It is 6:15 p.m. I have been working all day at the university and I am tired. I would like to go home to at least eat dinner and relax a bit before I mow the lawn, but I do have to comment on the front page article of Monday’s issue of The State News.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Ninth Ward of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. Even though it has been almost four years since one of the most damaging hurricanes in our nation’s history occurred, its after-effects will be around for many more to come.
The George W. Bush administration is still suffering public relations problems even though it is no longer holds the presidential office. The cover sheets for several intelligence reports, which were circulated to high-ranking Pentagon officials including former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, have been revealed to have contained biblical quotations and were occasionally accompanied by pictures of military personnel.
A fire was reported outside Owen Graduate Hall on May 12, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus funding has been allocated to MSU and East Lansing in the past 90 days. Ingham County is using its portion of the $3.8 billion given to Michigan on road projects, educational improvements and energy efficiency, among other issues.
In addition to possibly approving the 2009-10 fiscal year budget, the East Lansing City Council plans to discuss the future of two century-old houses located on Louis Street at tonight’s meeting.
Sheila Teahan isn’t a structural engineer, but the associate professor of English can surmise that Morrill Hall, the century-old building that houses her office, is on its last leg.
Construction crews are hammering away on projects across campus this summer. University engineer Robert Nestle said road and utilities construction is typically planned for summer because there are fewer people on campus. Inconveniences to students are expected to be minimal this summer, he added.
Eastbound I-94 near US-127 will be closed near Hawkins Road in Jackson County this evening beginning at 9 p.m. and is not expected to reopen until 7 a.m. Wednesday. A detour will be in effect until construction is completed.
MSU police will be on the lookout for unbuckled motorists Wednesday and next week as part of Mid-Michigan’s annual Buckle Up or Pay Up, Click It or Ticket mobilization, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
With a projected $12.5 million in federal funding during the next five years, researchers at MSU will investigate the implications of thermoelectric energy and contribute to a nationwide effort to understand and use sustainable energy.
MSU researchers studying children’s exercise will have new labs this summer in what was once unused locker space. Renovations turned half of the women’s locker room in the basement of IM Sports-Circle into a new workspace and laboratory for the Department of Kinesiology’s Human Energy Research Laboratory, or HERL.
MSU’s future Facility for Rare Isotope Beams might be getting a $2 million funding boost next year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s budget request to Congress. The request is slated to raise the amount allotted to FRIB from $7 million in fiscal year 2009 to $9 million in 2010.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned to rid Ingham County of syphilis, a bacterial sexually transmitted infection, by 2010, but recent cases have put those plans on the back burner.
OctoMom, or Nadya Suleman as she is occasionally known, seems to be in the midst of a legal dispute. Apparently, lawyer and noted women’s rights activist Gloria Allred has filed a petition to require supervision of OctoMom’s eight infants, all in anticipation of the filming of her new reality show.
Drive carefully if you’re visiting Center Line, Mich., because an accident there could cost you more than just repairs. Center Line, a small community north of Detroit, has started charging nonresidents involved in accidents within city limits to cover the cost of sending police to the scene.
A parked car was hit Thursday and was reported by a 20-year-old Lansing man, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU junior Melissa Rumrill will be tried for drunken driving causing one count of death and two counts of serious injury stemming from an accident that caused the death of MSU junior Joe Barton, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said.
The city of East Lansing plans to approve its $95 million budget for 2009-10 fiscal year during its meeting Tuesday. And despite the downturn of Michigan’s economy, East Lansing Mayor Vic Loomis said the city has managed its budget well.
MSU upgraded ANGEL late last week, enhancing grading and discussion functions, among others. Changes in ANGEL version 7.4 include grading rubrics that enhance student-faculty communication, updated discussion forums that allow more people to engage in a dialogue and an easier tracking system for instructors to monitor course participation, said Katherine Ball, a spokeswoman for the university’s Academic Technology Services.