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Furlough closes E.L. Library today
The East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, will be closed today for a staff furlough.
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City Council to discuss budget, growing deficit
The East Lansing City Council will begin budget brainstorming Saturday during its weekend retreat as the city faces a deficit that is expected to exceed the current fiscal year’s almost $2 million shortfall.
MICHIGAN
Mich. could see new constitution after Nov. vote
Michigan voters will be offered the opportunity to overturn the Michigan constitution in November’s election.
MSU
Olin's screening questions could detect depression
Blood pressure, temperature and a two-question survey screening for depression soon will become part of a routine checkup for students seeking treatment at Olin Health Center.
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Visiting professor speaks on climate change at MSU
By the year 2100, the globe is at risk to lose 40 percent of the animal population to extinction, according to Terry Root.
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2009 donations decline at MSU, across country
Donations to MSU in 2009 fell 4 percent from the previous year, but the drop was lower than the Big Ten average, according to a survey released Wednesday. The report, released by the Council for Aid to Education, or CAE, found the national average in giving decreased 12 percent between July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. The Big Ten averaged about a 10 percent decrease. More than 1,000 institutions participated in the survey.
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Students rally to support higher education
Fumiko Sakashita is on her own. Like many other international students at MSU, Sakashita, an American studies doctoral student, looked forward to being a teaching assistant to help pay for continuing her education. However, in light of the recent budget cuts at MSU, her goal seems less likely to pan out.
MICHIGAN
Granholm: Restore Mich. Promise
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said during her eighth and final State of the State address Wednesday she will reinstate the Michigan Promise Scholarship in her budget proposal for the 2010-11 fiscal year. In her speech at the Capitol in Lansing, the governor said she will fund the scholarship, restructuring it to keep graduates in Michigan. However, she did not reveal how she plans to fund it.
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Detroit groups, MSU aim to 'green' metro
The vacant lots and abandoned houses of Detroit’s urban landscape could turn into green pastures soon. MSU started a partnership with the Greening of Detroit, a Detroit-based nonprofit organization aimed at encouraging environmental awareness in Detroit, Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earthworks Garden and the Detroit Agriculture Network to create the Garden Resource Program Collaborative.
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MSU pushing robot development
In the basement of the Engineering Building is a series of doors, behind which lie robots that climb walls, detect breast cancer tumors and test protective clothing worn by soldiers.
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Business college hopes to grow with new dean
After months of searching, MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business will have a chance to break new ground if Stefanie Lenway is approved as the new dean. Lenway, currently the dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, College of Business Administration, would be the first female dean in the history of MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business.
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E.L. officials seek out federal grant money
People might take issue with the bailout’s billions of dollars, the national deficit and the trillions tied to China, but the city of East Lansing is grabbing at every penny of grant money Washington has to offer.
NEWS
Granholm announces plan to restore Michigan Promise Scholarship
Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday her plan to restore funding for the Michigan Promise Scholarship in her 2011 budget. The announcement came as part of the governor’s final State of the State address.
MICHIGAN
Granholm set to host final state address
One week after proposing about $450 million in savings by cutting spending on state employees, term-limited Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will deliver annual speech tonight at 7 p.m.
MSU
FRIB gets $10M in Obama's proposal
President Barack Obama requested $10 million in his proposed 2011 budget to fund MSU’s future Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. University officials said the project is progressing as expected.
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Gubernatorial candidates report campaign finances
Republican candidate Rick Snyder leads all candidates with $3.3 million raised, but $2.6 million of that came from his own pocket. Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox trails Snyder with $1.83 million, while the only announced Democratic candidate, state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-Salem Township, has raised $36,245.
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Taxi stands return to Albert Avenue after E.L. City Council vote
East Lansing City Council voted to move downtown taxi stands back to their original Albert Avenue location and also created six additional spaces on the street during its Tuesday meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
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MSU group collects winter clothes
MSU Community Programs is hosting a clothing drive until Feb. 22. MSU Community Programs is part of the Student Alumni Foundation.
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Lecture series to kickoff Thursday
Terry Root, a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, is scheduled to discuss climate change and its effect on Michigan species from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Union, Parlors A and B.
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Fishing regulation vital for ecosystem
Visit any local grocery store and you’ll find a seemingly endless spread of some of the world’s finest fish, ready for purchase. To the average consumer, the variety and abundance of fish appears to have never been greater — and that’s the problem, said Bill Taylor, an MSU professor of fisheries and wildlife.