Buried in all the gloom-and-doom news tied to the fall of the auto companies, Michigan is (finally) quietly getting some good news. Basically, green jobs are the way to go.
Have you ever driven down the road and looked with pride at the rear end of a rusty truck or a real beater of a vehicle that sports an MSU sticker in the window or a license plate framed with the name of your alma mater?
It seems most politicians are under the impression that Michigan is having a going-out-of-business sale and the state will accept any agreement as long as it will provide some budgetary relief. Sadly, that assessment might be fairly accurate.
Miscellaneous items valued at about $1,000 were stolen between June 30 and July 1 from the MSU Surplus Store, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
To MSU police Detective Anne Stahl, a racing heart, sweaty hands or a high blood pressure could be the difference between an innocent man and a criminal. Stahl is MSU’s only polygraph analyst, likely the first at MSU in at least 50 years. Her work, which is sought out by police departments throughout Mid-Michigan, relies on the physiological reactions an individual’s body has to the stress of lying and can be key in criminal investigations.
Fresh Michigan-grown produce and other local goods will be available to students and residents at the new East Lansing Farmer’s Market, which starts Sunday. “There was a farmer’s market years ago and we actually canceled it because of low participation,” East Lansing Communications Coordinator Ami Van Antwerp said. “Staff has been talking about it internally for years. Finally we … decided to launch it this year.”
The first year of efforts to reduce energy usage by consolidating classrooms led to some green savings for MSU. During the 2008-09 year, seven buildings that previously held classes and events in the evening saw the classes moved to more utilized buildings nearby to save energy, said Jennifer Sowa, a project coordinator in the Office of the Vice President for Finance and Operations.
Russ Zarras, a physics senior, was raised on funk and couldn’t resist the siren song of George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. Lansing resident Kari Hanson saw an opportunity to see her boyfriend, Brice, and children hear music and dance under the stars to Huey Lewis and the News.
The MSU Department of Entomology’s Bug House will host the 2009 Insect World Science Camp from Sunday to July 15. The camp is for children from 9 to 12 years old.
Michigan professionals looking to further their careers will have a new option in August when the MSU Weekend MBA program opens a new location in Troy. The program, taught at MSU’s Management Education Center, will be the same as the one taught at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development in Lansing, said Cheri DeClercq, the Weekend MBA director.
Despite an alert on the Main Library’s Web site informing students that library hours might be decreased due to budget concerns, hours will remain unchanged in the fall, MSU Libraries director Cliff Haka said.
Families and community members gathered Wednesday for the 35th annual Orchard Street Pump House Ice Cream Social at the Orchard Street Pump House, 368 Orchard St., where eventgoers had the opportunity to make the ice cream on site using old-fashioned, hand crank ice cream makers.
Jim Detjen, an MSU journalism professor, was given the 2009 Conservation Communicator of the Year award for his work supporting conservation issues in Michigan. He was honored at the Michigan United Conservation Clubs’ 2009 annual convention on June 20-21.
Tim Dempsey, assistant director of the East Lansing Planning and Community Development Department, will be promoted to director when current director Jim van Ravensway retires later this month, City Manager Ted Staton said.
A myriad of stores and restaurants will be displaying their goods at this weekend’s East Lansing Sidewalk Sale, running Thursday through Sunday in downtown East Lansing. The annual sale is a joint project between local businesses and the Downtown Management Board displaying the various types of shops East Lansing has to offer.
California inmates might find a new home in Michigan prisons if lawmakers and officials from both states agree on a possible move. Next week, a team of California officials is set to visit two prisons in Michigan, which are scheduled to close by October.
Marci Baranski said her cross-country bicycle ride started as a whim while riding past cornfields south of campus last summer. “I was like, ‘what do I love more than biking?’ … I do all this activism with the fight against climate change. It was like, I guess I could combine them somehow,” the biochemistry senior said.
Grand Art Supply is all about color. From the bright primary colors that decorate the sign enticing shoppers off the street to the many neatly organized rows of pencils and paints, Grand Art Supply’s mission is to give the artists of the Lansing community some place to stock up on all the essentials to make art, said owner Greg Limmer.
We all know times are tough. Money is tight. Sacrifices and compromises must be made in our personal lives as well as in our academic. We all know that the state has slashed higher-education funding at the same time the economy is tanking and the cost of tuition is going up.
I’m kind of a filthy person. Not filthy like I don’t shower or filthy like Christina Aguilera circa 2002. I mean I don’t really have the ability to censor myself. I drop f-bombs in front of children walking with their parents and I take the Lord’s name in vain in the presence of grandparents.