East Lansing police Capt. Kim Johnson, who is being considered for chief of the Kalamazoo Public Safety Department, spoke at a public forum with the two other final candidates Wednesday at the City Hall Commission Chambers in Kalamazoo.
A ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Wharton Center’s north plaza, to mark the official groundbreaking for the center’s $18.5 million expansion project. According to a press release, a special announcement of a multimillion dollar gift that would fund the Wharton Center’s new Institute for Arts & Creativity will be made at the ceremony.
Despite being mathematically eliminated from postseason play, the seniors on the MSU baseball team left Kobs Field with class in their last collegiate game on Saturday. The seniors had big days, but it wasn’t enough to spur a victory, as MSU fell to Indiana 14-5 on Senior Day. Evan Friedland led the charge for the seniors with a three-run home run in his last collegiate at bat, while fellow seniors Dennis Jones and Justin Potes each added two hits.
Quarterback Connor Dixon has decided to leave MSU and continue his football career at another university. MSU released the sophomore from his scholarship, making him eligible to play at another school. “I thought it was the right move to make,” Dixon said.
In 30 days, same-sex couples in California will enjoy the same benefits as heterosexual couples. On Thursday, the justices of the California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to overturn the voter-approved ban on gay marriage which will allow same-sex couples to jump the broom. Sixty-one percent of California’s voters approved the proposal in 2000 which stated “only marriage between a man and women is valid and recognized in California.” As the nation’s most populous state, California just might have set precedent for other states.
What do our laws say about our values as a society? How do we construct the world we desire through legislation and judicial processes? Last week, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that state universities cannot offer health coverage to the partners of gay employees.
MSU quarterback Connor Dixon has been released from his football scholarship and will transfer to another school, the quarterback told The State News on Friday.
The MSU baseball team has been mathematically eliminated from postseason play after losing the first three games in a four game home series set to Indiana.
A contract between Delta Township’s auto workers union and General Motors Corporation was ratified by the union members Friday, ending the month-long strike of about 2,300 workers at GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant.
The MSU Board of Trustees voted to approve a new position that would link the university’s largest fundraising units.
The Graduate Employees Union’s new contract goes into effect today, and the union’s members will receive better wages and health care – issues that the union has been fighting for since its formation in 2001.
The Abbot/Chandler Road reconstruction project is ahead of schedule and should be completed no later than August, according to a city of East Lansing news bulletin released Thursday. This is ahead of schedule from the October date that was originally planned.
The Michigan Victory Games are more than a game for Michael Chambers and his peers — 51 weeks out of the year they are disabled people, but this week they are athletes. Swimming, powerlifting, slalom and handcycling are just a few of the 33rd annual Michigan Victory Games events, hosted by MSU Thursday through Sunday.
When Mark and Kay Bojovic heard about the children in Swaziland who were living off less than a dollar a day, they made it a point to give these children not only suitable living conditions, but a purpose for living. “We wanted to let them know what they are living for — that they’re not just waiting to die, but that they have a purpose in life,” said Mark Bojovic, a 2003 MSU alumnus. “We want to show them what it means to set a godly example living for Jesus.”
The East Lansing Art Festival will be taking over the streets of downtown East Lansing this weekend, and local businesses are in preparation mode. Brent Kanitz, manager of Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave., said he is looking forward to the business the East Lansing Art Festival will bring because last weekend was slow after students left.
The East Lansing Art Festival will cause parking and traffic to change as an expected 70,000-80,000 people will be flocking to downtown East Lansing this weekend. Albert Avenue will not be open from Charles Street to Evergreen Avenue. M.A.C. Avenue will be closed from Grand River Avenue to Albert Avenue, and Abbot Road from Grand River Avenue to Linden Street will be closed.
After spending almost an entire year planning this weekend’s East Lansing Art Festival, Corinn VanWyck is confident the only thing that could stand in the way of another successful show is bad weather. But even dark clouds shouldn’t deter art lovers from attending, she said. The East Lansing Art Festival is a fine arts showcase that features the work of artists from across the United States and Canada.
MSU starting pitcher Mike Monterey allowed six runs in six innings Thursday, as the Spartan baseball team dropped an important game to Indiana, 9-2, at Kobs Field. Every MSU starter had one hit, but junior Kyle Day produced his team’s only runs with a two-run homer in the sixth inning. The home run cut Indiana’s lead to 3-2, but the Hoosiers responded with five runs in the seventh to build a commanding 8-2 lead.
Although time has passed and art has changed since the inaugural year of the MSU Spring Arts and Crafts Show, the goal of the event hasn’t changed. After 44 years, coordinators are still intent on providing a fresh insight into the minds of artists across the nation. The Spring Arts and Crafts Show, which will take place 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday at the grounds of the Union, will have 329 booths and over 325 artists on display.
It’s official. Green is the new black. If ever there was a time to conserve energy, that time is now. The residents of Juneau, Alaska realized this, but only after an April avalanche depleted more than 80 percent of their electrical supply. After such a loss, the 31,000 residents of Juneau are going to extremes to conserve every little bit of energy they can. Thus far, the city has cut its electrical use by more than 30 percent.