Frustrating waits at campus railroad crossings will soon be alleviated by $16.8 million in state funding to build an underpass on Farm Lane. Congress passed a $286 billion highway and mass transit spending bill at the end of July allowing the state to allocate money to build underpasses where railroads cross Farm Lane between Trowbridge and Mt.
The Eastwood Towne Center in Lansing Township is the perfect setting to tantalize the senses - especially smell and taste.
Welcome Week is arguably the scariest week for any entering student who spent most of their life living in a suburban bubble.
The evidence is stacking up against the police involved in the April 2-3 disturbances. On Friday, MSU Vice President for Student Affairs and Services Lee June and eight of his colleagues gave firsthand accounts of the events they witnessed that night.
Two new restaurants in the International Center's Crossroads Food Court did not open as planned Monday, but new additions to the Union's One Union Square Food Court opened on schedule. All four eateries installed in on-campus food courts this summer should be operational by the end of the week, said Associate Union Manager Mark Simmons. Grill 155 and La Vincita, offering American and Italian menus, respectively, replace the Little Caesars and Wendy's formerly located in the Union. Subway has been absorbing much of the lunchtime traffic at the International Center after Taco Bell and Wendy's closed this spring, but the food court will now offer East Lansing's fourth Woody's Oasis location and the New Jersey-based chain Villa Pizza. Woody's is expected to open today at 10 a.m., and Simmons said he hopes to have Villa Pizza up and running by the end of the day as well.
A hearing to determine whether public employers can offer benefits to domestic partners is scheduled for today at the Ingham County 30th Circuit Court and proponents will hold a rally before the hearing. Triangle Foundation Director of Policy Sean Kosofsky said the benefits should remain legal. "I don't want to comment on possible decisions from the hearing, but we are expecting a positive outcome because the intent behind Proposal 2 was not to restrict domestic benefits," he said. In 2004, Proposal 2 was put on the ballot and was ratified as a Michigan Constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is representing 22 same-sex couples who filed a lawsuit in March after Attorney General Mike Cox interpreted the amendment as barring the city of Kalamazoo from providing domestic-partner benefits in future contracts. Messages left at the attorney general's office were not returned. The court hearing, which would have been last month, was postponed in order for Gov.
For many students on campus, sports is life - whether they choose to watch or play - and MSU offers several intramural and club activities to keep sports fans interested. Although only a select few are able to participate in varsity sports, several options are available to everyone else.
Glenn Marrichi, 1972 MSU graduate and president and chief executive officer of The Marketing Identity, has a new 60-minute reality show on A&E, with a family twist on the "CSI" concept, called "Family Forensics." "You can find out happy, interesting things and (issues) that need to be addressed," Marrichi said.
With senior Eric Smith moved back to safety after a brief stint at bandit, the linebackers have now become the youngest group on the team. The starting group consists of junior linebacker David Herron Jr., sophomore linebacker Kaleb Thornhill and sophomore bandit Sir Darean Adams.
The MSU Board of Trustees spent Thursday getting acquainted with the medical facilities in a city which could, if approved, become home to part of the university's College of Human Medicine. MSU began plans in early 2004 to move a portion of the medical school to Grand Rapids.
Oroville, Calif. - A California judge raised the possibility that four fraternity members could be charged with torture in the death of a 21-year-old pledge, comparing the alleged hazing death to the torture of Iraqi prisoners by U.S.
For many students on campus, sports is life - whether they choose to watch or play - and MSU offers several intramural and club activities to keep sports fans interested. Although only a select few are able to participate in varsity sports, several options are available to everyone else.
The city of East Lansing has received a grant to help fund an extension of the Northern Tier Trail. The $92,400 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will help the city extend the trail about a mile farther north.
Two weeks ago, the local station of the Indian Trails bus line confiscated my suitcase in a precautionary procedure stemming from the war on terrorism.
I believe that the new student ID football vouchers are a big mistake and will not only financially disturb our beloved school, but will damage the spirit and energy of the student section.
Sparty's Convenience Stores' coffee is now fair - to the last drop. Campus and local coffee shops now provide fair trade coffee due to consumer demand. Fair trade is an agreement between producer and purchaser that at least a minimum price per pound will be paid for certain goods.
On Aug. 27, the International Center will hold singing, dancing, magic and improvisational comedy in the University Activities Board's "Spartan All-Stars" show. The event is free to the MSU community and everyone featured is from the university, advertising junior and UAB spokesperson Tiffany Weber said. "It's called the 'All-Stars' because it features the talents of Spartans," she said.
The image of Greg Tracy's first emergency response as an East Lansing firefighter has been etched in his mind for more than 21 years. It was summer, and a call reported a sighting of a body in the woods. After searching throughout the wooded area, Tracy said he found the body of a teenage boy who had been reported missing for a day hanging from a tree limb. "Calls - even from the first few years - they're vivid memories," the East Lansing Fire Department captain said. Traumatic memories, whether 2 or 20 years old, often remain in the back of emergency responders' minds.