“Everybody deserves a second chance.” That’s not something you hear in the business world very often, and it’s certainly not something anybody hears in relation to the flaming wreckage of the dot-com business model.
With summer’s arrival, many mid-Michigan residents are trying just about anything to beat the heat. “I sleep naked,” said education junior Derek Good, who also admitted to putting ice cubes on his body to keep cool. “I sit in front of my dinky fan in my god-awful, hot, hot house.” Good and those like him shouldn’t bet on changing their seasonal habits anytime soon.
The East Lansing City Council worked out the kinks Tuesday night in a proposed land-share agreement with Meridian Township. Problems with zoning, the distance of houses from the road and some property lying in two jurisdictions simultaneously were some of the quirks nailed down in the proposal, which passed 5-0. “Right now I think we are about 85 percent there,” Mayor Pro Tem Sam Singh said.
MSU students have pulled bicycles, trash cans, radios and manhole covers from the Red Cedar river in an attempt to clean up the campus landmark.But fisheries and wildlife graduate student Jo Latimore was looking for something else in the water Thursday - fish.Latimore hopes she can determine the condition of the river by measuring its fish population.
I personally loved the recently published column by Andrew Goetz, “World Cup competition worth staying up for, U.S.
The three state Senate candidates for the 23rd District will be involved in an environmental issues debate tonight. The debate, sponsored by the Central Michigan Group of the Sierra Club, begins at 7 p.m.
An East Lansing landlord has landed in hot water with the city for what some officials say is a blatant attempt to take away her renters’ rights. Members of the East Lansing Housing Commission spent more than an hour Thursday chastising Betty Feintuch for what they said were unfair leasing practices and threats of eviction to her tenants if they reported code violations to the city. Feintuch, who owns seven rental properties in East Lansing, was found guilty in February of coercive conduct for an August incident.
A slow-paced Saturday night at Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave., was not going to stop Gordon Bennett from giving the audience a good show.An artist in true form accepts his or her environment and makes it something better within its own limitations.
The East Lansing City Council is set to vote at its Tuesday work session on a land-share agreement with Meridian Township. The proposed deal, known as a 425 agreement, would share tax revenue on 101 acres of Meridian Township land between the township and the city.
Our Lady Peace is one of those greatly overlooked bands you just can’t help but love. Hailing from good ol‘ Canada, OLP has always put out memorable rock songs with fluctuating vocals that soar over the music. On its fifth album, “Gravity,” which comes only a year after its previous release, OLP continues to create quality records. Combined with a new guitarist, Steve Mazur from Detroit, and the services of Metallica producer Bob Rock, OLP has created a straightforward, aggressive sound that captures the essence of its live shows. The opening track, “All for You,” compiles various elements into one finely tuned package.
The students charged in connection to the case of Eric Blair, the 18-year-old Bay City resident who drowned in October in the Red Cedar River, have served their purpose - at least, as far as the county prosecutor’s office is concerned. Seeking to make a quick impact on irresponsible drinking, prosecutors used five MSU students as scapegoats, giving the public somebody to point a finger at in connection with Blair’s death.
Medical residents are getting a break. Sort of.Under rules approved this month by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, medical residents will be limited to 80-hour work weeks.Marvin Dunn, the council’s director of resident review activities, said the new regulations will begin July 1, 2003 to help combat sleep deprivation of residents on duty.
The U.S. Copyright Office decided Thursday that webcasters would be charged for online music.Webcasters are ordered to pay 70 cents per song, per 1,000 listeners.MSU’s WDBM (88.9-FM) had discontinued its online webcasts at The Fix.org while awaiting Congress’ decision.
The Michigan Public Service Commission met Friday, but commissioners have yet to decide whether to allow a controversial gasoline pipeline project to begin later this year.Wolverine Pipe Line Co. executives want a $40-million, 26-mile pipeline laid alongside Interstate 96, but they need permission from state departments, several area townships and the city of Lansing before the project can begin.
An effort to require clergy to report people suspected of child abuse is working its way through the state Senate after unanimously passing the House on Wednesday.The bill would add clergy and other members of religious hierarchy to the list of professions required by law to report such abuse to the Family Independence Agency.
Michigan has the 11th highest state tax on cigarettes in the country. If the proposed 50 cent addition was to be passed, that would place Michigan first.
Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave. in Lansing, welcomed six new critters this weekend. Five adult ostriches and one female red panda went on exhibit at the zoo. The ostriches were raised on an ostrich breeding farm in mid-Michigan and are on loan to the zoo. Jiao, the red panda, comes from the San Diego Zoo.
Lansing - After winning their first two games of the season’s second half, the Lugnuts have dropped two straight. Lansing (2-2 second half, 39-34 overall) lost 8-2 to the Michigan Battle Cats Sunday afternoon at Oldsmobile Park, 505 E.