There are several apparent problems and hypocrisies from the proponents of the smoking ban legislation. First, this would unjustly infringe on the rights of businesses. Moreover, the need for this ban in restaurants is minimal.
The East Lansing Public Library will install eight surveillance cameras almost one year after a $5,000 statue was stolen in front of its building. Three inside cameras and five outdoor cameras should be installed in July at a cost of $16,230.33, said Sylvia Marabate, director of the library. The new cameras could act as a deterrent for people looking to cause trouble and might have been useful when the "Seated Girl" statue was taken last September, Marabate said. After the statue was recovered in November, the culprits couldn't be charged with the full theft charge because there was no visual evidence. "If we had something in place when the statue was taken, we would have been able to do a better identification," Marabate said.
Students may need to start their search early if they're looking to land a summer job. Lee Cote said he spent the first half of his summer looking for one. "I actually turned in at least 50 applications in Grand Ledge, Lansing, Eastwood Towne Center and everywhere on Grand River Avenue," the hospitality business sophomore said. Cote started his job at Backyard Bar-B-Q, 313 E.
An attempted campus carjacking may be linked to a string of armed robberies in the East Lansing and Lansing areas, MSU police Sgt.
More than 130 brown fold-up chairs were lined up at 4:30 p.m. Saturday underneath a large, white tent set up for East Lansing's 100th birthday. With four seats filled, the Sea Cruisers - the band scheduled as the musical entertainment for the night - set up their equipment and tested the microphone. Half an hour later, the music started, and the once-empty fold-up chairs were not enough for the crowd that came to enjoy the band. Some people carried in their own chairs, spilling out of the sides and back of the tent.
Two weeks ago, twin explosions laid waste to the iconic, twin minarets at the al-Askari mosque in Samarra, Iraq, 65 miles north of Baghdad.
At approximately 12:27 a.m. outside Darb's Crystal Bar, 4279 W. Holt Road in Delhi Township, a woman was held at gunpoint by two men while returning to her car, according to a news release from the Ingham County Sheriff's Office. The men fled the parking lot on foot after the woman gave them $5, and then police were called to the scene.
The East Lansing Public Library will be installing eight new security cameras in July, but 'Big Brother' won't be crashing the library's security party. The new cameras will be installed near exits and outside of bathrooms at the library, 950 Abbott Road, for safety and as a theft deterrent, not surveillance of patrons, said Sylvia Marabate, East Lansing Public Library's director. The library sent a request to City Council to approve the purchase of the new cameras in response to the theft of the library's "Seated Girl" statue last September, which was returned in November. The cameras will not be used to spy on library patrons or materials used by patrons, Marabate said. For more on this story, please see Monday's edition of The State News.
The role research universities will play in revitalizing Michigan's economy was the theme of a forum sponsored Thursday by the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. Participants of the forum, titled "Michigan's Research Universities: Their Impact on the Economy," discussed a study by the Anderson Economic Group.
Not only are Lydia Weiss' and Janice Bukovac-Phelps' comments in "Sex appeal for sale" (SN 6/20) ridiculous, they evince the terrible lack of thought put into the issue by a lot of society and especially groups who should know better.
I wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading the "Benefits of speech" (SN 6/21) column by Jennifer Burstein.
It's a regular business office in City Hall, but the air smells like a birthday party. The sugary-sweet aroma of cupcakes draws in almost anyone who enters the second floor where Meghan Schwarb works.
When it comes to deciding whether to fund medical research, that scientists expect will improve and save millions of lives, how can a president be so out of touch with the country's citizens?
An MSU employee charged Wednesday with embezzling more than $20,000 from the Department of Theatre initially had a report filed against her on Dec.
In a letter to Congress Thursday, Andrew Cuomo stated some private lenders are setting interest rates for student loans based on the college the student attends. Instead of looking at each individual student's credit history, the lenders base rates on factors such as previous graduate default rates, graduation rates or the credit trends of the colleges' neighborhoods, according to The New York Times. Cuomo wrote the letter to Congress in an effort to expose a trend of unfair lender discrimination.
The 12th annual Lansing Board of Water and Light Chili Cook-off will take place from 5-9 p.m. today, along more than a quarter mile of Grand River's east bank, north of the Lansing Center. For $5, attendees can sample chili from about 40 restaurants and organizations.
Sometimes, good fashion can be tasty - without taking a bite out of your wallet. Sarah Jessica Parker's clothing line, "BITTEN," looks to do just that. On sale at Steve and Barry's, the line's name was given after Parker first walked into the store and claimed to be "bitten by the Steve and Barry's bug." With striped tanks and cotton shirt dresses, Parker's project is flirtatious and fun. Parker's style was idolized as she starred in HBO's "Sex and The City" as the fashion-savvy columnist Carrie Bradshaw.
1. The city of East Lansing was founded in 1907. Prior to its founding, the city was known as Faculty Row, because the faculty of Michigan Agricultural College began living off campus. 2. The Peoples Church, 200 W.
The Michigan Senate passed the final piece of legislation to balance the 2007 fiscal year budget. The bill would free up to $94 million in surplus revenue from the Michigan Merit Award Trust Fund and make it available for use in the state's General Fund. The surplus revenue will then go toward zeroing out the remainder of the $800 million deficit for the current fiscal year.
With Michigan's slippery economic slope, someone has to take the fall. The easiest face to attach to the state's burdens: Gov.