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Trustees vote to raise tuition 6.9 percent

Beau Hayhoe
June 17, 2011

Grand Rapids — The MSU Board of Trustees voted Friday to increase tuition for this coming fall by 6.9 percent. The tuition increase is slightly less than the maximum amount allowed under last year’s preliminary budget guidelines, which allowed for no more than a 7.2 percent increase. The board also voted to approve the 2011-12 Budget Development Guidelines and the 2012-13 Preliminary General Fund Budget Guidelines. Next year’s budget guidelines are anticipating a 0 percent change in state appropriations, despite this year’s 15 percent drop in funding. Keep checking statenews.com for updates from the meeting.

MICHIGAN

Potter Park Zoo holds summer celebration

Josh Mansour
June 16, 2011

This Saturday, Potter Park Zoo will be celebrating summer by hosting a number of activities for people of all ages. The day starts with the Wild 1-Mile race, where children 12 and under will have the chance to run through the zoo, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, and see exotic animals up close. TV personalities Evan Pinsonnault from WLNS and Tim Nester from WILX will be on hand to host the event. There will be games, a bounce house and face painting, along with other activities put on with the help of the zoo’s community sponsors, including Impression 5 Science Center, Meridian Historical Village, MSU Science Theatre and more. Potter Park also will be hosting the eighth annual Volks Folks at the Zoo, featuring various types of Volkswagen cars, which will be located just outside the zoo. General admission still will be charged for the day’s events, although participants in the Wild 1-Mile will have their fee waived after registering for the race. Dads who attend the zoo on Father’s Day, June 19, will receive free admission. The zoo is open daily year-round, with summer hours from 9 a.m.

NEWS

MSC smokestack almost gone

Deconstruction continues on the MSC Smokestack this week. All letters are now gone from the structure, as bricks are removed one row at a time.

Summer Ballentine ·
NEWS

A day to remember

Summer Ballentine
June 16, 2011

A memorable day in any child’s life, Charlie’s birthday had a special meaning. He was diagnosed on April 1 with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, a rare and inoperable form of brain cancer. With the best treatment, he might have between months and years to live, his parents said.

Ian Kullgren ·
NEWS

E.L. accepts first dispensary application

Ian Kullgren
June 15, 2011

In the coming months, East Lansing will look a shade greener than ever before in the city’s history. The first application for an East Lansing medical marijuana dispensary was submitted to the city’s planning department on Tuesday, Community Development Analyst Tim Schmitt said. The dispensary — which has yet to be constructed — will be housed in a new, two-story office building located on Lake Lansing Road, just east of Abbot Road, Tim Schmitt said. The future owner, whose name was submitted on the application form, could not be reached for comment. The submission came a day shy of the one-month anniversary of the end of East Lansing’s medical marijuana moratorium ­— which expired on May 15 — though the city has legally accepted applications since the medical marijuana ordinance went into effect April 6.

NEWS

MSU trustees to talk tuition

Beau Hayhoe
June 15, 2011

MSU students might be paying more for classes in the coming school year if the MSU Board of Trustees votes to increase tuition rates at its Friday meeting. The board is expected to set a specific percentage increase during their work session in Grand Rapids.

NEWS

Committees seek out citizen input

Marina Csomor
June 15, 2011

State residents have the opportunity to recommend regulation reform that would make Michigan’s rules more conducive to job creation and more user-friendly. Michigan’s Office of Regulatory Reinvention, or ORR, currently is accepting applications for citizens to join their Advisory Rules committees, which will assess regulation concerning natural resources, occupational licensing and liquor control in the state.

MSU

Hybrid technology put to use on campus

Dena Elian
June 15, 2011

Michigan’s first hydraulic excavator using hybrid technology is being operated at a construction site on MSU’s campus. AIS Construction Equipment Corporation, a 50-year-old Michigan-based company, is the supplier for what will be the Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research located on Bogue Street south of Service Road.

NEWS

Students struggle to deal with full-year leases

Josh Mansour
June 15, 2011

Making living arrangements for the summer can be a frustrating and complicated process for students. With many apartment complexes offering only 12-month leases, students can be forced to scramble to find someone to take their lease during the summer or risk paying for an unused apartment.

MICHIGAN

Spartan Tech Center to open downtown

Jesse O'Brien
June 15, 2011

East Lansing residents will have a new place to take their technology-related problems when a computer repair store opens at 228 Abbot Road.Spartan Tech Center will be filling the vacancy left by Swirlberry and is owned by Adna Technologies, a Lansing-based company that offers information technology services.

NEWS

Entrepreneur program helps students, alumni gain employment, experience

Britteny Dee
June 15, 2011

Unlike many students in her graduating class who still are searching for their first post-graduation job, MSU alumna Chelsey Frank is busy working for a company she loves. Two days after graduating from MSU in May 2011, Frank started her job in the marketing department at Zaarly, a buyer-powered online market. Frank said she got her job because of the connections she made while she was involved with MSU Entrepreneurship Network, or msuENet. “The network definitely provided an avenue to connect with a lot of awesome people,” she said.