The sounds and smells of Germany can be found on the third floor of Wells Hall this week. Two German studies graduate students, Jeannine Mickeleit and Angelika Kraemer, are running a camp to teach children aged 6-11 years old German language and culture.
City officials have tried blocking an attempt by a local rental-housing mogul to construct new apartments on Burcham Drive. The East Lansing City Council authorized City Manager Ted Staton to purchase a piece of property for $160,000, on which DTN Management Co. wanted to construct a new apartment complex, during its July 19 meeting, city documents stated. Although Deputy City Manager Jean Golden has said the city didn't want to get involved in a bidding war with DTN, the offer was still brought to the council by city administrators. "That was the offer from the seller," she said.
Last year the annual African American Parade and Family Heritage Picnic attracted more than 15,000 people, state Rep.
As summer winds down for John Fournier, his campaign for a seat on East Lansing's City Council is just beginning to start. The political theory and constitutional democracy senior said he's been busy finishing up his paperwork to enter his name into the race and expects to have it submitted by Wednesday. Fournier has until 5 p.m.
After more than a month without an administrative leader, the College of Human Medicine is expected to take on Dr. Marsha Rappley as acting dean. Rappley has assumed the responsibilities on an interim basis since the departure of former Dean Glenn Davis on June 30. MSU President Lou Anna K.
It's a 2,500 mile race - powered by the sun. The University of Michigan placed first in the 2005 North American Solar Challenge, or NASC, a race that included 20 competitors and their solar cars from universities and colleges across the nation. "We had 10 days of racing," said Michael Brackney, project manager for the U-M solar racing team.
A new restaurant will soon join the ranks of establishments along Grand River Avenue in East Lansing. Pasta Per Trio LLC is opening a franchised Noodles & Co. restaurant in downtown where Chios once was, at 305 E.
Incoming freshman Thurman Stanton Jr. spent the last five weeks learning how to be a college student. He's one of 26 new students hailing from all over the state who enrolled in MSU's Summer University Program: Excellence Required, or SUPER. The program, created in 1988, is designed to help a diverse group of students gain the academic, social and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in the university setting. Stanton said he's glad he applied for the SUPER developmental course because it's prepared him to adjust to the college workload. "It's tremendously needed," he said.
President Bush's proposed Central America Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, passed through Congress Thursday by only two votes, expanding trade into six Latin American countries. Many Michigan legislators are concerned the newly passed agreement will mean fewer jobs in Michigan - much like the 24,000 Michigan jobs lost as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, said Rep.
"They should legalize it, it's definitely not as bad as it's made out to be." Jeff Pink psychology senior "Yes, I don't think there's evidence that it does a lot of harm." Ashley Ballard psychology junior at Western Michigan University "Just imagine if the government made it legal, they could be making the money themselves." Randy Rivas residential building and construction sophomore at Lansing Community College "I have no definite opinion, there's a good and bad side to marijuana, just like everything else." Nicolas Hampton East Lansing resident
An organization pushing for looser marijuana laws released a "Truth Report" in late July in an attempt to dispel the federal government's claims against the drug. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, wrote "Your Government Is Lying To You (Again) About Marijuana" as an updated response to a letter sent by a White House official in 2002 to every prosecutor in America to convince them to become more harsh on marijuana cases, NORML Senior Policy Analyst Paul Armentano said. "This is a policy on ideology," Armentano said about the government's attacks on marijuana.
Trees now tagged with "do not disturb" signs can be found in many counties in Michigan to detect the emerald ash borer, spotted in a tree in East Lansing. The Michigan Department of Agriculture, or MDA, along with the Michigan Cooperative Emerald Ash Borer Response Project are "girdling" 12,000 ash trees in counties not affected by the emerald ash borer so they can detect and contain the insect, according to the MDA. "Each of those trees is 'girdled,' where they cut a band of the bark off the tree.
The day before MSU football players report for practice, head coach John L. Smith has taken on the task of rallying support for an entirely different cause. This Saturday, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, or JDRF, will hold a Walk To Cure Diabetes on campus, kicking off at Ralph Young Field.
Despite the recent emergence of alternate music sources, people are remaining loyal to their local radio stations, according to a local report. The Communications Research Institute of East Lansing, or CRI, conducted a project to determine whether radio interest is being replaced by the high-tech world of satellite radio, personal MP3 players and Internet radio, CRI research team member and MSU Chair of the Department of Communication Charles Atkin said. "In each case, the total size of the audience isn't as large as for radio," he said.
Candidates for Lansing mayor and Lansing City Council members and two proposals are items that will be on the Aug.
The City Council's filing deadline for the November election candidates is two weeks away, and council members are gearing up for the political battle. East Lansing Councilmembers Vic Loomis and Bill Sharp are up for re-election.
A memorial service for Jiang Wei Lim will be held at 4 p.m. today in the McDonel Hall Kiva. Tyler DeBruler, Lim's former roommate and friend, said some people who knew him well will make presentations, and a spiritual leader will be present as well. "(We're) going to put up a couple of photos and tell stories about him and basically just tell how loved he was, when it comes right down to it," he said. Lim, a 20-year-old computer science and engineering senior and international student, was spending the weekend at a friend's home when he drowned last weekend in a swimming accident in Lake Michigan.
Saturday was the start of the Buddhist celebration Asalha Puja and the Rains Retreat, and many gathered at a local monastery to celebrate its commencement with meditation and ethnic food. Ajahn Khemasanto, the abbot at Dhammasala Forest Monastery, 14780 Beardslee Road in Perry, said the retreat is a time for monks to meditate. "This a special time for monks to take on special practices and be more strict in meditation," he said.