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.
Mason - East Lansing school board candidates Randy Bell and William Donohue entered the Ingham County Courthouse as equals Friday.
Why should we reward terrorism? I have tried to sympathize with the Palestinian people, the oppression they have suffered in the occupied territories and the continued building of settlements by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Lansing Community College has been awarded a $4 million grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
The director of MSU Libraries was appointed Thursday by Gov. John Engler to the Library of Michigan Board of Trustees.Clifford Haka will replace Thomas J.
Plans already are in place for a $10,000 renovation of the Ann Street Plaza, at the corner of M.A.C.
With a solemn oath and the support of university officials, newly sworn-in MSU police Chief Jim Dunlap undertook a whole new set of responsibilities.“It’s a little nerve-racking,” he said.
The softball team added sophomore hurler Stephanie Christner to next year’s roster.Christner played last year for Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa, earning All-Region XI honors.
Ulsan, South Korea - Like great performers always do, the U.S. soccer team saved its best for last. Unfortunately it just wasn’t enough. So after making its longest run at the World Cup in nearly 75 years, the United States bowed out with a loss in an epic 1-0 battle with Germany. “The U.S.
Women’s track and field sent two athletes to the U.S. Junior and Senior National Outdoor Track and Field Championships Saturday in Palo Alto, Calif.Senior tri-captain Sherita Williams competed in the senior nationals triple jump, and freshman Michelle Rzepka competed in the junior nationals pole vault.Williams set school records in both the long jump (20’ 1/2”) and triple jump (42’ 3/4”). Williams was named Big Ten conference champion for the latter, earning All-Big Ten first team honors and finishing 12th at the NCAA Championships, earning first team All-American.Williams finished ninth overall in the triple jump with a 42’ 1 1/4” jump.Rzepka, who holds the school record in the pole vault at 12’0”, made her first appearance at the U.S.
Led by junior forward Julie Pagel, the women’s Big Ten All-Star team is a perfect 4-0 in its Foreign Tour.The team picked up its fourth win in a 101-90 victory over Euronyl Waregem on Saturday.
Jim Slater sat in the Air Canada Centre for several hours Saturday, in disbelief about what was unfolding in front of him.Slater, a sophomore center at MSU, was projected as a solid first-round pick in this weekend’s NHL Entry Draft in Toronto.
“Experience,” wrote Benjamin Disraeli, “is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action.
I am writing about the grading policies at MSU, or lack thereof. There is a misconception that a student’s grades reflect the student, while realistically, students grades lay a great deal in the hands of their professors.
After House Republicans failed to secure enough votes to increase the cigarette tax Wednesday, House Democrats seized the opportunity to push their budget plan forward. The plan would raise $352 million by consolidating departments, freezing the single business tax, and taking money from the state lottery and “rainy day” fund. “It’s time to stop using smoke and mirrors to fix this budget crisis and start taking our jobs seriously,” said House Minority Leader Samuel “Buzz” Thomas, D-Detroit.
A dead crow found in Mason earlier this month tested positive for the West Nile virus, the Ingham County Health Department said.The virus, which is transmitted to humans, birds, horses and other animals by infected mosquitoes, can cause a flu-like illness.