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.
A recently passed law in Georgia designed to deter illegal immigrants is having the desired effect — much to the displeasure of Georgia farmers.
Should the city try to find a way out of or around any agreement with Strathmore Development Co. when it comes to City Center II? It’s starting to look more like the answer to that question is, “Yes.”
After a brief statement from departing City Manager Ted Staton regarding his resignation, it was business as usual for the East Lansing City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. The council voted 3-2 to deny an application from Dino Cascardo to allow sale of packaged beer, wine and spirits at the East Lansing BP gas station, 504 Michigan Ave.
MSU could lose as much as $18.3 million in state funding after a nonpartisan government agency found the university exceeded the state’s 7.1 percent cap on tuition rate increases for this coming school year. The House Fiscal Agency stated in a report released Wednesday that actually MSU raised tuition by 9.4 percent, not the 6.9 percent increase the university originally reported for this fall. The discrepancy comes from an error related to the Higher Education Institutional Data Inventory, or HEIDI, a database that compiles information about tuition and university finance operations.
Despite being an admittedly poor fly-fisher, Andrew McGlashen still needed a fishing buddy, so he asked Jeff Brooks Gillies if he’d be interested in joining him. After driving home from a weekend fishing trip, the two came up with the idea for a website devoted exclusively to Michigan’s rivers. McGlashen and Gillies originally met as students in MSU’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, and they used the tools they learned there to launch michiganrivernews.com. The uniqueness of the concept is what McGlashen thinks makes Michigan River News stand out. “We’re the only ones writing just about Michigan rivers, which is a narrow focus, but we think it’s the right focus,” he said.
Residents of East Lansing showed how much they love their local businesses last month when they voted in Intuit’s Love a Local Business competition — enough times to earn the city $26,000 in cash grants. Intuit, a software company that aims to solve financial management problems of small- and mid-sized businesses, created the Love a Local Business competition to help support small businesses throughout the country. “Any way we can help the small businesses grow a little bit or get back on their feet is a win for us,” Monica Appelbe, Intuit’s public relations manager, said East Lansing was one of two cities in the country selected as competition winners in June. ”It’s great news,” Lori Mullins, East Lansing community and economic development administrator, said.
The first of the fleet of trucks carrying the sod from Graff’s Turf Farms in Colorado arrived at Spartan Stadium on Tuesday morning and crews of turf experts were hard at work to make sure it is in game shape before MSU opens its season Sept. 2 against Youngstown State.
Former MSU golfer Aimee Neff and junior Caroline Powers were named to the 2011 National Golf Coaches Association, or NGCA, All-American Scholar Division I Team, the athletics department announced Tuesday. Neff is the first Spartan in program history to earn NGCA scholar honors four times during her career.
A men’s bathroom on the second floor of IM Sports-West allegedly was damaged between 6 a.m. Sunday and 5:30 a.m.
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton announced today his decision to step down from his position of 16 years.
As Grammy-nominated hip-hop star Trey Songz took to the stage of the Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing on Monday, the young crowd shrieked in anticipation of the Atlantic Records artist. During his set, Songz hyped his fans with his mainstream songs and made sure more than the neighbors knew his name. “He’s like on superstar status, that’s it,” said Lansing resident Markus Brown.
When Andrew Way graduated from MSU with a bachelor’s degree in advertising in December 2009, he entered the workforce during a difficult economic climate. But because of the work he did as a student, he was able to land a full-time job he otherwise might not have. Finding a job after graduation often can be viewed as an uphill battle, but by maximizing the opportunities available at MSU and becoming established within the workforce before joining it, students can improve their chances dramatically, executive director of Career Services Kelley Bishop said. The university offers career consultants in every college along with workshops on writing résumés, preparing for interviews and career fairs to meet potential employers, Bishop said. “The real factor seems to be did you get yourself ready,” he said.