Capital Area Community Services Inc. of Ingham County will host the Walk for Warmth on Saturday to raise awareness and money for low-income, elderly people with disabilities in the county.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered all U.S. flags in Michigan to be lowered to half-staff on Friday in honor of 1st Lt.
Local gym managers said renovations being made to the IM Sports-West are long overdue, but they're not worried about the competition. "It's great the school has put money back into the university," said Powerhouse Gym manager Kellee Ostrander.
The November 2004 general election results, down to how each precinct voted, are now available online, the Michigan Secretary of State office reported.
An estimated 1,000 women will come together Saturday to address the needs and concerns of the Chicano and Latino community for the 12th annual Día de la Mujer, or Day of the Woman, conference at Kellogg Center. The theme for the event, "Comadres Developing a Plan of Action," was created to empower, motivate and inspire Latinas in their quest for advancement, and help bring the community into a new area of advancement, said conference coordinator Mar'a Zavala. The event focuses on women because women are traditionally leaders in Chicano and Latino families because they raise the children, Zavala said. Comadres, Zavala said, is a Chicano and Latino word that signifies a time that brings women of all generations together to push a child forward into adulthood. "In this instance, it's a push to get the conference into maturity to develop issues and a plan for action," she said. The conference's 25 workshops will focus on issues that impact women in the Chicano and Latino community.
Jeffrey Docking, an East Lansing native and MSU alumnus who has spent the last eight years at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pa., is returning to Michigan in July when he becomes Adrian College's 17th president.
Lansing - Joseph Kurta said he could peel enough potatoes in 20 minutes for 130 men during World War II at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. He did this as men were dying around him, tanks crushed bodies and the snow made fighting difficult and dangerous. Now 84 years old, the Lansing resident was honored with several medals for his work as a cook during the war.
Although many students are scrambling to meet the April 15 tax deadline, the process of filing can be even more complicated for international students, said officials at the MSU tax clinic. The Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, doesn't allow the electronic filling of the 10-40NR, which is what a non-U.S.
Using frosting, licorice, chocolate chips and sprinkles, international relations sophomore Lindsay Miller constructed an edible map of Israel. Miller and two other students constructed their sweet geographical creations Tuesday night at the Hillel Jewish Student Center, 360 Charles St.
Student Parents On a Mission co-Chairperson Melissa Alsobrooks told student government leaders at the group's Feb.
Giant foam dice bounced across a board symbolizing the United States as part of the "Play Hard, Play Safe and Play Again" game Tuesday in Shaw Hall's cafeteria. The game was part of the annual Spring Break Safety Fair coordinated by the Women's Resource Center, or WRC, with the help of Olin Health Center, which runs the game. "I think the most important thing is just a reminder you need to protect yourself on spring break," said Olin health educator Jon Kermiet.
"Maybe a couple nicer restaurants. You could go out and have a nice dinner." Bryon Botorowicz, psychology and sociology senior "Different types of cultural restaurants.
An unidentified man was assaulted and wounded early Sunday morning outside Sparty's Night Club, 410 S.
Drivers who speed along portions of Grand River Avenue and Saginaw Highway will face a $40 increase in speeding ticket fines as of midnight on Thursday. Originally $135, tickets were raised to keep vehicles from traveling faster than a 10 mph speed hike made by the Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, last week.
About 10 MSU students joined a group of 13 Michigan colleges to meet with state government officials on Tuesday to express their concerns and learn about the legislative process. The Michigan Campus Compact hosted the second annual "Day at the State Capitol," along with Sen.
Possibly deterred by the snow, not enough professors and student representatives attended the Academic Council meeting on Tuesday to be able to vote on issues. There must be 61 voting members in attendance to convene a meeting, but by 4 p.m., 45 minutes after the meeting was scheduled to begin, only 59 of those members had appeared. Acting Provost John Hudzik ended the meeting, urging those in attendance to encourage missing members to come to the next meeting, scheduled for March 22. "You're all great folks for being here - stay great and get your colleagues to show up," Hudzik said. The weather is sometimes a factor in keeping people from venturing out to the meetings, said Jon Sticklen, chairman of the Executive Committee of Academic Council and an associate professor of computer science. "This doesn't happen too frequently, but when it does, it's usually in winter when there is a blizzard," Sticklen said.
A university community task force working toward reducing sexual assaults and relationship violence at MSU is closer to submitting its recommendations. The group, formed in November after 12 sexual assaults were reported on MSU's campus during the fall semester, is made up of more than 30 university community members, including faculty, staff and students. The task force met Monday to brainstorm and review findings since it first met in December. "We started to get the ball rolling," committee co-Chairperson Jayne Schuiteman said.
Two firefighters were injured in a Lansing house fire at 710 Clark St. on Monday, when the floor beneath them collapsed.
East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbott Road, will hold a "Community Cultures: Africa" program from 2 p.m.