Personal finances are a source of concern for adults across the state, according to MSU’s quarterly State of the State Survey. The random telephone survey, which is conducted about four times each year by MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, was established in 1994.
Drivers traveling south on Chandler Road toward campus will not be able to turn left onto Lake Lansing Road beginning Tuesday because of construction, according to the Department of Public Works. Drivers will be able to turn left again beginning May 27.
With the end of the spring semester came the conclusion of the Capital Area Transportation Authority’s Spartan Service until August 18. Summer service changes were outlined in a CATA news release, including fewer frequent routes, detours and in some instances, discontinued campus operation entirely. Route 1 no longer operates Friday and Saturday Late Night Service after 11:15 p.m.
Former Spartan Allison Fouch finished in a tie for second place in last weekend’s LPGA Michelob ULTRA Open in Williamsburg, Va. Fouch shot 12-under-par for the tournament, including seven-under par in the final round.
It’s crunch time for the MSU baseball team. With the season winding down and the Big Ten Tournament approaching, the Spartans desperately need wins. They found two of them during a four-game series at Purdue (27-22 overall, 18-9 Big Ten) last weekend, while only letting one game slip.
With vividly colored Chinese pieces from the last millennium in tow, the Kresge Art Museum is out to prove art doesn’t take a vacation during the summer. Kresge kicked off the semester with a brand new exhibit, titled Silk Road to Clipper Ship.
I have something to say. What I have to say has been said before, by many people — most of whom are far more qualified than I am on the subject. The thing is that it obviously hasn’t sunk in.
The article Use of Facebook to prosecute unlikely (SN 4/23) was — aside from the headline — an unbalanced view of a situation with free speech concerns.
Gas prices don’t seem to be lowering any time soon, but Michigan residents could be seeing a little relief at the pump this summer. After Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, and John McCain, R-Ariz, suggested a tax break on gas, local Republican lawmakers are pushing for their own version of a gas tax holiday by proposing to temporarily eliminate Michigan’s sales tax on gas for the summer driving season.
Drivers traveling south on Chandler Road toward campus will not be able to turn left onto Lake Lansing Road beginning Tuesday because of construction, according to the Department of Public Works. Drivers will be able to turn left again beginning May 27.
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will campaign in Michigan for the first time Wednesday.
A man left Lansing this morning with this head held high — more than eight feet off the ground.
Okemos resident B.J. Rycus has been shutting his car off at drive-thrus, consolidating car trips and spending less time on the road, he said. With Lansing-area gas prices approaching $4, Rycus said he is getting more pessimistic at the pump because of the amount of driving his work requires. Gas companies will continue increasing prices until people make changes in the way they consume gas, he said. AAA Michigan spokesperson Jim Rink said Sunday’s gas average in Lansing was $3.82 per gallon.
Matthew Kirvan won’t give up his Cedar Fest video footage to the police for any price. Kirvan, a marketing junior and co-creator of the YouTube.com video “Cedar Fest 2008: Michigan State 101,” said he was e-mailed by a detective inquiring about the video but is avoiding contact with the police. “Everybody has a right to videotape any type of public gathering,” Kirvan said.
After her win in the quarterfinals of the “2008 Jeopardy! College Championship” on Friday, Tara Franey, a biosystems engineering senior, is now one step closer to the $100,000 grand prize as she moves on to the semifinals. Nine students will compete in three episodes for a place in the two-game final match this week, according to the Jeopardy!
Although Penny Gardner has been with her partner for 11 years, they still don’t depend on each other when it comes to their health. As a visiting professor in Women, Gender and Social Justice, Gardner isn’t enrolled for health benefits due to her fixed term on campus.
About $200 worth of damage was done to a wooden door at University Village Apartments sometime around 5 a.m. on May 3, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. A 20-year-old male student reported the damage, which appeared to be from a golf club, McGlothian-Taylor said. The suspect is unknown.
Though Mother’s Day came in the midst of dreary weather and an even drearier economy, local business owners and event organizers said the holiday was still a success. Despite the rain, an outdoor Mother’s Day event hosted by Woldumar Nature Center and the Mid Michigan Photography Club drew 300 to 400 people. “We had a splendid turnout, I couldn’t believe how many people came,” said Lori McSweeny, executive director for Woldumar. The event, Wildflower Weekend, was held Saturday and Sunday at Woldumar Nature Center, 5739 Old Lansing Road in Lansing and featured an art show and pancake breakfast.
A statewide bill that would ban smoking in workplaces, including bars and restaurants does not make exemptions for businesses like hookah lounges and cigar bars — and at least one East Lansing business owner is concerned.