State universities likely will have to spend less time conducting research and more time filing paperwork if they decide to adhere to intent language included in the state’s education budget adopted last week. This boilerplate language requires universities in state to report the human embryonic stem cell research they conduct. Although Michael Gadola, a member of Gov.
The streets of the Big Apple were lit up with images of the rainbow flag this past weekend as New Yorkers celebrated the legalization of same-sex marriage. The northeastern state is the sixth, but largest, state to pass the law. Shortly after being approved in the state Senate by a vote of 33-29 late Friday night, the news was announced and quickly became the trending topic of Twitter feeds. Comparative cultures and politics senior Sean Watkins was making his way into Manhattan when he heard the news, but it wasn’t long before he joined the celebration. “I was really happy for it,” he said.
East Lansing currently is in the running to receive a $50,000 grant to support its small businesses. Intuit will give out a total of $100,000 to the top two cities in its Love a Local Business program next month.
MSU faculty member Gary Reid received the Michigan Association of Broadcasters’, or MAB’s, highest honor at the organization’s annual conference on Mackinac Island Monday night. Reid, who serves as a distinguished senior academic specialist in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, received a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the state’s broadcasting and radio industries. “I was actually stunned,” Reid said upon learning of the award.
Steve Smith hosted his 12th annual charity golf outing Tuesday to raise funds for the MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan, the George Webster Scholarship Fund and the Steve Smith Charitable Fund.
Mark Van Ameyde, who has served as the MSU baseball’s pitching coach since the 2009 season, has been promoted to associate head coach, head baseball coach Jake Boss Jr. announced Tuesday.
The East Lansing City Council is slated to make a significant stride in a pair of development projects that will add to the downtown skyline. The council is set to approve the first of two mixed-use development agreements that would authorize construction of an eight-story, mixed-use building near the Ann Street Plaza, on the corner of Grove Street and Albert Avenue.
Seth Tompkins, co-owner of What Up Dawg?, didn’t open a food business last February to serve people lunch.
East Lansing saw a major increase in traffic on Sunday as thousands of fans flocked to the city to see one of the world’s most popular rock bands. U2’s East Lansing concert was one of the biggest draws of the summer, and many local businesses profited from the large influx of fans.
Despite dealing with an additional 70,000 people for the U2 concert Sunday night, crime in the city was under control, local police officials said. “From the perspective (of police,) there were very little problems,” East Lansing police Capt.
A semitruck backed into a 43-year-old Lansing woman’s car at about 9:30 a.m. June 24 on Service and Recycling roads, MSU police Sgt.
Working on the farm is notoriously tough, with agriculture students generally working on crop farms from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the summer, but the overabundance of rain has graduate student Erin Taylor and others working until sundown — sometimes as late as 10 p.m. — to get crops planted.
Last week marked the start of the MSU Community Language School’s language summer camps for kids. The Community Language School was created in 2008 as a part of MSU’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement.
For an hour Monday, the East Lansing Public Library welcomed Dash and two other dogs for children to read to. The dogs are registered therapy dogs who have gone through training to serve as literacy mentors for children.
As we inch closer to the 2011 college football season, it’s becoming clear MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio knows exactly what he’s doing along the recruiting trail.
The partisan brawl over cutting the deficit soon will come to a temporary end. By Aug. 2, Congress must strike a deal to cut government spending to ensure our government does not default on its debt. Although it will be a rare and important policy achievement, there is much more work to be done to get people back to work.
After just four seasons at MSU, including 2008 when he won Big Ten Coach of the Year, men’s golf head coach Sam Puryear has resigned from his position to care for an ailing family member.
The Michigan Dr. Ron Davis Smoke-Free Air Law is in danger of choking to death. The Smoke-Free Air Law, which went into effect over a year ago, prohibited smoking in most public areas in Michigan, including local businesses.
An 18-year-old woman was transported to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital around 5 p.m. today after a car struck and injured her.
MSU graduate student and 24-year-old Andrew David Thompson was arraigned today on charges of five counts of animal killing, a source from the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office said. The student allegedly killed five dogs and was investigated by Ingham County Animal Control, the source said. He faces an additional five charges of animal killing and one count of animal neglect.