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COMMENTARY

East Lansing City Manager: ‘A little personal initiative would help’

I am writing in response to Opinion Editor David Barker’s column A little diversity would help (SN 6/6). His column essentially states there is nothing to do in East Lansing but go to the bars and drink, when, in fact, there are thousands of things to do here for all ages — from students to young professionals to families to seniors and everyone in between. It all depends on an individual’s interests and, most importantly, his or her personal initiative.

COMMENTARY

Why advisers play it safe

The summer Academic Orientation Program, or AOP, kicked off this week, and one of my good friends is working as a full-time staff member. In addition to his duties as presenter and tour guide — for which, apparently, the training truly is Spartan — he’ll be helping new freshmen navigate the online schedule builder to sign up for their classes.

NEWS

School's Out?

Ian Kullgren
June 12, 2011

Located just off Harrison Road near a remote southwest corner of the MSU campus — far from the day-to-day bustle of the dorms, accompanied only by the occasional rumble from a nearby set of train tracks — Red Cedar Elementary has ties that run deep with the student body here.

NEWS

Stabenow, MSU Democrats call for more alternative fuel options

Ian Kullgren
June 12, 2011

With a shiny new Chevy Volt charging next to her, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., spoke at an East Lansing gas station Friday, calling for more alternative fuel options as gas prices linger around $4 per gallon in the Lansing area. Stabenow gave a press conference at the family-owned H&H Mobil station, 1500 Haslett Road — the first service station in Michigan to install an electric-car charging station — lambasting major oil companies and calling for an end to taxpayer subsidies for the industry.

NEWS

MADD recognize E.L., MSU police officers

Summer Ballentine
June 12, 2011

For East Lansing police Officer Dean Kelley, seeing the damage drunken driving can cause firsthand is a reminder to remain vigilant as he patrols the city streets. “Anytime you work one accident scene where someone (has) been killed by a drunken driver, it sticks with you,” Kelley said.

Britteny Dee ·
NEWS

Lansing hosts weekend of LGBT pride

Britteny Dee
June 12, 2011

For Battle Creek, Mich., residents Angela Sisk and Patti Gazette, marriage is not an option, which is why they traveled to Lansing this past weekend. They were one of many same-sex couples to participate in the commitment ceremony held on the steps of the Capitol Saturday.

NEWS

Program lets parents prepay for college credits

Jesse O'Brien
June 12, 2011

For some students, as the years spent at MSU pile up, so does the mountain of debt stemming from tuition costs. However, helping students and their families manage that debt is something the Michigan Education Trust, or MET, program has been doing for 23 years.

FEATURES

'Gemini' kicks off summer of comedy plays

Michelle Martinelli
June 12, 2011

With an utterly dysfunctional family raising an Ivy League child struggling to express openly his emotions, it’s no surprise that with enough tension and pressure, food goes flying at the dinner table. Kicking off its 51st season, Summer Circle Theatre opened with Albert Innaurato’s play, “Gemini,” set in Philadelphia in the early 1970s.

FEATURES

Pancake breakfast raises money for E.L. Park

Dillon Davis
June 12, 2011

As the play structure at Patriarche Park begins to show its age, the East Lansing Rotary Club has set the wheels in motion to restore it by raising money as part of its annual Pancakes in the Park event on Sunday at Patriarche Park, 1100 Alton Road.

NEWS

MSU to host music therapy camp

Dena Elian
June 12, 2011

The MSU Community Music School will be hosting its annual music therapy camp this Thursday through Saturday. Music therapy is a form of treatment that often is used to relieve patients of their physical and mental symptoms through emotional, psychological and social expression.

COMMENTARY

'Digital first impressions'

What is reality? Can we hold it in the palm of our hands? Do we see the world objectively, or do our perceptions transform this black and white world into a subjective fantasy that is viewed differently by every eye on the planet?