Gov. Jennifer Granholm asked Michigan legislators Friday to approve about $163 million in federal funding to improve Michigan airports, including $4.75 million for Lansing’s Capital Region International Airport.
Thanks to low-cost transportation and additional sponsors, thousands of families went exploring on Saturday, laughing and enjoying themselves in the sunshine. The families weren’t at Cedar Point or anywhere out of state. They were right in their hometown.
Local educators and students say that the quality of education at East Lansing High School has been impacted by the school’s proximity and relationship with MSU.
The Abbott Center’s parking lot was filled with what many think of as trash on Saturday, and for organizers of East Lansing’s Project Pride, that was a sign of another successful year. Project Pride, held at 1400-1500 Abbot Road, is an annual cleanup event where residents bring their household items to be recycled or reused. Some of the items accepted included usable furniture, scrap metal and cardboard.
When international relations sophomore Brad Dennis starts his second year at MSU, he will have more on his plate than 12 credit hours — he’ll be campaigning for Ingham County’s Board of Commissioners.
The East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, will begin its summer renovation project Monday.
Leaving a harsh environmental footprint isn’t difficult on a more than 5,000-acre campus. But, to help combat the toll the university takes on its surroundings, MSU is beginning an environmental stewardship program this summer that will continue throughout the school year. The program is looking at lowering ecological waste in two ways: Reducing energy consumption on campus and reducing the amount of materials the university sends to landfills, said Kathy Lindahl, assistant vice president for finance and operations.
The 14th annual Be a Tourist in Your Own Town event is happening this weekend in Lansing and on campus.
If the driver’s license or other personal data isn’t helping to catch a suspect, try their tattoo.
A statewide ban on smoking in public places, including college residence halls, could limit students’ opportunity to smoke in their rooms this fall, but University Housing has already pledged to make MSU smoke-free by August 1.
Pat LeBlanc’s primary concern is quality — the quality of the education delivered to the future specialists training at the MSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital and the quality of the care given to the animals.
It’s a bittersweet time for Detroit sports fanatics. With the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup finals and the Detroit Pistons one step behind in the Eastern Conference finals, fans have been forced to make agonizing decisions in their living rooms. Each of the past four games have been televised on the same night and at virtually the same time, leaving Detroit fans wavering over which jersey to don.
Old houses, Arabian horses, diamonds and bull semen — the donations to MSU aren’t all made in cash. “The list is kind of strange,” said Marti Heil, interim vice president for university development, MSU’s fundraising arm.
As East Lansing residents get ready to welcome the summer at the Family Aquatic Center’s new splash park, organizers are focused on completing the fundraising for the $185,000 addition.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to veto a ban on partial-birth abortion passed Tuesday by the Michigan House of Representatives. The Michigan Senate passed the bill on January 22 by a 24-13 vote.
A 26-year-old male student had $2,150 of items stolen from the fourth floor of the Main Library on Tuesday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A new public health master’s degree program at MSU is trying to create a promising future in public health care by reversing the shortage of workers in the field. MSU will offer the new program beginning this fall.
For local farmers, a failing economy, lack of rain in the area and even Tuesday night’s frosty temperatures are not enough to dampen their spirits about the Allen Street Farmers Market’s fifth season.
Michigan’s state parks are the next participants in the going green trend. A new green toilet and shower building at Grand Haven State Park is the first of its kind in Michigan and will serve as the prototype for all future state park renovations and new facilities, said Patrick Whalen, unit supervisor for Grand Haven State Park.