Lawmakers and the governor are attempting to send ineffective teachers to the principal’s office, but it’s the legislators who need the time-out. Four separate bills, all approved by the state Legislature June 30, would change the tenure process for teachers in an attempt to retain more quality teachers.
Police confirmed the body found in a Pennsylvania lake at 9:45 a.m. today is graduate student Aaron Riley, Pennsylvania State police Cpl.
Lansing resident Sean Dunham sat beneath a tree in Valley Court Park yesterday watching his son Barron, 3, practice twirling a hula hoop around his arm, stopping occasionally to grab a handful of fresh-picked blueberries from the carton his father just purchased. Dunham, his wife Jennifer and their two children, Barron and Caroline, 17, spent the afternoon resting in the shade after a morning of shopping at the East Lansing Farmers Market, as they often do on Sundays during the summer. “It’s always interesting to see what (the vendors) have in the stalls,” Sean Dunham said.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., thinks Michigan soon could be the advanced battery capital of the world, and she came to MSU Friday to announce an initiative that would help the state realize this potential. Stabenow chose MSU’s Energy and Automotive Research Laboratories as the site to unveil her Battery Innovation Act — legislation focusing on creating advanced battery development opportunities and jobs throughout Michigan and the U.S. “What’s exciting is we’re taking what we’ve always done very well, which is make things, and combining that with the research and development of new technologies,” Stabenow said. The Battery Innovation Act would work to spur the nation’s research and development and increase the production of advanced batteries.
Students attending MSU’s College of Human Medicine, or CHM, could have additional opportunities to train in communities across the state after college officials announced their plans to expand the college’s Upper Peninsula campus last week. The college is examining the possibility of partnering with three additional hospitals across the state’s northern region, in the process training more medical students. Currently, most students — about 10 per year — complete most of the third year of their rotational training at Marquette General Hospital, 580 W.
When I was walking back to campus from St. John’s Student Center last weekend, I noticed an interesting juxtaposition on the corner of M.A.C.
A 25-year-old woman from Holt, Mich., fled from MSU police Sunday morning at about 2 a.m. during a car chase through campus, MSU police Sgt.
Thanks to Gov. Rick Snyder, we’ll soon see if “three strikes, and you’re out” is better for the job market than “one and done.”
As a crowd of vendors and customers gathered Sunday to end the East Lansing Farmers Market, another crowd was geared up nearby to take part in the two-mile Blues Family Health Walk with the Mayor.
For about four hours, former MSU instructor Steve Helderman was held hostage Thursday by a Grand Rapids man who shot and killed seven people the same day. The whole time, Rodrick Dantzler never took his finger off the .40-caliber handgun he used to kill his wife, child and eventually himself, Helderman’s brother Tom Helderman said.
To those who knew him, no one was as devoted to MSU as William Faunce. Simply called Bill by his friends and family, the former MSU sociology professor and chairperson had a connection with the school from a young age, something he carried with him until his death from liver cancer July 3 at the age of 83.
As fans patiently wait for the new season to begin, EA Sports will ease some of that tension with the release of its latest football title “NCAA Football 12” on Tuesday for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles.
MSU men’s basketball sophomore guard Keith Appling and the USA U19 World Champion -ship Team took down Australia, 78-77, for fifth place Sunday in the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship in Riga, Latvia. The defending championship U.S. team lost its chance for the gold medal with its 79-74 loss to Russia Friday.
Through his first week with the Lansing Lugnuts, former Spartan Eli Boike has put up a .250 batting average in three games, hitting 3-for-12 from the plate. The former Spartan has added two RBIs and walked once while going without an error in the field.
High heels of every conceivable variety pointed down at the sidewalk outside an empty storefront in Lansing’s Eastwood Towne Center.
Most college graduates looking to enter the field of teaching don’t worry about finding a job. There are so many schools and so many students that teachers always are in demand, Lauren Blakely said. But holding on to that teaching job is a graduate’s biggest concern, the history senior said.
Prosecutors requested the bond for the alleged dog killer to be raised to a total of $1 million in court Thursday because of previous threats of violence to witnesses he made, among other things, Ingham County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Lisa McCormick said. Graduate student Andrew David Thompson’s lack of ties to the community after his suspension from the College of Osteopathic Medicine and the nature of the 13 counts of animal killing he faces also influenced the prosecution’s request, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Cruz said.
A study led by an MSU professor asserts that Asian carp could pose serious damage to the Great Lakes ecosystem if they spread across the region’s waterways. University distinguished professor in fisheries and wildlife Bill Taylor’s research indicates the voracious species of fish could threaten existing fish populations in the state’s lakes and harm water systems and various commercial and recreational fisheries. “You know it’s big when academics and the management community say we don’t need five more years of study,” Taylor said in a statement. Taylor worked with three other researchers from institutions across the country to study the effects of potential Asian carp proliferation, examining key assertions from policymakers along the way. Taylor and his research team disputed claims by policymakers who say electrical barriers are an effective means of preventing the fish from entering lake waters, among other things. The most notable of those electrical barriers operates in rivers near Chicago.
As the directors for WDBM (88.9-FM) sat down for their weekly meeting, three gold records were stacked unceremoniously against the back wall, one on top of the other. This past decade the Impact — MSU’s college radio station — won the Gold Record Award for Michigan’s college radio station of the year 10 consecutive times.
Graduate student Andrew David Thompson admitted to killing 10 Italian greyhounds by grabbing them by the neck and beating them or throwing them against the wall or floor, court records show. Thompson admitted to killing the dogs during an investigation by Ingham County Animal Control, according to court records. Thompson faces charges of 13 counts of dog killing, three of which allegedly occurred in a condominium at 220 M.A.C.