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MSU Police, SADD talk drunken driving

Derek Blalock
April 11, 2012

Family community services junior Nikki Noel believes drinking and driving is one of the most preventable causes of death, yet in 2010 there were more than 600 DUIs given out by the East Lansing Police Department — an increase of nearly 200 from 2009. Noel is a member of Spartans Against Drunk Driving, or SADD, and Wednesday they joined MSU Police near the rock on Farm Lane to help raise awareness of the consequences of drunken driving.

MICHIGAN

Funds uncertain for updates to local avenues

Beau Hayhoe
April 11, 2012

Top city and state transportation officials joined U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., at a roundtable event Wednesday, calling for an increased federal commitment to local transportation funding that would be used to help streamline area bus transportation along Grand River and Michigan avenues. Officials from the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, said uncertainties surrounding funding for transportation projects have made it difficult to plan for major infrastructure needs, including a local initiative that would spruce up the Michigan/Grand River Avenue Corridor.

MSU

Event highlights MSU innovation

Stephen Brooks
April 11, 2012

MSU innovations might be infiltrating the consumer market more quickly once a new Spartan Innovations LLC initiative announced Wednesday is up and running. The creation of a technology transfer enterprise called Spartan Innovations was unveiled at Wednesday’s second annual MSU Innovation Celebration at the Union, which also displayed numerous technologies and innovations made by MSU student and faculty inventors.

MICHIGAN

Interactive city council videos, agendas might be implemented

Beau Hayhoe
April 11, 2012

A new online software system could turn East Lansing City Council meetings into on-demand viewing, easing accessibility and transparency for residents and city staff. The council was introduced at its Tuesday night work session, held at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, to a software system operated by Granicus, a nationwide technology company that works with local, state and national government bodies to promote transparency.

MSU

MSU Police awarded Green Certification

Lauren Gibbons
April 11, 2012

After undertaking extensive renovations and taking steps toward efficiency by updating office practices, the MSU Police Department is being honored for going green. The department recently was awarded a Green Certification, an initiative forwarded by MSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability meant to honor campus units that have attempted to reduce their environmental footprint, Office of Campus Sustainability Project Coordinator Lauren Olson said.

MSU

COGS pushes for monetary support for renovations

Rachel Jackson
April 11, 2012

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon reiterated her support for renovating Chittenden Hall to the representatives of the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, Wednesday during the group’s last full council meeting of the year outside the building.

NEWS

Police Brief 04/11/12

Lauren Gibbons
April 10, 2012

Two officers from the MSU Police Department caught a Caucasian 49-year-old Lansing male in the act of stealing a bicycle between 8:25-9:30 a.m. April 10 at the Butterfield Hall bicycle racks, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

MICHIGAN

City Council discusses climate sustainability plan, new meeting coverage technoloy

Beau Hayhoe
April 10, 2012

The East Lansing City Council got its first look at what could be a step forward into the digital age at its Tuesday night work session. During its 7 p.m. work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, the council heard a presentation from Jack Melnicoff, a solutions specialist with a nationwide information technology company called Granicus that works with government municipalities to promote transparency.

MSU

Students take their shoes off for cause

Rebecca Ryan
April 10, 2012

On her way out the door Wednesday to meet some friends at the rock on Farm Lane, advertising freshman Steph Benson bundled up for the chilly day, putting on her coat and mittens. But as she met the other students, they all had left an item of clothing behind — their shoes. Despite cold weather, about seven students met at the rock on Wednesday for a barefoot walk hosted by the MSU campus club for TOMS Shoes. The walk was part of a worldwide One Day Without Shoes movement on Tuesday in which people ditched their shoes to spread awareness about TOMS Shoes, an organization that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need each time a pair of shoes is sold.

MICHIGAN

Michigan State Police History Month celebrates MSU roots

Lauren Gibbons
April 10, 2012

On April 19, 1917, a new homeland security calvary team trotted out onto the grounds leased from Michigan Agricultural College farmland with the goal of protecting Michigan residents from the threat of a looming war. About 95 years later, that team has grown to become what now is known as the Michigan State Police. Although state troopers no longer are riding horses and the land rented from MSU has been returned to the university, the institution is taking its upcoming anniversary to remember its roots.

MSU

Locals encourage fair trade

Darcie Moran
April 10, 2012

With fair trade goods and programs lining a room in the International Center, local fair trade enthusiasts and curious students had their eyes glued to Jeff Goldman, the executive director of the Fair Trade Resource Network, as he spoke during the MSU Students for Fair Trade Club’s Fair Trade Bash on Tuesday at the International Center. Goldman read one of his favorite quotes about fair trade by Gisele Fleurant, director of the Committee for Haitian Artisans, during the event.