A new deal has been made to consolidate Ingham County’s two 911 call centers. The project will save the county $6 million throughout a 10-year period and will combine the two centers in East Lansing and Lansing into one. Construction is slated to begin early this spring. And, despite the county’s savings, East Lansing officials aren’t happy about their financial obligations.
The state has decided to take a new approach to helping students find their career: social networking, at the cost of $1.5 million. The Michigan Department of Treasury will launch its new Web site in September, which is meant to help students transition between high school, college and a career.
Mismanagement of credit cards happens because of inexperience and lack of knowledge, not always because one is young. There are responsible and knowledgeable 19-year-olds who use credit cards correctly, while a middle-aged adult might rack up mountains of debt.
A new program organized by the National Center on Education and the Economy soon will implement a program in dozens of high schools in eight states in an attempt to propel students toward college faster.
A new project — whether it be a new apartment or some other building — should have something with character, not just a parking lot. The stretch of land is one of the first things drivers see coming in from Trowbridge Road, so whatever is built there should have a certain amount of “curb appeal,” unlike what the university is attempting to do with the less-than-beautiful Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.
Last November, four MSU students allegedly threw a firework into MSU student Eric Flatley’s Grove Street yard as part of a prank.As if they didn’t have enough to worry about, two of the students have been suspended, according to reports.
Student politicians jet setting across the globe without telling anybody can make people begin to wonder where exactly their tax dollars are going.
As the Michigan economy continues to sink deeper into the sea of financial instability, the state must turn to radical means to right the ship. Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s new service tax proposal is one of the changes — and a correct one.
The governor wants a way to stop the brain drain, but this isn’t the best way to clog the pipe. Michigan needs a program that will help young people pay for college as they go along, not a $4,000 prize for weathering the storm of Michigan’s economic climate.
Families across the United States are struggling to find ways to live within their means, and the city of East Lansing is no different.
Go to class and break the law, or skip class and risk failing? That’s the worry of some students who are summoned for jury duty during the semester. According to current MSU College of Law attendance policies, a student cannot miss more than two weeks of class, regardless of the excuse, including a legal obligation such as jury duty. So if a student was summoned for jury duty and the court case lasted more than two weeks, that student would not receive credit for an entire semester of work.
Despite the movement toward change in the U.S., change will not come to MSU in the form of a logo. A revised logo found on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web site a few weeks ago was met with large public outcry and protesting. Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced in an open letter Friday that “after careful consideration,” the athletics department will use the current Spartans logo design “to build (MSU’s) visual brand identity.” Although many students are excited their beloved logo will not be tampered with, others are excited to see their voices being heard.
It is the students’ right to protest, but in order for such protests to be successful, they need to have an organized stance. Different concerns shouldn’t be downplayed, but they can’t be promoted all at once in a cacophony of hoots and hollers.
Promises aren’t made to be broken, and Gov. Jennifer Granholm apparently would like to make sure the Michigan Promise Scholarship doesn’t go down in history as one of her broken guarantees.
Like many MSU students, we forgot to do our homework yesterday. In yesterday’s editorial concerning the 2010 U.S. Census, Students should complete census thoughtfully (SN 2/4), we put forth an uninformed opinion based on faulty assumptions and information.
East Lansing is home to tens of thousands of MSU students, but is it really home? Although East Lansing Mayor Vic Loomis made an appearance at the rock on Farm Lane to encourage students to complete the 2010 U.S. Census as residents of East Lansing, it is in students’ best interest to thoroughly think through their answers.
MSU Beyond Coal, a student group that wants MSU to move away from using coal energy, has some very lofty goals for the university. Unfortunately, those goals also appear to be a bit too idealistic.
In an extremely uncharacteristic move, Gov. Jennifer Granholm actually is proposing real and radical steps to address Michigan’s staggering budget deficit.
President Barack Obama addressed various of issues in his State of the Union address last Wednesday, but his new plan to help cut student loans might be the most important topic for students at MSU and across the country.
It’s no secret that the State News editorial board hasn’t been pleased with how the City Center II project has been handled in the past, but recent project developments are giving the city of East Lansing an opportunity to buckle down and finally push forward.