If there is anything I have learned as a student of public policy, it is that most large problems have complicated solutions. There are many independent variables that not only interact with a dependent variable but also play off themselves. We sometimes forget that when we hear the one-liners used in political campaigns.
Last session, the East Lansing City Council did a great job protecting children from the dangers of alcohol. Unfortunately, no one told them that the children are already well protected in that respect. By a 3-2 vote, the council decided to deny an application that would have allowed the East Lansing BP gas station, 504 Michigan Ave., to sell packaged beer, wine and spirits.
Last session, the East Lansing City Council did a great job protecting children from the dangers of alcohol. Unfortunately, no one told them that the children are already well protected in that respect. By a 3-2 vote, the council decided to deny an application that would have allowed the East Lansing BP gas station, 504 Michigan Ave., to sell packaged beer, wine and spirits.
As the sun set and opening act Blackberry Smoke moved off the main stage at the 12th annual Common Ground Music Festival, legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd took the stage Thursday night and rocked the thousands of people sitting in Adado Riverfront Park.
More than 10 years ago, 24-year-old Brandon D’Annunzio died in Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital from blunt force trauma to the head. After years of investigation, a tipster helped police identify a potential suspect last winter.
Systemic problems within the Detroit Police Department have led MSU professor and sexual assault researcher Rebecca Campbell to work with authorities on a new system of increased efficiency for response to sexual assault. After 10,559 untested sexual assault kits, also known as rape kits, dating back to the 1980s were discovered, the Department of Justice funded a project in which Campbell is serving as an independent evaluator of the kits with the hopes of forming a new protocol for sexual assault response that could become the national standard.
Nearly 10 months after ground was first broken at the site, construction progress continues as expected at the Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research, university officials said yesterday. The foundation at the site is in the process of being poured, and the building should be ready for occupation in October 2012, university engineer Bob Nestle said. Upon completion, the $17.6 million facility is expected to provide additional space for programs related to MSU’s College of Nursing operations.
The two individuals involved in the accident on I-96 West that left one dead and one in critical condition at about 9 p.m.
The Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee announced plans to review the state’s statute of limitations concerning crimes such as kidnapping, assault with intent to commit murder, attempted murder and manslaughter.
One woman was killed in a car accident on I-96 West near the Okemos, Mason 110 exit at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, Michigan State Police Sgt.
At midnight on Friday, movie theaters in East Lansing and across the nation will dim their lights and flick on their projectors, beginning the end of an era for the Harry Potter series.
Finding out the person responsible for her son’s death cannot be prosecuted has left Shawn D’Annunzio shocked, hurt and numb. Although investigators have identified the suspect allegedly involved in the death of 24-year-old Brandon D’Annunzio on Oct.
After months of searching, Mohamed Gibril feels he has nowhere left to turn. Gibril — one of 19 Libyan students participating in MSU’s Visiting International Professional Program, or VIPP — and his colleagues could face intense legal scrutiny from the federal government after Friday, the last day program members legally can remain in the U.S.
When MSU alumnus Dan Redford first arrived on campus, his mind was made up: He was going to become a lawyer and get involved in politics. He soon joined a pre-law fraternity, eventually becoming its president, and even interned in the Michigan State Senate. But he soon discovered that law and politics might not be for him.
An application by Reno’s Sports Bar and Grill, 1310 Abbot Road, for a modified special use permit and site plan was reviewed at the East Lansing Planning Commission’s meeting Wednesday.
July 9, 2011, now will be known as South Sudan’s independence day. In January, a referendum was held, and a majority voted that the Southern region should be independent from the North.
One day, in the spring of 2004, Saginaw County, Mich., farmer Dallas Sutliff went to work and found 24 acres of his corn had been damaged — decimated by wild pigs. With property adjacent to a hunting facility that housed wild boars, Sutliff soon realized about 50 pigs escaped from the nearby facility and were responsible for the several thousands of dollars worth of damage to his crops.
According to scout.com, MSU has landed a verbal commitment from three-star recruit MacGarrett Kings Jr.
After almost 20 years of national and international tours and growing fame, the Verve Pipe still loves to return to the Lansing area — the current home city of Donny Brown and fellow band members Randy Sly (keyboard) and Craig Griffith (harmonica) — where it played at the Common Ground Music Festival in downtown Lansing Tuesday night.
I am writing in response to opinion writer Lazarus Jackson’s column “America’s unhappy birthday” (SN 7/7). In my opinion, history is not a prologue, but a precedent for our country’s current state. Despite the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln ordered that the construction of the nation’s capital dome continue as a symbol of unity, sending the message that although the country was in a state of open war, the Union still would survive. Our country has seen greater challenges and worked through them, and our current state is no exception.