MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and other key community members announced Tuesday the creation of the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, an organization to foster business growth. "It is hoped that this organization will build avenues for economic development," said Joe Reid, chairman of Capitol Bancorp Ltd.
When Hasan Abdel-Kareem traveled to Palestine in late October to conduct research for his dissertation, he didn't expect to miss the holidays with his family. Or miss ringing in the new year. Or miss his wife's birthday. Now, Abdel-Kareem, whose visa expired during his visit, could miss the birth of his fifth child, who is due Jan.
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio scored a pair of verbal commitments over the weekend. Guard Arthur Ray Jr.
A self-described "'60s geek school kid," Michael Velbel has been interested in the space program since he was young. So much so, that in 1972, his father took him to the launch of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center. At the time, Velbel — now an MSU geological sciences professor — was unaware of his future in geology.
One of the more troubling aspects of the MSU women's basketball team's 70-60 loss to Purdue last Thursday was the lack of communication between the players on defense. The communication breakdown allowed Purdue guard Jodi Howell to score a career-high 25 points, many coming on open 3-point looks. It was another story Sunday at Iowa. MSU looked like a completely different team, buckling down on the inside and not allowing much breathing room on the perimeter. The result also was completely different, as MSU overwhelmed Iowa, 83-63. "It was nice to see our team play together a little bit," MSU head coach Joanne P.
Lauron Kehrer keeps a bin inside her Williams Hall room that contains aluminum cans and paper to be recycled. But she said she would recycle more if MSU had an extensive recycling program on campus. Come February, the music performance junior may see the beginnings of one. MSU students, University Housing and the Office of Recycling and Waste Management is in the process of creating a pilot recycling program in four residence halls. The purpose is to collect data and estimate how much students would recycle if a permanent, campuswide program was in place, said Corrinne Thomas, policy chairwoman for the student environmental group Eco. One floor in each hall — Holmes, Hubbard, Shaw and Williams — will be chosen to participate in the program.
It's funny how your perspective can change things. My first two years at MSU, I was a card-carrying Izzone member.
Editor's note: Laura Sologuren-Sanchez was first profiled in The State News on Aug. 30, 2005. On a Monday night, Laura Sologuren-Sanchez is doing her homework.
This May, I will graduate from a college I never intended to receive a diploma from — and this was not my choice. I began my studies at MSU as an apparel and textile design major in the College of Human Ecology.
Volunteers are being sought for the East Lansing Prime Time Seniors' Program to help run its Legacy Project, which aims to bridge the gap between young people and seniors.
This time last year, gas prices averaged $2.20 a gallon. Now, motorists are gleefully rushing to the pump, in awe of some of the lowest gas prices they've seen in a year. "I like (the prices). It helps my bank account," said Andrew Vaneenenaam, a human biology senior, who filled up at the Marathon gas station on Michigan Avenue in East Lansing on Tuesday. Gas prices dropped under $2 a gallon Monday.
Whether it was taking portraits of friends in his self-made basement studio, under the hood of an old 1929 Model A pickup truck or biking his way from Lansing to the Mackinac Bridge, Arnold Werner always seemed to have something on his plate. "He was a man with a million hobbies," Sarah Werner said of her father, whose work was on display at the East Lansing Public Library during June 2005.
Finally. Glazed like a doughnut, a thin shell of ice covered East Lansing on Sunday night, ushering in winter weather.
In eighth grade, Bethany Tomaszewski noticed that sleep didn't come easy. After settling into bed, she'd lie awake for hours.
Maybe what's impressive about Gregory Reed is that he was an MSU student on April 4, 1968, the day Martin Luther King Jr.
Last week, President Bush gave a speech that — it was hoped — would change our course in Iraq. In a way, it did.
Najim Salman walked into the Islamic Center of Greater Lansing for a series of medical tests Monday and left with a smile on his face. "A clean bill of health," he said at the center's 920 S.
Before I began working as a night receptionist in September 2005, I was just a social coffee drinker.
On Sept. 9, 2001, Carol L. Cummings had a puzzling, torturous dream. "I dreamed I was in a downtown area that was extremely crowded," said the Arizona-based dream analyst.