Students sticking around East Lansing for the summer are trying to stay cool and, at the same time, maintain a cool summer budget. There are a number of things to do around East Lansing, but finding the right deals can make having fun as easy as lying in the sun.
MSU will hold a series of carillon concerts this month at Beaumont Tower at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. The 13th annual Muelder Summer Carillon Series is free and held rain or shine. After the concerts, the tower will be open for tours.
MSU has received more than $1.5 million in federal stimulus money and has submitted more than 200 grant proposals to be considered for funding.
It took more than two days of round-the-clock work for a team of about 50 people to break the Guinness World Record for the largest slab of fudge on June 27-29 at Lansing Community College’s West Campus, 5708 Cornerstone Drive, in Lansing.
Most state offices will be closed today as part of Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s plan to save the state money through furlough days, which require most state employees to take unpaid days off.
Troy Brake is scheduled to be formally sentenced today in Ottawa County’s 20th Circuit Court for the slayings of four people, including MSU student Katherine A. Brown.
Solar panel rooftops and LED streetlights might become common sightings on Lansing-area streets after Michigan was granted $32.8 million in stimulus funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects on June 22.
When fashion boutique La Bodega opens Aug. 1, owner Nancy Elias will be counting on student patronage to succeed. La Bodega, 619 E. Grand River Ave., is an extension of Elias’ Ann Arbor store Orchid Lane, which she began in 1986 with her husband. The shop specializes in fair trade and eco-friendly clothing, jewelry and folk art.
Fifty-eight-year-old MSU graduate Bob Bayn returned to stay in his old college dorm room for the first time in almost 40 years last Tuesday. This time, the 1972 graduate brought two grandchildren and years of memories from his time at MSU.
Jane Briggs-Bunting, who was asked to resign from her position as director of the MSU School of Journalism last Wednesday, has retained a lawyer to handle negotiations with the university on her behalf, but admits she still isn’t certain of the status of her job.
Approximately 3.5 million people will experience homelessness in any given year according to a study done by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty in 2007.
In the fast-moving swirl of world events, the most vulnerable of oppressed people are easily forgotten. However, we would do well to remember “the least of us” and stand up for justice. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.”
Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus” is the official motto of the city of Detroit. Translated from Latin, it means “we hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes.” I hope it is true that better things will come, as the city has been a smoldering fire for years now and we are up to our knees in ash.
It’s the universal problem every student, regardless of his or her background or major, has been forced to deal with at some point: how to acquire and then dispose of the inevitable mountain of textbooks that is required for classes.
Pamela Whitten, dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, requested Thursday the resignation of Jane Briggs-Bunting, director of the School of Journalism and president of the State News Board of Directors, MSU spokesman Terry Denbow said. Whitten was recently appointed as the dean of the College and assumed her new position yesterday. “As Whitten assembles her new team, she has requested Jane Briggs-Bunting steps down,” Denbow said. No decisions have been finalized about a replacement for Briggs-Bunting. “Dean Whitten looks forward to working with Briggs-Bunting and all of the School of Journalism faculty to optimize an efficient transition,” Denbow said. For more on this story, check Monday’s edition of The State News and statenews.com for updates.
For the past two weeks, the area along Red Cedar River behind the Auditorium has been filled with audiences attending the 49th annual Summer Circle Theatre produced by the MSU Department of Theatre. “I think it’s pretty amazing Summer Circle has been going on for this length of time,” said George Peters, chair of the Department of Theatre.
Friends remember communication freshman Alivia Peterson as genuine, energetic and always able to brighten a bad day. “You may not know her name, but you see her face and you know she’s a friend,” friend and packaging junior Vincent Davis said.
Brody Complex, sometimes unaffectionately called “Grody Brody” or “The Brojects” by some of its almost 2,500 residents, might need a new nickname after upcoming renovations. The complex will undergo a series of renovations beginning with a $49–million makeover to Brody Hall, which hasn’t had major renovations since its construction in 1952, said Vennie Gore, assistant vice president for Housing and Food Services.
Brain scanning technology is helping an MSU professor study autism, aiding efforts toward MSU’s goal of becoming a national center of autism research. Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, a psychology professor and director of MSU’s Center for Neurodevelopmental Study, uses MRIs to study how the brain processes social situations in children with autism.
Students are wondering if a new census provision to tally same-sex married couples in the 2010 census will count in the struggle for equality. U.S. Census Bureau officials announced June 19 that same-sex couples would now be counted, starting with the 2010 decennial census.