This is another in a series of stories exploring violence in schools.Ninety-eight percent of people will run away when they hear gunshots, according to retired Army Lt.
Dating can be compared to a large piece of chocolate cake. At first glance, the confectionery is perfect.
Weekday construction in East Lansing came to a halt for the first time in months Tuesday.Picketers from Local 333 of the Plumbers & Pipefitters arrived at the corners of the $30 million City Center development in the early morning, upset with the hiring of nonunion workers for an independent portion of the project.A contractor hired by Barnes & Noble Booksellers to complete its new location on the corner of Grand River Avenue and Charles Street hired nonunion workers, taking the place of potential union jobs.Union members allege the workers are making substandard wages with no benefits.Representatives from Barnes & Noble could not be reached for comment.“It’s not worth it for them to work for practically nothing,” picketer Bryan Cummings said.
There will be a changing of the guard at the MSU College of Social Science. Marietta Baba is expected to be named the new dean of the College of Social Science at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
Paul Loeffler has been volunteering for the National Folk Festival in East Lansing for the past two years and said the perks can’t be beat. Loeffler and his wife, Linda, Williamston residents, have volunteered as loggers for the festival, archiving the music and information about the musicians and their songs. Loeffler said volunteers get a “nifty” T-shirt, preferred parking, water and snacks, the chance to meet the band members and an invitation to the volunteer meal and bash at the end of the festival. “It’s a steal for a volunteer to put in a four-hour shift for what they get out of it,” he said.
The Michigan prison visitation policy, which has recently come under scrutiny, is much too strict and has too many downfalls to be considered effective. The policies, which were enacted in 1995, were challenged by several prisoners and overturned by U.S.
MASON - Barb Kanuth felt like an artist instead of a middle school principal Friday when she received her wish from the WKAR Wish Board. Kanuth, principal at Hope Middle School, 2020 Park Lane in Holt, bid on a wish from the MSU television station’s wish board auction to make pottery with local artist Doug DeLind. Earlier this year, DeLind created wooden statue silhouettes of several members of MSU’s men’s basketball team to commemorate their success in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. The WKAR Wish Board is just one of the categories in the broadcasting station’s auction to raise money for public television.
The East Lansing City Council on Tuesday will discuss an application for Troppo to build a second-story addition.Kris Elliott, the restaurant’s owner, said he wants to build an addition with a combination of indoor and outdoor seating.“The business demand has been adequate,” he said.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”So begins Charles Dickens’ French Revolution-era novel “A Tale of Two Cities.” So also begins my segue into a discussion I had with a fellow radio-show host Friday (Incidentally, this is in no way intended as any sort of shameless self-promotion.
Forget about all those John Wayne Westerns showing cowboys breaking wild horses. Monty Roberts doesn’t need to use violence to tame a wild horse. At 7:30 p.m.
When Dr. Glenn Davis took over as the dean of the College of Human Medicine on May 15, he had a list of things to evaluate and learn.The college’s admissions policy was one of them.Davis said he sees the Thursday release of a Center for Equal Opportunity study of race and admissions at the college as an opportunity.“Even if the study hadn’t come out, I would have reviewed the process,” he said.
LANSING - The steamy conditions Saturday only served as fuel to David Garcia’s fire. “We aren’t asking for special protection,” he told a crowd of about 10,000 gathered near the state Capitol steps for the annual Michigan Pride rally. “We are asking for equal rights.” Garcia, along with state Reps.
LANSING - Area residents can play golf and help a great cause at the same time from July 14-16. The 3 Course Challenge, established by Lansing entrepreneur Chris Holman, will be held to benefit the Sparrow Foundation’s Coaches for Kids Fund and Athletes for Kids.
There’s a word some people need to learn: responsibility. In your article (“Election flaws discovered,” SN 6/6), Nikki O’Brien, coordinator for African American Student Affairs at MSU, along with the editorial board of The State News, acted irresponsibly.
Instead of letting warm-weather lemonade-sippers continue to drink unaware, nutritionist Roy Vartabedian will be on campus Tuesday to help educate them. During nearly 10 years of research, Vartabedian has analyzed the nutrient density of more than 3,000 items in the food pyramid and created a point-system rating for each food. The food analysis was published in his book, “Nutripoints: The Breakthrough Point System for Optimal Nutrition.” “This is a nutritional system that will help the average person figure out what foods to eat very easily,” he said.
I am disappointed to see that The State News has given such a prominent place and uncritical treatment of the recently released “study” by the Center for Equal Opportunity ( “Study: med college racist,” SN 6/14). Your article reports the findings of this report with little or no critical analysis of the data or the organization that produced it.
It’s almost inevitable.If you own a telephone, there’s a good chance the phone has rung just as you sit down for a relaxing evening meal.And the person on the other end probably isn’t your best friend or a relative calling to inquire about your day.
LANSING - It was a long night Friday when friends Doug Touchette, Don Porter and Troy Brown tried fitfully to sleep in a parked car outside of Okemos’ Meridian Mall, 1982 W.
Kitrina Spencer is pretty satisfied with her Ameritech local phone service, but if something cheaper comes along she would have no qualms about switching service.The philosophy junior, as well as other students and residents, might be given the choice of staying with Ameritech, Michigan’s major local phone service provider, or switching to another provider.AT&T Corp., headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., is planning on entering Michigan’s local phone service market by the end of the year.“We want to be able to provide customers with total service,” said Mark Siegel, an AT&T spokesman.