How-to: Homemade Margaritas During Quarantine

As everyone sits at home during the global pandemic, there are a few ways to keep busy. Server and bartender Lejla Mandzukic is from Sterling Heights, Michigan and loves making margaritas. “Since the bars are closed and there’s nothing else to do, we might as well learn to make drinks and become our own bartenders,” Mandzukic said. She described a couple ways of making margaritas at the comfort of her home.

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CMU Student Experiments Using Different Video Angles

For this exercise I decided to use my iPhone 8. I figured it has good enough quality as far as video. The subjects I used were my mom and my dog, and then just some general landscape shots. My biggest issue with this was that I couldn’t avoid being shaky while filming. Unfortunately, I don’t have a tripod to use so I used my pop socket that’s attached to my phone and did my best to have my phone lean against something to avoid the shakiness.

A Look Into Michigan’s Most Popular Universities

Out of the many universities and colleges in the state of Michigan, each has its own purpose. The schools are either public research universities, private universities and more. The popularity of the schools are based on what they offer in academics, enrollment, admissions and other criteria. The top 10 universities range from locations in the Upper Peninsula, to Detroit, Michigan.

Source: uniRank

Sources: University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Michigan Technological University, Western Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, Calvin University, Oakland University, Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University

Source: University of Michigan

Life During COVID-19 Pandemic

Life has changed a lot over the past month for my family and other families across the nation. As Michigan is placed on a three week lockdown, my mother, Jasminka Salimovic, is able to work from home. My father, Omer Salimovic, stays home as much as possible but must continue work as a truck driver. My 85-year-old grandmother, Suada Talic, lives with us and struggles with Alzheimers. My sister, Adna Salimovic, is a nurse for Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to see her due to the quarantine. Adna is currently waiting for her test results for the virus after getting sick at work.

Jasminka Salimovic sends emails out to coworkers while working from home in Warren, Michigan, March 29, 2020.
Adna Salimovic FaceTimes family to spend time with them during quarantine due to COVID-19 virus.
85-year-old Suada Talic sits in her room while wearing a face mask due to fears of contracting COVID-19 virus.
Omer Salimovic organizes his man cave during the three-week lockdown in Michigan.

‘Collegiate Cinematic Universe’ – Episode 1

FBrendan Wiesner and I got together to create our first ever podcast FOR college students, BY college students called ‘Collegiate Cinematic Universe.’

For the first episode, “Favorite Movies of all Time,” we sat down and talked to Central Michigan University freshmen Maggie Petix and Cierra Dillon about their all-time favorite movies. We also had the chance to talk about our own favorite movies as well.

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