organization 2: Bigger Brush Media

Bigger Brush Media was the second organization that worked with the charity concert for GYEC, the first organization being GYEC itself. They are located in Lansing, and they helped with bringing local bands to the event.

BBM's website says they are "A collective of musicians and music lovers who reside and are invested in Mid-Michigan. That means entertaining, strengthening and empowering our communities, and helping to highlight the immense talent in our great mitten state!"

Carter Moulton, Dizzy Dearest, and Joe Herlter, three of the artists/bands that performed at the charity event, are listed on the BBM website.

The website contains music releases and free downloads as well as an artist list, friends list, and list of press they have been mentioned in.

BBM has pages on other popular social networking sites, including Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr.

Organization 1: GYEC

The Michigan State University student organization Global Youth for Education and Change were the first of three organizations to put on the charity concert for GYEC. Their goal was raising money for projects they work on in South Africa, Kenya, and Village Summit in Lansing.

Leah Dodge, president of GYEC, said GYEC currently has about 10 members with various majors. 

This summer, Dodge and another GYEC member, Elizabeth White, are traveling to Usenge, Kenya. They are working on putting up netting on houses to keep out mosquitos, which transmit malaria. They also are working to start a small-scale van transportation system in the area as well as working in early childhood development centers to help kids learn.

Above all, Dodge said they are trying to build a solid partnership with the Usenge community.

According to their Facebook page, GYEC was founded in October 2007. Their purpose is to “create meaningful change & aide community-based youth initiatives around the world.”

It's All A Problem of Multitasking - And Car Companies Aren't Helping.

Experts on distracted driving like Dr. David Strayer say texting is only part of the larger issue of multitasking while driving/driver distraction.

"Multitasking is becoming even more and more of a problem," he said. "It's almost like a wild west of driver distraction these days."

Although car companies are trying to make things hands-free and easier on drivers, like Ford's Sync system, Strayer said it's all still cognitive distraction.

GM, for another example, is trying to create a system where drivers can update their Facebook status while behind the wheel.

Chrysler's UConnect allows occupants to do things such as surf the web and make hands-free calls.

Dr. David Meyer, a professor of psychology and a cognition and cognitive neuroscience researcher, said the problem has nothing to do with whether your hands are free or not.

"What's really needed is mind free devices," he said.

According to Strayer, car companies should do more research on the level of impairment devices cause before they are put in vehicles. If it is over the level of drunk driving, it shouldn't be in there.

Texting and Driving Poses Serious RIsks.

Texting is a dangerous thing to be doing while driving, because it is a major distraction to the driver.

Dr. David Strayer, a psychology professor from the University of Utah, said a .08 blood alcohol level causes a crash risk increase that is four times higher than normal, while texting and driving causes an eightfold crash risk increase. 


He has done, and sill works on, research tracking eye movements and other processes while people text and drive. He said the biggest problems are drivers taking their eyes off the road and hands off the steering wheel.


The National Safety Council estimates at least 200,000 crashes a year are caused by drivers who are texting.


FocusDriven, advocates for cell-free driving, urges people to not use their phones at all while driving for the month of April and beyond. 


30 states currently ban text messaging by all drivers, and an additional 8 states prohibit text messaging by novice drivers. Some states even block handheld cell phone usage.

Campusfood Has a Great Selection for Michigan State University Students

According to a tweet by Campusfood.com Inc. President Michael Saunders, the company has been at Michigan State University since 2003.

Campusfood has a large number of restaurants local to MSU that participate with its online food ordering services. For restaurants that do not, Campusfood still has information for those places users can access.

The list of MSU-local restaurants that work with Campusfood shows what restaurants are closed and what ones are open and available to be ordered from. If restaurants are closed, opening times are shown for some.

Clicking on a restaurant gives users menu options, delivery zones, estimated waiting time, delivery fees, and other information relevant to ordering.

There is also a full list of local restaurants, where menus and restaurant information can be accessed even for places that do not work with the website.

The Bars and Nightlife section shows local places and their food, drink, and entertainment specials if available.

There are some restaurants at MSU that work with Campusfood even though they don't normally have delivery services. These include Panera Bread and Olga's Kitchen.

Campusfood's Point System and Interactive Options Involve Great Deals

Campusfood.com, the nation's leading network of restaurants, offers plenty of incentives to keep users ordering online from their website.

One such incentive is the point system, where users gain "Foodie Points" every time they place an order. These points can be used to access coupons in a game that is offered after every order - the more points, the better the coupon.

Badges can be unlocked if users complete order challenges, and they add Foodie Points. Such challenges include ordering three times in one week, or ordering 55 times total.

Users can also link their accounts to Facebook and Twitter. Tweeting an order or referring friends earns a user even more Foodie Points.

Campusfood has a Coupons and Specials page as well, where users can find the great deals going on in local restaurants.

Lastly, at the top of the site, there is a features bar where users can click on various categories based on what they are looking for. One such category is Min.<$10, and, when clicked, a page will come up with all the local restaurants that allow orders that are under $10.

Other categories include cheap eats and late night.