Good news for students who drink a cup or two of coffee everyday: A new study conducted at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania shows coffee has antioxidants that are important for the drinker's good health. The study also showed coffee is the number one source of antioxidants for Americans.
A Lansing Army Reserve Center might close if a Base Closure and Realignment Commission action is approved by Congress as early as Nov.
MSU and Lansing's Sparrow Hospital have formed a partnership to bring in a pediatric hospitalist, a new addition that will improve care for children with serious illness and disease in Michigan, Sparrow officials said. A hospitalist is a doctor who practices exclusively with the hospital, Sparrow spokesman John Lux said.
Lansing Community College, the small business and technology department at LCC and the Junior Achievement organization are holding a student entrepreneurship rally for 95 high school students this week. The rally will be held at 9:00 a.m.
Two classes about religion, "Introduction to Celtic Christianity" and "Spirituality and Creativity" are being offered by the Peoples Church, 200 W.
The Greater Lansing Fund of the Capital Region Community Foundation has given Haven House, a shelter in Lansing for area homeless families, a grant of $1,670. The money will be used to hire a mentor to help children at the shelter keep up with school work and basic reading, math and computer skills.
The independent commission reviewing the April 2-3 disturbances will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Executive Conference Room of the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road.
It used to take Jaclyn Peraino $20 to fill up her 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier with unleaded gas. Then gas prices started to rise more than $2.50 a gallon and now the biochemistry junior is paying more than $30 for a full tank. Peraino said the higher prices are making her take a closer look at just how much gas she gets when she pays at the pump. "If you're paying $20 to $40 a week, the amount you're paying for and getting is definitely a concern," Peraino said. Statewide, an increased number of complaints about gas stations shortchanging consumers at the pump on fuel quality and quantity has prompted the Michigan Department of Agriculture to double the amount of full-time gas station inspectors, said Dominic Perrone, Department of Agriculture public information officer.
Although many students have moved into apartment buildings for the school year, they arrived in the middle of a legal battle about where apartments can be built in East Lansing. DTN Management Co. filed a lawsuit on June 16 against the city of East Lansing concerning property DTN originally bought for an apartment plan in the 700 block of Burcham Drive. DTN planned to build a complex that would have housed 90 occupants and 75 vehicles on three pieces of property it owns along Burcham Drive.
During Welcome Week every year, students gather in front of the Student Book Store, 421 E. Grand River Ave., to receive their campus trial paks with free samples inside - one for guys and one for girls.
An 84-year-old man with a history of medical problems was pulled from Lake Lansing after dying in the water, law enforcement officials said at the scene Friday.
When coming back to school, there are many things students need to think about, including buying books and getting settled, but one thing health officials say students must do before coming to school is to get immunized. With August chosen as National Immunization Awareness Month, it is a reminder of the importance of keeping immunizations up to date, said Pat Vranesich section manager of education and outreach for the division of immunization in the Michigan Department of Community Health. "It is a back to school time and also a time where we want older adults to think about their immunization status," Vranesich said. According to Dr. Randolph L.
The Michigan Department of Community Health has received two Emmy Awards from the Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for anti-smoking campaign commercials. As a part of the campaign, the Michigan Department of Community Health has created "Quit Kits" to aid smokers in the process of quitting smoking.
Music, dancing and ethnic foods helped mark the beginning of school for Lansing Community College students at at the 11th Annual Student Life and Leadership Caribbean Festival on Saturday The festival, which was held at the North Washington Square Mall in Lansing, began in 1994 as a one-day affair with one band as "something different to have for students," said Denise Harris, director of Student Life and Leadership at LCC. Now, 10 years later, the festival has grown into a 12-hour event, featuring bands, vendors and food. "It's an event that the community looks forward to," Harris said. This year, the Zulu Connection stilt dancing troupe from New Orleans, performed at the festival, along with drums and music.
A hearing to determine whether public employers can offer benefits to domestic partners is scheduled for today at the Ingham County 30th Circuit Court and proponents will hold a rally before the hearing. Triangle Foundation Director of Policy Sean Kosofsky said the benefits should remain legal. "I don't want to comment on possible decisions from the hearing, but we are expecting a positive outcome because the intent behind Proposal 2 was not to restrict domestic benefits," he said. In 2004, Proposal 2 was put on the ballot and was ratified as a Michigan Constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is representing 22 same-sex couples who filed a lawsuit in March after Attorney General Mike Cox interpreted the amendment as barring the city of Kalamazoo from providing domestic-partner benefits in future contracts. Messages left at the attorney general's office were not returned. The court hearing, which would have been last month, was postponed in order for Gov.
The city of East Lansing has received a grant to help fund an extension of the Northern Tier Trail. The $92,400 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will help the city extend the trail about a mile farther north.
"If you can't make a game, you should be able to sell your ticket." Nate Bohm 2005 graduate "I don't think it should be on their (ID) card.
Robert Farrell believes we're not alone in the universe. In his book, "Alien Log," Farrell said he relates his theories to the reader through a fictional story. "One day, I came to the realization that there was other life in the galaxy," Farrell said.
Tonight, hungry students wandering Albert Avenue for something to eat will have a new option. Menna's Joint is opening a second location next to Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave. "We just needed to expand," owner Joe Conrad said. The opening at 7 p.m.
Instead of letting obsolete cell phones sit dormant in a closet or drawer after getting them upgraded, people can donate their phones to charities that give them to people in need. The Charitable Recycling Program, located in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., collects phones for emerging countries with economic needs for cell phones, marketing manager Jonnie Sullivan said. "We clean them all up and make them look nice and put new batteries in them," she said.