Marc Nardacci has an incredibly intense job resting on his shoulders. In his first year as director of ASMSU's Pop Entertainment, he faced a smaller amount of group members than last year, as well as a hefty budget cut.
Work on the East Village Master Plan appears to be drawing to a close, but some East Lansing residents say they still don't have enough information about the project. The East Lansing Planning Commission is likely to take a final vote on the plan tonight. Several community members have asked why specific studies of the environment, traffic or housing markets in the area were not conducted as part of the planning process. The Michigan Municipal Planning Act requires commissions to "make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth" when developing master plans. "I think that's something they've failed to accomplish," said Ryan McBride, an agriculture and natural resources and communication senior who lives in FarmHouse fraternity, located on the edge of the East Village at 151 Bogue St. But city officials maintain that doing studies ahead of time isn't necessary or desirable. "What you see in the plan is just a general statement of a vision, not what will happen," said Jim van Ravensway, the city's director of planning and community development. The East Village plan, most recently revised in December, calls to restructure the Cedar Village area into a new community with buildings up to eight stories high, expand access to the Red Cedar River and significantly increase the area's population by constructing higher-density housing. The 35-acre area — between Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road south of Grand River Avenue — is adjacent to MSU's campus and home to more than 1,800 people, primarily student renters. Andrea Brown, executive director of the Michigan Planning Association, said the planning act doesn't require specific studies, but they could be helpful in attracting developers and reassuring residents. Conducting studies of the East Village would have costs of more than $100,000, said Tim Dempsey, East Lansing's community development administrator. But the city did spend $55,000 on a conceptual plan and drawings.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm's proposed budget for the 2006-07 fiscal year will be released Thursday at noon by Mary Lannoye, director for the Office of the State Budget. Greg Bird, spokesman for the budget office, said the governor will place a strong emphasis on education, our families, and growing Michigan's economy. "The budget the governor will present will continue to live within our means," Bird said.
Perry — The tops of the tallest trees are chopped off. Beyond the wooded area is an empty, muddy field where Tony Schepis' lone house is visible in the distance. But Schepis, a pilot, has a vision for the vacant land in the small town outside of East Lansing. Ashlynn Estates Perry Aero Park is Michigan's newest private neighborhood where recreational pilots can live with their planes. "Since man has looked up, he's wanted to fly," Schepis said.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, I have a class in the MSU College of Law building. And every week, people will crowd on the tiny elevator to take them upstairs.
Cartoon-related controversy sounds familiar. Last fall, a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published a series of 12 illustrations depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad. Many of the cartoons were meant to criticize aspects of Islamic doctrine, but others associate violence with the prophet.
Dear Dr. D. The other day my boyfriend and I got into a fight about hand sanitizer. He thinks that you should use anti-bacterial soap or hand sanitizer every time you wash your hands.
Opponents gain control of the ball and MSU women's basketball fans step in. It's the power of home court. A teenage girl rises to her feet, her mouth wide open.
Three MSU students strummed their guitars and beat bongo drums in front of a smiling Sarah Jessica Parker, a few oblivious fish and zoology sophomore Jessica Pyle around 9 p.m.
The State News recently caught up with former MSU running back T.J. Duckett in Southfield at a community reading event. • What he's been up to since the football season ended … "Well, I have two dogs and I've been spending a lot of time with them, and just been hanging out.
It was a familiar experience for MSU senior forward David Booth when he came back to the bench wincing in pain after a collision in an Oct.
Katie Wilcox made some very cogent, effective and logical points in her letter, "Cartoon makes light of unsafe abortion" (SN 2/01). She has been met on these pages, however, by the typical rhetoric and personal attacks commonly used by the pro-abortion advocates. The most glaring myth often regurgitated by those who support legal infanticide is the "it's the woman's body," line.
Name: Professor Norman Sauer and Assistant Professor Todd Fenton Department: Forensic anthropology Type of research: Identifying human remains Date of research: Sauer has been researching forensic anthropology for about 30 years, and Fenton began when he joined the department in 1998. Basics of the project: "We aid in the investigation of deaths," Fenton said.
In 1959, a family of four in sleepy Halcomb, Kan., was brutally murdered. Enter Truman Capote — writer for The New Yorker — desperate to tell the story. Capote devotes years to his research.
Ever wonder how many thousands of times a song gets played on the radio across the country? Steve Lubin can tell you the exact number.
Barr combines spacey jazz with spoken words hitting on the offbeats. The band is one of kind in umpteen ways.
The MSU Board of Trustees will hold a special "discussion only" portion of its regular public committee meetings Friday to discuss budget concerns and the redevelopment of University Village. The discussion will take place as part of the trustees' Finance and Audit Committee agenda, and will be a time for the trustees and the community to get an update of some issues the board is facing, Trustee Melanie Foster said. The committees meet publicly Fridays before the full board meeting is called to order.
Katie Fletcher For The State News "Lights and Sounds" is the newest release from Yellowcard, the pop-rock group whose last few songs were released among a flurry of California-themed singles from similar bands.
Crinkled foreheads and questioning looks adorned the faces of students in MSU's Italian Club as a Scopa tournament developed. A corner of the Multicultural Center in the Union overflowed with chatter as students sought information from others on how to accurately play the Italian card game. "So, can I pick it up?" "Yeah, it's a Scopa, I think." Club president Achille DiNello said the group focuses more on social activities than cultural ones, but he's trying to change that.
I walk to class quite often, and on my travels I stroll past good ole Wells Hall. With friendly squirrels, bright-eyed ambitious young students trucking their way to class, it's a heart-warming place. The warmth of these positive elements seems to pale in comparison to the fire and brimstone preached daily outside.