The Michigan-made man is dying as we know it. As the state’s auto companies file for bankruptcy and merge with foreign manufacturers, the Michigan-made man is disappearing from the nation’s architecture. The car dealers offering low prices and zero money down will become less diverse on TV and radio airwaves during the coming months.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard announced his plans to run for Michigan governor on Wednesday. Bouchard will focus on the state economy and changes in state government throughout his campaign, according to The Associated Press.
After an almost yearlong search, Brett Berquist was hired as the executive director of the MSU Office of Study Abroad Wednesday. Berquist, currently the executive director of international programs at Western Michigan University, was chosen from about three dozen applicants, said Eric Freedman, assistant dean of International Studies and Programs. Berquist will start at MSU on July 15.
In an attempt to reach out to young professionals in Lansing, Mayor Virg Bernero announced Tuesday the creation of Punch Into Lansing, a promotion aimed at connecting young people interning and working in the city with local businesses and events.
A new Michigan law is forcing motorists to change the way they treat garbage trucks and service vehicles. Michigan’s Slow Down to Get Around legislation passed in January and will allow law enforcement to bring felony charges against motorists who injure or kill anyone working on or around garbage trucks and roadside vehicles.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” is a pretty apt description for the tough choices facing many women when selecting summer style. On one hand, there’s nothing easier in summer than slipping on a sundress, a pair of flip-flops and running out the door. It’s a season when comfort and convenience are at the forefront of fashion choices.
I just wanted to comment on Gabrielle Moore’s column on assisted suicide, Assisted suicide not real answer (SN 6/1).
For months I hadn’t thought about 1963; not even one bad dream. But the editorial by Gabrielle Moore, Assisted suicide not real answer (SN 6/1), brought it all back.
Watching my former resident mentor deliver the commencement speech for his graduation, I couldn’t help but wonder what challenges I will face in my next two years before I become part of what he called “an unbroken line of distinguished alumni.”
A lawsuit stemming from a 2005 car crash could bring a measure of liability to people who provide alcohol to minors. In March 2005, five people, including two who were MSU students at the time, were involved in supplying alcohol to Alexander Hamil, a 19-year-old Marshall, Mich., resident.
MSU appointed Brett Berquist, executive director of international programs at Western Michigan University, to the position of executive director of the Office of Study Abroad at MSU, according to a statement from MSU. Berquist is set to arrive at MSU July 15.
The East Lansing City Hall fell quiet at Tuesday’s City Council meeting during a presentation in which state Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, warned of the economic turmoil tearing through Michigan, affecting the state budget and potentially hindering the city’s budget.
A 30-year-old male MSU employee reported his laptop stolen May 26 from his office in the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building, MSU police Sgt.
Moving prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula could either be a smart economic move or a dangerous plan, state officials said. During the Mackinac Policy Conference last week, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee, spoke about a letter he sent to President Barack Obama in February, suggesting a Manistique, Mich., prison as the new home for more than 200 Guantanamo Bay detainees.
MSU Residence Halls Association allocated about 15 percent of its summer budget to help fund a trip for representatives to attend the National Association of College and University Residence Halls conference in Tucson, Ariz., on May 22-24.
Five people, including two former MSU students, could be held liable for providing alcohol to a minor who was convicted of stealing an MSU service vehicle, operating it under the influence and killing an Okemos man in a March 18, 2005, crash.
For Matthew Gerhardt, blue lines in a parking lot mean something different: accessibility. Gerhardt, an academic adviser at MSU, is a wheelchair user who utilizes disability parking. Gerhardt also attended MSU for his undergraduate degree. One of the reasons he chose to come to MSU was for its accessibility.
Melting Moments, 313 Grand River Ave., plans to celebrate 25 years of business by hosting an anniversary party from 3-6 p.m. Sunday.
No LOLing, txting habits could b harmful 2 ur health. Teenagers in the United States sent and received about 2,300 text messages per month in 2008’s fourth quarter, an average of almost 80 messages per day, according to a recent Nielsen study. The 80 texts per day represented a more than 50 percent increase from the same time in 2007.
Although learning a foreign language can be a time-consuming endeavor, Ibro Chekaraou, an MSU African languages coordinator, said one could become proficient in Hausa, a language spoken primarily in West Africa, in eight weeks. Chekaraou will serve as director of the Summer Cooperative African Language Institute, a federally funded program held at MSU from June 15 to Aug.