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MICHIGAN

Project Pride helps residents reuse, recycle

Aseel Machi
June 6, 2010

Dozens of orange shirts filled the Abbott Center, 1400 Abbott Road, parking lot Saturday morning at an annual city initiative geared toward helping residents to recycle, reduce and reuse. Citizens stopped by the center with cars filled with recyclables as volunteers emptied out and sorted refuse including bicycles, televisions, electronics and cardboard. The project is a fight against rapidly growing landfills.

MICHIGAN

Local artists showcase talent during Old Town chalk event

Ashley Brown
June 6, 2010

Covered with 70 packs of chalk, 20 participants and an extreme amount of imagination, the sidewalks of Lansing’s Old Town were ignited with colorful art during the second annual Chalk of the Town. The event was open to all ages and expertise, with participants ranging from professional graphic artists to Girl Scouts.

MSU

Harrison Avenue road work begins

Pat Evans
June 6, 2010

The first phase of a four-phase project to reconstruct Harrison Avenue is set to begin Monday. Harrison Avenue will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Shaw Lane and Kalamazoo Street. The construction is scheduled to continue until Aug. 20.

MICHIGAN

Annual race to aid cancer cure

Emily Wilkins
June 6, 2010

The sixth annual Max’s Race will start at 8:30 a.m., Saturday June 26 at the MSU Auditorium. In addition to a 5K run/walk, the event also will include a one-mile run and a 100-yard dash for kids beginning at about 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively. Jim and Natalie Matthews founded the race in honor of their son, Maxwell Chase Matthews, who died in 2005 from medical complications with spinal meningitis.

FEATURES

The Melvins show different sides, sound of metal music

Cole Bertsos
June 6, 2010

I don’t especially enjoy metal music. I generally feel as though I am being verbally assaulted when I hear it, and I think it is mostly pointless. However, “The Bride Screamed Murder,” a new release by longtime band The Melvins, was a breath of fresh metal air for someone who was ready to write it off before I had given it a chance.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Students excited for Izzone seating move

Jeremy Warnemuende
June 6, 2010

Although it is one of the most recognizable student sections in college basketball, the Izzone typically went unnoticed on TV during Spartan basketball games. Instead of getting a glimpse of some of the 1,500 screaming students bouncing up and down, anyone watching the game more likely was going to see a section of alumni, family and recruits. Starting next season, though, the perspective will be slightly different for TV viewers, as the lower section of the Izzone along the sidelines will be moved to the other side, putting it front and center on TV.

COMMENTARY

Opinions should be constructive

find it hard to believe for an entire semester I hadn’t plopped myself down at the computer to write umpteen “opinion pieces” ­— published or not. The semester was so busy one of my favorite activities had to be put not just on the back burner, but on a burner that was turned off.

COMMENTARY

New sculpture does not blend with MSU's campus

It is fitting MSU officials chose “The Funambulist” as the new piece of artwork on the north lawn of Snyder and Phillips halls. Sculptor John Van Alstine said his piece, installed last Thursday, represents the balance college students must maintain in their lives as they seek to graduate. It would be prudent of MSU to balance the aesthetics of campus when considering future pieces of art.

NEWS

Some E.L. residents still without power after Friday storm

Andrew Krietz
June 4, 2010

Some East Lansing residents remain without power after a severe storm moved through the area Friday causing multiple downed trees and power lines. There are no confirmed reports of injuries or the extent of the damage cost as of Saturday afternoon, East Lansing police officers said.

MSU

Snyder-Phillips unveils new piece of art

Emily Wilkins
June 3, 2010

A new sculpture was erected Thursday in the north lawn of Snyder and Phillips halls. The sculpture, called “The Funambulist,” which means rope walker, represents the balance college students must maintain.

MICHIGAN

Protesters rally against U.P. mine

Aseel Machi
June 3, 2010

An environmental rally Thursday at the Capitol, hosted by the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve and the National Wildlife Federation, attempted to gain mass opposition in hopes of preventing a mining operation in Marquette, Mich., which protesters said could harm the surrounding environment.

NEWS

Police Brief 06/04/10

Andrew Krietz
June 3, 2010

A 40-year-old male from Wesley Chapel, Fla., reported his vehicle broken into early Sunday morning outside East McDonel Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The man caught the subject, a 19-year-old male from Lansing, going through his wallet after breaking into the car.

COMMENTARY

City should proceed with caution

The city of East Lansing’s last foray into significant development wasn’t a paradigm of successful execution. The $116.4 million mixed-use project has only recently begun to show signs of life, and even those are feeble. Therefore, we feel a touch of trepidation when we say the two proposed developments that were set for a July public hearing last Tuesday sounds like a good idea.

NEWS

Making it count

Pat Evans
June 2, 2010

Census workers in Lansing and East Lansing are hitting the streets to collect incomplete and missing information for the 2010 survey. Perhaps the most important aspect of the Census, the enumerators come from all walks of life and say it is not always easy getting the numbers down.

NEWS

Interest shown for City Center II development

Pat Evans
June 2, 2010

A lease and two letters of intent by various businesses have been signed for spots in the $116.4 million City Center II development. The project’s developer said it will not actively seek further tenants until funding is secured and an amended site plan is approved by its financial backers and the East Lansing City Council.

NEWS

City Council debates downtown projects

Pat Evans
June 2, 2010

East Lansing community members will have a chance to pose questions or concerns about two potential downtown developments after the East Lansing City Council on Tuesday scheduled a hearing for July 20.