About 10,000 college students from around the nation, including about 70 from MSU, will travel to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27 to engage in Power Shift ’09 — a youth conference to influence Congress and the Obama administration to enact legislation to combat global warming.
The deadline for entries into a recycled art exhibit for Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s Greater Lansing Go Green! Initiative has been extended until Friday.
A week after his job performance came into question, Christopher Kulesza resigned from chairperson of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly on Tuesday night. Kulesza planned to become the Director of University Budgets, but the assembly did not confirm him to that position.
The man charged with assaulting a female student on campus in early October was found guilty on Tuesday of felony assault and attempted false imprisonment. Jason Evans, of Mason, who was 25 at the time of the crime, was found guilty of attacking a 19-year-old female student on Oct.
To better define what types of conduct during a riot will result in prosecution, the East Lansing City Council set public hearing dates for March 3 and March 17 for the creation of a new ordinance. The ordinance specifies that citizens must clear the streets and not re-enter when police deem an event an unlawful assembly.
A 22-year-old female student reported a textbook stolen while she worked out Friday at Jenison Field House, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The intersection where an MSU visiting scholar was killed in a vehicle-pedestrian accident Sunday will be considered for safety upgrades after police complete an investigation. East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said police continue to investigate what caused the accident that killed Tao Li, 44, who had arrived from China earlier Sunday.
If you’ve spent enough time on MSU’s campus, chances are you’ve crossed paths with Bill Brooks. Maybe it was on a Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium, where Brooks attended every home game. Or maybe it was when Barack Obama came to East Lansing last year, with Brooks sitting in the front row, listening attentively to the future president.
The Arab Cultural Society will hold its annual Hafla at 8 p.m. Thursday at Club Rush, 131 Albert Ave. Hafla is Arabic for a party.
The MSU Career Services Network is hosting the Summer Employment & Internship Fair from 5-8 p.m. today at the Kellogg Center.
The budget crunch, music therapy program and academic integrity had the attention of MSU’s Faculty Council at the body’s Tuesday meeting. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said the university needs to do what is right not only for today, but for tomorrow, in terms of the budget and future cuts. “It is my personal view that everything we do is valuable, almost every thing we do is better than someone else and a case can be made for almost anything,” Simon said.
Students struggling to pay their way through MSU could benefit from the $787 billion stimulus package that President Barack Obama signed Tuesday. But questions still remain about how the funding will affect tuition costs. About $32 billion of the package is expected to go toward higher education. Part of that will be used to increase the maximum Pell Grant from $4,731 to $5,350 in 2009, and to $5,550 in 2010, according to The Associated Press.
If MSU receives any federal or state stimulus money for infrastructure improvements, the administration will be “shovel-ready.” At last week’s meeting, the Board of Trustees approved a resolution identifying several construction projects that could be ready to begin within 90 days of receiving any stimulus funds. Any construction on campus must be approved in the planning and construction stages by the board.
More wintry weather is expected in East Lansing for the remainder of the week, said Wayne Hoepner, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service station in Grand Rapids.
With the creation of a Fraternity-Sorority Historic District earlier this month, the city added to an already lengthy list of historic districts in East Lansing. Eight historic districts help preserve the city’s oldest and most architecturally appealing buildings, but also place restrictions on the kind of structural work that can be done.
Orange signs and large inflatable rats have led to honking cars and a lot of questions for protesters at the Birch Road construction site. The use of nonunionized workers by Sandborn Construction Inc. for the groundwork on Birch Road has prompted protest from Laborers Local 499, a union that stated it feels that the Sandborn workers deserve better benefits.
A shirtless man stole a laptop, an iPod and cash — all of which totaled more than $1,700 — Sunday morning from two rooms in East Shaw Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Harrison Avenue is one of several area roads that could get a new look if East Lansing receives some of the more than $35 ?million worth of projects it has applied for as part of the economic stimulus package.
An ordinance that would ?specify types of conduct that could result in prosecution during a riot will be introduced to East Lansing City Council tonight.
A discordant note has interrupted the harmony within MSU’s College of Music in recent weeks. On Feb. 6, the College of Music submitted a moratorium — a freeze on admissions — that could eventually lead to the disbanding of the college’s music therapy program, said James Forger, dean of the College of Music.