LANSING - The Lansing City Council unanimously voted Monday night to suspend the city’s noise ordinance for the upcoming construction on Interstate 496. The waiver allows the Michigan Department of Transportation to allow a construction company to do demolition and construction between 6 a.m.
The Lansing Police Department hopes its new television show, “Join the Team,” will help develop better relations between MSU and Lansing community members.
Recently I was offended by a flier that was hanging on the kiosk in the Union. The kiosk is right in front of the building’s post office. I was waiting in line Monday to purchase a stamp to send something overseas.
The Office of Minority Student Affairs has begun its minority aide selection process for the 2001-2002 academic year. Murray Edwards, the university’s senior coordinator for Minority Student Affairs, said minority aides play a crucial role for minority students living in residence halls. “Minority aides are undergraduate racial or ethnic students that live in the residence hall and are there to assist students in their transition to MSU by being a resource person for those students,” Edwards said. Minority aides often assist with students’ problems, issues and concerns by referring them to the proper resources on campus, he said. Candidates for the job must participate in a three-part process.
Voters decided Tuesday that the county jail is in good hands with Gene Wriggelsworth.The Democratic incumbent seeking his fourth term for Ingham County Sheriff had little doubt of his re-election.
ANN ARBOR - MSU volleyball head coach Chuck Erbe mustered one word to explain his team’s loss Wednesday to intrastate rival Michigan.“Inconsistency.”“We outhit the other opponent,” he said.
Kelly Schwarzkopf is one happy mom today.Proposal 1, the initiative that would have granted state-funded private school tuition for students attending faltering public schools, failed miserably Tuesday night.And Schwarzkopf, an East Lansing resident with children in high school and middle school, is undoubtedly relieved.“I voted against it largely because I didn’t see it as a solution to a long-range problem,” she said, after casting her ballot at MacDonald Middle School, 1601 Burcham Drive.
It appears Michael Murphy will move across the street.Murphy, president of the Lansing City Council and the Democratic candidate for the 69th District state House seat will most likely be packing and moving his things in January from a 10th floor office in City Hall to the House of Representatives building to the north as one of Lansing’s new state House representatives.Murphy said he was pleased with the election’s results.
After beating the No. 1 team in the nation on the road Saturday, the Spartan hockey team jumped two spots in the national polls released this week. Ranked No.
Before the semester began, international relations junior Austin Carson didn’t know the slightest thing about the Greater Horn of Africa - much less whether the U.S.
The art began 2,300 years ago in Korea, but the name has only been used since 1955. It literally means “the way of foot and fist.” Tae kwon do is a form of martial arts and it took 10 MSU students to Ames, Iowa, last weekend to compete in the National Collegiate Tournament. With the help of head coach Ron Southwick, an adjunct professor in the College of Education, the students learned the endurance and discipline needed for the competition. “Winning and losing are exactly the same as long as you do the best you can,” said Southwick, who took over for Master Jongoon Kim, a retired kinesiology professor, in 1984. Southwick has been a student of Kim’s for more than 19 years. “(The students) get more out of the experience by giving 150 percent,” Southwick said.
LANSING - Around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, state Sen. Dianne Byrum made an announcement that she had won her battle for the seat in the 8th Congressional District. “We figured we’re ready to say we have a victory to bring home tonight,” said Byrum, D-Onondaga.
In a race that remained close throughout the night, two incumbent trustees led early Wednesday morning in the race for two seats on the MSU Board of Trustees.Democrat Dorothy Gonzales and Republican Scott Romney hold a slight advantage over Democrat Cal Rapson and Republican Connie Binsfeld.
DETROIT - The race that wrapped up Tuesday for three seats on the Michigan Supreme Court turned unexpectedly bitter, costly and partisan, bringing the usually obscure contests into the limelight. The state’s highest court had a 5-2 Republican majority going into the election, and both sides came out swinging for control.
Ryan Kipp Just a Taste (Two Cent Records) Local artist Ryan Kipp is off to a great start on his debut EP appropriately titled “Just a Taste.” The five-song disc is a respectable 24 minutes.
My safety on campus has always been an issue, at least in the back of my head. It’s not like it constantly consumes my mind.
This morning I woke up bright and early to go wait outside for Capital Area Transportation Authority route 20-S to take me to campus.
A verdict by a federal circuit court judge may provide Florida smokers with a breath of fresh air, but the $145 billion verdict against Big Tobacco is still an unreasonable amount to pay.Judge Robert Kaye said the award did not violate Florida law that prevents a punitive verdict from bankrupting a defendant.
It was only an exhibition game, but the No. 3 Spartans apparently don’t believe in mercy rules.The defending national champion MSU men’s basketball team began its 2000-2001 season Tuesday with a 93-40 drubbing of Division II Northern Michigan in front of 14,759 at Breslin Student Events Center.MSU put the game away early by going on a 23-0 run in the first half, culminating with freshman center Zach Randolph’s layup at the 13:02 mark, giving the Spartans a 25-5 lead.Six Spartans scored in double figures, led by senior guard Charlie Bell with 15.It was a reverse homecoming of sorts for Tom Izzo.