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Infogram Human trafficking has been happening around the globe for many years and according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline , from 2007 to June 2017 943 human trafficking cases have been reported in Michigan. 136 of those cases were reported this year. Trafficking is a modern slavery that often involves a person being taken unwillingly or held captive with minimum food, labor with no pay, and sometimes sexual abuse. From the 136 cases actually reported in Michigan: 120 of those victims were females, 14 were male and less than 3 were gender minorities. The most likely type of trafficking found was sex trafficking, with 109 cases, which sounds very accurate being that Michigan was ranked number two in the nation for human trafficking sex trade in 2015. Which led to Gov. Snyder appointing a deputy to lead a fight against human trafficking. Human trafficking cases has increased over the years, reaching a peak point of 249 in 2016, but since then has...

Students on Michigan State's campus are trying to balance their social lives and academics while maintaining a job and planning for their future goals. “Keeping grades up, getting all of your extracurricular in, and finding time to eat, sleep, and have friends; it’s a lot of stress to fit all of that into 24 hours,” MSU senior Colin Lesoski said. Most students are going through some of the same stresses and can relate when they talk about some of the major differences they faced transitioning from high school to college.  The work load just seems impossible and some students feel that professors just don't care. There are huge lectures containing about 400 or more students and one professor can only do so much for a person unless you're in their office begging for extra credit every week.  To destress and keep from pulling their hair out, some students have gained daily routines of their own that relaxes their ner...