When Lansing resident Alice Brinkman founded REACH Studio Art Center in 2003, the artist not only wanted to have a space to make textile pieces, but also envisioned a place that would give the community access to art.
It only took more than a century and the cries of countless disgruntled fans, coaches and members of the media — but it finally happened.
MSU Law Professor Wenona Singel was sworn in June 12 to the advisory board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation after being nominated by President Barack Obama. Singel traveled to Washington, D.C., and was sworn in by United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
According to a hot weather warning issued at 3:44 p.m. Wednesday by the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids to Ingham County, as well as neighboring counties Mason, Clinton, Eaton and Jackson, a temperature of 99 degrees is expected today. With a 20 percent chance of rain, thunderstorms are possible during the afternoon and evening in the humid air mass.
With a unanimous vote Tuesday night, East Lansing City Council delivered the final nail in the coffin of Strathmore Development Co.’s involvement in the City Center II development project. Upon reviewing the final due-diligence report, the council came to the decision that the nearly decade-old, $105 million mixed-use development project was financially infeasible, and passed this information on to Strathmore President Scott Chappelle, who then asked to withdraw from the project.
About 19,300 people in Michigan presently are living with HIV, but about 4,500 of those individuals are uninformed of their condition, according to Michigan data from April. Wednesday was National HIV Testing Day and gave people across the country who may be uninformed about their status the opportunity to learn if they have or are at risk for HIV or an STD and receive information on prevention and treatment.
BackStage Pass, a local TV series, provides viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at music created in Michigan by hosting live performances and interviews with musicians.
There’s only one day left to vote for the 2012 football student section T-shirt before the polling period closes on Friday.
When Rep. Lisa Brown, D-West Bloomfield, took the Michigan House floor a couple of weeks ago to make a passionate speech debating a contentious abortion bill, her words resonated across the United States, gaining national attention after saying “Mr. Speaker, I’m flattered that you’re all so interested in my vagina, but no means no.”
After 11 years of a proposed construction project being discussed at East Lansing City Council meetings, the City Center II project was effectively killed Tuesday night when the council voted unanimously not to enter into a development agreement with Strathmore Development Co.
After MSU Police investigated the death of journalism freshman Olivia Pryor in March, Marquez Dominique Cannon was arraigned today in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court on three charges: criminal sexual conduct injury to an incapacitated victim, selling or furnishing to a minor causing death and criminal sexual conduct force or coercion.
During its bi-weekly work session, East Lansing City Council discussed how to move forward in dealing with the unauthorized fifth floor being built as part of the St. Anne Lofts project. Infinity Companies, LLC originally was approved to build a four-floor mixed use building at 213 Ann St., but city officials recently noticed the developer had begun construction on a fifth floor without approval. When the discrepancy was brought to the developer’s attention, the city then received a request for approval of the fifth floor.
Compared to a 15 percent cut to MSU’s state funding in 2011-12, MSU saw more government support for the 2012-13 fiscal year, when Gov.
East Lansing City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night not to enter into a development agreement with Strathmore Development Co. concerning City Center II. Planning and Community Development Director Tim Dempsey presented the completed due diligence report to council during a special meeting, after which he recommended that the project was not economically feasible for the city to take on at this time.
East Lansing Fire Department and MSU police responded to a chemical fire between 4:11 and 4:56 p.m. on June 21 in the Chemistry Building on Shaw Lane. A 55-year-old employee was attempting to dispose of chemical waste under a fume hood and the waste began to smoke, then caught fire. The employee called a 28-year-old male for help and they pulled the fire alarm to evacuate the building. Firefighters distinguished the remaining flames and allowed individuals to re-enter the building. There was no damage to the building. Phone Missing An 18-year-old male student reported his phone missing during Academic Orientation Program between 10-10:30 p.m.
The Clean Affordable Renewable Energy for Michigan Coalition met on the 22nd floor of the Boji Tower in downtown Lansing Friday morning, to launch a campaign to stop the 25 X 25 Ballot Initiative. According to the press release, “The ballot proposal would amend Michigan’s Constitution to require Michigan to produce 25 percent of its electricity from renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro and biomass by 2025, regardless of the cost to electric customers.” Senator Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, said his office spent 16 hours reviewing the 2008 bill that currently is in effect and requires Michigan to produce 10 percent of its energy from renewable sources. “We looked at all the options available to Michigan and set up a plan,” Nofs said.
For the third time since 2007, the Grammy and Tony Award-winning production “Wicked” will return to East Lansing. The show will open at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall and run until July 8.
The announcement today from ESPN and the MSU Athletics Department that the men’s basketball team will be traveling to Germany for its 2012 season opener has many saying, “Athletics Director Mark Hollis has done it again.”
Kimberly Fritzsche, of Owosso, Mich. practices a special technique of Taekwondo at IM West with the MSU Taekwondo Club. The club is part of both USA Taekwondo and the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association and is training for a national championship.
As both an MSU graduate student and a community liaison, Erin Carter is particularly excited about the new Off-Campus Housing Listing site, which MSU had up and running late last week.