In 2010, Google’s Fiber for Communities project aimed to provide ultra-fast Internet connectivity to communities across the nation but only chose one location. With commercial providers having no plans to provide ultra-fast Internet to communities, a new team of universities have come together to pick up where Google left off.
Professor of teacher education Charles Anderson brought together more than 50 educators, researchers and policymakers last week for the Learning Progressions Footprint Conference in Washington, D.C.
In the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, a unique opportunity has presented itself for the U.S. After a near-flawless operation in Pakistani territory reminded the world of the reach and power of the U. S. military, we are now able to enter the arena of international affairs in a position of strength.
In the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, a unique opportunity has presented itself for the U.S. After a near-flawless operation in Pakistani territory reminded the world of the reach and power of the U. S. military, we are now able to enter the arena of international affairs in a position of strength.
If an elected official misses the point, is his statement still right? State Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, was right when he said that he didn’t “think it’s appropriate to offer any enticement to vote for or against elected officials of any kind.” Unfortunately, the subject he was talking about had nothing to do with enticing voters.
The roommate of alleged dog killer Andrew David Thompson testified in court Friday that she heard yelping and a thump from his room before he told her his dog, “kicked the can.” The testimony of veterinary medicine student Chelsea Grimes, who lived with Thompson at 220 M.A.C.
Former MSU and NBA basketball player Jay Vincent was jailed Thursday for continuing to scam people after pleading guilty to charges of fraud last year, according to an article by the Lansing State Journal. Vincent’s bond was revoked at a U.S.
Although the heat wave that has hit East Lansing this month resulted in an excessive heat warning, political science and pre-law junior Mark Hill said it’s been a nice change from the typically frigid Michigan winters. This July has been one of the hottest in Greater Lansing’s history and, with a few hot days expected to close out the month, could rank in the top ten hottest July’s in city history. Lansing’s hottest July occurred back in 1868 when the average high temperature was 90.6 degrees, National Weather Service meteorologist George Wetzel said. This month, the high temperature has averaged nearly 87 degrees, four degrees higher than normal, Wetzel said. The string of warm days has led to a major increase in profits for a number of local establishments. Lisa Foss is the owner of 7-Eleven, 918 E.
A Lansing-based medical marijuana clinic‘s promise to reward patients who vowed to vote with free marijuana incited outrage in state Sen.
On the day when many teams made noise at the Big Ten Media Day, MSU made some of its own along the recruiting trail. Scout.com reports that MSU landed two verbal commitments, one from four-star wide receiver Aaron Burbridge and the other from three-star defensive back Jermaine Edmondson. Burbridge, a 6-foot-1, 175-pound receiver from Farmington Hills, Mich., becomes the third receiver to sign on for Mark Dantonio’s 2012 class, shucking offers from Michigan, Ohio State, Illinois, Cincinnati and Notre Dame.
The normally quiet first floor corridor of Bessey Hall turned into a bustling exhibition Thursday, as more than 200 people packed the building for MSU’s first annual Summer University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum. More than 125 student research projects and poster boards lined the narrow hallway during the event’s two-hour walk-through session, many drawing large crowds.
State budget director John Nixon announced Thursday afternoon his office will not strip MSU of an additional $18.3 million in state funding as a result of the school’s disputed tuition increase. Nixon’s office announced they found MSU to be in compliance with the state’s tuition restraint provisions, after school officials voted to raise tuition this fall 6.9 percent. The matter previously had been disputed by the House Fiscal Agency and state lawmakers, who claimed the school’s tuition actually will increase 9.4 percent this fall.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today formally detailed his plan to go after a federal appeals court that overturned a state ban on affirmative action, a move which could impact state universities and set up warring factions in a battle for enrollment and admissions criteria. Schuette said in a press conference held in Detroit he plans to file an appeal before the Friday deadline. “It’s absurd to conclude that banning racial discrimination somehow perpetuates racial discrimination,” Schuette said in a statement. Earlier this month, Schuette revealed he planned to challenge an early-July ruling by the U.S.
Two weeks after City Manager Ted Staton announced his October departure after 16 years in East Lansing, another major shift in East Lansing city staff was announced Wednesday morning. Staton announced his appointment of Assistant City Manager Marie McKenna as East Lansing’s next city clerk, effective in September when City Clerk Nicole Evans leaves her position to be deputy court administrator in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court. McKenna also will maintain her role as assistant city manager, in addition to the city clerk responsibilities — a move that will eliminate one city position, saving the city about $75,000, Staton said. The shift will come just before November’s city council election, where McKenna will be responsible for overseeing key parts of the election process — an aspect of the job McKenna said is her main focus and challenge right now. “In some ways, it’s a good election for a new clerk to cut their teeth on,” Staton said, noting the coming election — which usually has a low turnout — will help prepare her for next year’s presidential election. Evans said she formed a list of written procedures to assist McKenna in her transition, in addition to a pre-election task list. The move has been in the works for about a month, McKenna said, when city officials first realized the possibility that Evans might vacate her position.
Seventy-two Chinese senior undergraduate students majoring in turfgrass management began a two-week orientation Friday before heading off to turf management internships around the country for the fall semester.
University officials expect this fall’s incoming freshman class to top several previous statistical benchmarks after the school received a record number of applications this past year. Out of more than 28,000 freshmen applications submitted to the school, MSU’s Office of Admissions has made formal admissions offers to more than 20,000 students.
A conflict between an MSU fraternity and the city of East Lansing has reopened discussions regarding the grand vision of a neighborhood near the middle of campus. Wednesday, the East Lansing Planning Commission called for city officials to begin revisiting future plans for the East Village area, after a proposal by the FarmHouse Fraternity to expand its house resulted in a sticky conflict with a lingering city ordinance. The fraternity was stalled in its efforts to add another wing on to its house, 151 Bogue St., due to a standing city zoning ordinance put in place to facilitate the now-idle East Village project, which sought to incorporate high-rise mixed-use buildings in the Bogue Street area.
Plans to renovate a play structure at Patriarche Park, 960 Alton Road, were put on hiatus after chemical tests showed concentrations of arsenic in the wood’s core. Rotary Club of East Lansing president Tim McCaffrey confirmed the presence of the arsenic on the structure’s surface but was unsure of its extent. A known carcinogen in high doses, arsenic can cause cancer in extreme cases, as well as myriad other health problems depending on the exposure.
The previous attorney prosecuting Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s daughter, who faces several misdemeanor charges, disqualified himself because of a conflict of interest earlier this week. East Lansing Assistant City Attorney Tom Yeadon, who originally was assigned the case, also is appointed as a special assistant attorney for the city of Lansing. Kelly Bernero, 23, was pulled over June 13 in East Lansing and arrested for refusing a Breathalyzer test and for marijuana possession. Yeadon refused to take the case because of his ties to the city of Lansing. The case has been reassigned to a Meridian Township attorney, Cullen Harkness.
