Members of the MSU Pre-Veterinary Medical Association will be rolling up their sleeves and getting down and dirty with local dogs. The club will hold a dog-wash fundraiser from 9 a.m.
Students and customers of a local underground hip-hop community are upset with the East Lansing Police Department for shutting down a weekly freestyle hip-hop event. The music store, Code of the Cutz, 317 M.A.C.
Scott Hirko tries not to get involved with political games, but when it comes to his future, he's not messing around. Hirko, a second-year graduate student in MSU's higher, adult and lifelong education program, responded to the Republican-controlled state Senate's initiative to cut funding from Michigan's educational system by launching a Web site, www.geocities.com/michiganforknowledge/. Cutting funds from K-12 schooling and higher education would cripple the state, Hirko said. "Those that are already underprivileged, that have less resources and money to get to college, are going to be less likely to get to college," Hirko said.
Local police agencies are going to gain the ability to snoop through each other's police files and records. The East Lansing Police Department has teamed up with Williamston, Mason, Meridian Township, MSU, Ingham County and Lansing Township to use a software system enabling them to share information. The data-sharing system, which is being installed by the North Carolina-based VisionAIR, will give the municipalities the opportunity to view files on arrests, 911 calls and criminal investigations. "It's almost like all the clouds are blowing into place and we're taking advantage of a lightening strike," said East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert at the March 28 contract signing. Sharing information between departments isn't a new practice — the departments have been doing it for years, East Lansing police Capt.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republicans John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are the presidential favorites in Michigan, according to a poll released March 23 by www.newsmax.com. Of 454 Democrats polled, 45 percent said they would vote for New York Sen.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm's imposed a moratorium on all state grants, stunning arts and cultural organizations throughout the state. The moratorium, which took effect Wednesday, will delay $7.5 million in promised payments to arts and cultural groups until the end of the fiscal year, according to ArtServe Michigan. This moratorium is one of 10 issued by Granholm this week to deal with the state's immediate cash-flow crisis and force further efficiency in the government's overall operation. Michigan is facing a $940 million budget deficit this fiscal year.
And then there was one. When Pierce Company officials left East Lansing five weeks ago, they said they'd return after narrowing down five preliminary design concepts for the East Village project. The San Diego-based master developer plans to unveil one design concept based from the original five when they visit in 10 days, said Theresa Nakata, vice president of marketing and communications for The Pierce Company Inc. "We're moving forward, and we're excited," Nakata said. City officials want the East Village redevelopment to bring a mix of retail, residential and entertainment properties to the area bounded by Hagadorn Road, East Grand River Avenue, Bogue Street and the Red Cedar River. Nakata said at the end of February that the representatives planned to bring back at least two or three concepts, which would take into consideration feedback from East Lansing residents. But Thursday, Nakata said architect David Moreno of Hollywood-based 5+Design was able to incorporate all the feedback from the numerous officials, property owners, students and community members into a single design.
Oakland University and Beaumont Hospitals announced Thursday they will construct a new medical school in Rochester. Oakland has withdrawn its proposal to become the new satellite location for MSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine. MSU Trustee Colleen McNamara said Oakland University officials are attempting to become the state's fourth research university, joining MSU, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. "Oakland is very savvy about how they pushed and looked at what the top three universities have," McNamara said.
Researchers at MSU are working toward a new method of diagnosing the causes of neck pain by using 3-D imaging. In the past, doctors have not been able to easily diagnose and treat neck and back pain because measuring progress in patient cases is difficult. Using "advanced motion measurement" computer technology, researchers at MSU are tracking head and neck movements in 3-D.
The MSU Muslim Students' Association will have its annual Diversity Dinner from 6—10:30 p.m.
Last week, students were playing catch and laying under the sun studying. Now they are running from class to class, trying to keep warm. "It's been quite back and forth — too much for my liking.
Michigan landfills are charged with the duty of storing more than 42 million cubic yards of garbage every year.
"Every three minutes, a woman is beaten; every five minutes, a women is raped." As temperatures dropped and snow swirled outside, about 40 people packed into the warmth of Green River Café, 211 M.A.C.
The East Lansing City Council is recognizing National Community Development Week from April 9-15. The city annually receives more than $600,000 in funding from federal Community Development Block Grants, which supports down payment assistance for new homebuyers, infrastructure improvements in low-income neighborhoods and housing projects, such as the Virginia Avenue development.
Southbound Harrison Road at Grand River Avenue will be closed until about 3 p.m. today. East Lansing Public Works officials are beginning the first phase of replacing water and sewer lines in the neighborhood.
With Michigan's roads in disrepair and pieces of dilapidated bridges falling on cars, two state representatives have found a solution they say everyone can rally around. Reps.
Upon first coming to MSU, Christina McGuffie said she felt unprepared for the college experience. She said because of a lack of proficient college preparation from Detroit's Murray Wright High School, she was not ready for the transition to a college curriculum. "The teachers and the environment made it really hard for us to learn and get anything accomplished," the criminal justice senior said.
Take Back the Night will sponsor a poetry reading for Sexual Assault Awareness Month at 7 p.m. tonight at the Green River Café, 211 M.A.C.
Five years ago, Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller was playing hockey in Rochester, N.Y., and came across Jason Snyder's clothing store, Men-tality. The two became friends after talking, and decided to team up to spread their love of fashion to East Lansing. Six months later on April 1, their plan was complete as they opened The Refinery, 115 Albert Ave. After three seasons of hockey as a Spartan from 1999 to 2002, Miller, 26, moved to the American Hockey League to be a part of the Rochester Americans.
A dozen University of Michigan students were arrested Tuesday evening after taking over President Mary Sue Coleman's office, according to a U-M graduate student who visited them in jail. The students hadn't been formally charged with trespassing as of 7:45 p.m., more than an hour after their arrest. At 9 a.m., members of U-M's Sweatfree Coalition stormed the office, demanding that Coleman sign onto a program to ensure factories producing items with U-M's logo aren't sweatshops, said Neil Sardana, a graduate student in public policy and public health. Around 5:52 p.m., Blase Kearney, a political science sophomore who was arrested, told The State News in a phone interview that he could see three police vans from a window in the locked office, and that he wouldn't leave until administrators met the group's demands or he was arrested. The coalition wants U-M to adopt the Designated Suppliers Program, a list of about 300 "certified" factories around the world that provide fair wages and respect workers' rights. MSU, a member of the consortium, has not adopted the Designated Suppliers Program and Students for Economic Justice hasn't made that a major campaign issue this year.