The phrase "Breaking news" doesn't even have meaning anymore. It's like the boy who cried wolf. It seems like every time I turn on the news, it says "Breaking news" across the bottom of the screen.
Although faculty salaries were raised 3.6 percent last year, the MSU Board of Trustees soon will receive a recommendation to raise salaries again — by 5.5 percent this time. The recommendation is made annually by the University Committee on Faculty Affairs, one of the standing committees in MSU's Academic Governance system. This year, one of the main goals of the committee is to improve the ranking of MSU within the Big Ten.
Approximately $50,000 in damage was caused Tuesday night after a fire erupted between Harrison Roadhouse and Udon Sushi Bakery.
A settlement offer with The State News would have cost MSU $39,946.01 and forced officials to release police reports from a February 2006 assault that occurred in Hubbard Hall. Instead, the university applied for leave to appeal the decision to the state's Supreme Court on April 17. Trustee Melanie Foster said the Board of Trustees has been informed of the lawsuit by their internal council, but it is not an item for board approval. On the other hand, Trustee George Perles said he was unaware of the lawsuit, and has not been involved with any decisions made by the university. Trustee Dorothy Gonzales refused to comment on pending litigation, and the other trustees could not be reached for comment Wednesday. In 1993, a similar Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act lawsuit awarded the Detroit Free Press and The Ann Arbor News $235,222.89 against the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan.
Sewing 40 quilts can be a daunting task — especially for people who are not familiar with needles and fabric. But that didn't stop one local group from starting a quilting project to help a Kenyan orphanage. "It might be nice for these children to have personalized blankets," said Sally McClintock, a retired educator and the board president of Linking All Types of Teachers to International Cross-Cultural Education or LATTICE, a group of MSU graduate students and educators. Members went to The Quilt Depot, a Lansing store that sells fabrics and supplies, to see if they could receive discounted materials. Instead of just getting a few good deals, LATTICE members saw the project grow as store owner Patti Parmenter decided to help. The Quilt Depot already had some quilts because the store's employees and customers donate blankets year-round.
Welcome to the digital age of college athletics recruiting, where technological advances are compounding an already complex and high-stakes process.
When he gave up a permanent university job in Sweden for a tenure-track position at MSU in January 2002, Michael Shapiro said he didn't realize the nightmare that was about to begin. Shapiro, a Russian native, was told he would obtain tenure within three years.
When it comes to issues like gun control and carrying firearms, it's safest to take a moderate standpoint with room for compromise. General statements like "no one should carry a gun" and "everyone should carry a gun" lack both balance and reason.
The stories on the April 19 speech of Minuteman President Chris Simcox, "YAF-sponsored event draws 5 arrests" (SN 4/20), and "Students express anger, concern over conduct of administrators, police with YAF-sponsored event" (SN 4/20), focused on disruptions by protesters.
As a student in attendance of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps lecture, I feel obliged to inform the student body of the atrocious violation of students' rights, overt exhibition of racial profiling and unnecessarily excessive use of police force that occurred.
They got 'em on. They just couldn't bring 'em home. The MSU softball team stranded 12 runners on base during Wednesday's nonconference matchup with Central Michigan, and it cost them dearly.
Some Michigan Democrats want to use the power of economics to reduce the amount of Canadian trash in state landfills. A bill sponsored by Rep.
Graduate students hope to get more benefits from the university when they renegotiate their contract this summer. "We really look to build on what we've been able to achieve so far," Lloyd said.
Recent statements by The Pierce Company president Fred Pierce in "Company's mock-up gets mixed reactions" (SN 4/18), indicate that Pierce does not understand the area of East Lansing his company seeks to redevelop, and confirms concerns that East Lansing will move students out of the prime student rental location in East Lansing.
The San Diego developer who's leading the East Village project announced today that the development will no longer include the land east of Stoddard Avenue. The project originally involved bringing a mix of retail, residential and entertainment properties to the 35-acre area bounded by East Grand River Avenue, Hagadorn Road, Bogue Street and the Red Cedar River. The revised project reduces the number of housing units planned for the region by about 19 percent, or 250 units. The change in plans came from Prime Housing Group's refusal to sell its seven properties in the region, said Fred Pierce, president and CEO of San Diego-based Pierce Company Inc. Prime Housing Group president Nancy Kurdziel released a statement two weeks ago, saying she would not relinquish ownership of her properties, but is planning to redevelop on her own when her company is ready. "We do support their independent development of those properties, and based upon that and their desire and intentions, we're moving forward with phase one," Pierce said. Pierce announced the possibility of a two-phase redevelopment during The Pierce Company's visit to East Lansing last week.
East Lansing will have 32 new residential units by the time students return to school in August. Construction of the West Village development has been ongoing throughout this semester, and developers say they are on track to move in the first tenants by fall. The West Village development is a mix of townhomes, flats and condominiums off West Grand River and Hillcrest avenues.
Whether it was Don Imus' slur of "nappy-headed hos" or former Sen. George Allen's reference to an Indian man as a "macaca," a slip of the tongue in recent times has never been more controversial.
Hockey lovers and State News sports writer Matt Bishop and sports editor Eric Fish took time to talk about the Red Wings' playoff run. Question: Your feelings on the Calgary Flames being eliminated by the Red Wings? Matt Bishop: Personally, it was great to see such a classless, joke of a playoff team like Calgary booted out in front of its own fans.
While I commend Meredith Leake for wanting to make the campus safer, her suggestions for building access are a little too impractical, "MSU administration must take preventive action" (SN 4/18). At several other schools, dorms are simply just that: dorms.
The National Arbor Day Foundation honored East Lansing for its Tree City USA program in 2006. This is the 20th year the city has received this honor, which recognizes its tree board department, tree care ordinance, comprehensive community forestry program and Arbor Day observance.