The International Business Forum will meet today at 11:45 a.m. to discuss sustainable development in Africa.Special guest Amin Alexander Tejani of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce will lead the discussion.The luncheon costs $20 at the Michigan Athletic Club, located at 2900 Hannah Blvd.For reservations and more information, call (517) 353-4336 or e-mail wilkinsb@msu.edu.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm opened up discussion on the looming $920 million state budget deficit to a statewide listening audience Monday with two hours of explanation.Granholm first appeared on Michigan Government Television and then on Michigan Public Radio taking phone calls and challenging citizens to suggest where they prefer cuts, calling the practice a "good exercise of democracy."Republicans have criticized the budget tour as delaying the decision and not allowing segments of government enough time to prepare.Granholm says the budget deficits are caused by a gloomy national economy and tax cuts during the '90s by the state.The governor said she will balance the $38.6 billion budget predominately by making cuts, but she is looking at possible tax or fee increases, including a halt in a scheduled income tax rollback that could save the state $115 million."It doesn't do the whole trick, but it may soften some of the blow," she said.
The Asian Studies Center is hosting a lecture that will focus on multicultural Japan, going "Beyond the Myth of the Mono-Racial State." Michael Weiner from San Diego State University will be coming to MSU.
Delano Cummings will speak at 7 p.m. today in Parlor Room C of the Union. Cummings is a Vietnam veteran, an American Indian of the Lumbee tribe, a lecturer and an author.
After witnessing the controlled chaos of the Channel 7 WXYZ-TV newsroom in Detroit on an 8th grade tour, Ed Ronco said he was sure journalism was his calling.The journalism junior was elected in late October by a staff of his peers and The State News Board of Directors to be The State News' next editor in chief.
Detailing methods for molding East Lansing into a cool city, the Local Cool Cities Advisory Panel submitted its report to Gov.
A campaign to raise $375,000 for the expansion of the Soccer Complex on Abbott Road is moving into phase III of plans to create a shelter, restrooms, concessions and other amenities.
A free day of yoga will be held Nov. 15 in the Union's Ohio State Room. The Medical Yoga Club of MSU will be offering yoga classes and lessons, booklets and fliers about yoga, yoga therapy and demonstrations of yoga that include medical yoga. The free event will be from 9 a.m.
The annual Global Festival will take place from noon to 5 p.m Sunday at the Union Co-sponsored by the University Activities Board and Community Volunteers for International Programs, the event will host many events aimed to increase international cultural awareness in the community.
Local novelist Pamela Ditchoff will promote her second book in East Lansing on Wednesday. Her book, "Seven Days & Seven Sins: a Novel in Short Stories," is set in Lantern Hill, a fictitious Lansing neighborhood, with the framework of the seven deadly sins. Ditchoff will read and discuss the book at 7 p.m.
By Melissa Domsic Special for The State News The moon lined up with the earth and sun Saturday, and more than 250 people from MSU, East Lansing and the surrounding area came to the Observatory to get a better view of the lunar eclipse that occurred between 8:06 and 8:30 p.m.
Area residents will get their first local chance to weigh in on the state's budget crisis today.
The third annual regional cooperation meeting was held Thursday, and brought officials from surrounding cities to discuss traffic, green space and land-sharing agreements.
The VCR in the Metzger's home rewinds "Frosty the Snowman" over and over again as 11-year-old Joey Metzger sits bent over a sheet of paper with a yellow marker in his hand.Joey presses the marker to his page, drawing a frame of a rabbit from the movie.
While the state budget continues to see more red ink each week, fund-raising efforts for top political action committees are on pace to break records. A Michigan Campaign Finance Network report found that the top 150 committees raised $11.1 million this year compared to $8.3 million raised at this time in 2001.
The MSU Center for International Business Education and Research, or CIBER, is co-sponsoring monthly international business forums designed to provide network opportunities for people interested in doing business in the global economy. The first forum, "Sustainable Development in Africa," will be held from 11:45 a.m.
Lansing - Joseph A. Beyrle could be dead five or six times over. But the retired sergeant from Muskegon lived to tell of his exploits in World War II, and on Sunday, he did just that at the Michigan Historical Center, 702 W.
Dr. Felton James Earls will appear at the College of Social Science for a public lecture and lunch.
ASMSU now is recovering from tax problems resulting from the early retirement of an ASMSU business office manager nearly three years ago.