Pastor Brian Henley woke up around 6 a.m. Thursday morning, "showered" with bottled water from his mini-fridge and ate breakfast before spending about three hours waving to rush-hour traffic on Interstate 96. He left behind the luxuries of home and has been living on a billboard since Sunday at the Martin Luther King Jr.
The Nokomis Learning Center, a Native American cultural center, is having its fall festival from 2-7 p.m.
Lansing - More than 40 dogs of all shapes, breeds and sizes swam and wallowed in the company of other four-legged friends on Wednesday evening in an effort to establish Lansing's first leash-free dog park. Friends of Greater Lansing Dog Parks and the Lansing Parks and Recreation Department sponsored the dog paddle party at Hawk Island County Park in Lansing. Lansing-area residents and their pets played at the public beach, raising about $250 for fencing of a proposed leash-free dog park. "There's no leash-free dog parks in Lansing, so this is a way for the dogs to play off their leashes," said Dusty DeHaven, secretary of Friends of Greater Lansing Dog Parks. "We're taxpayers, too, and we want a place for our dogs to recreate, exercise with us and be a part of the community." Friends of Greater Lansing Dog Parks, which formed almost two years ago, is in the process of developing and lobbying for a leash-free dog park. "Our first big hurdle was to get the Lansing City Council to amend a law that requires dogs to be leashed in all city parks," said Janet Geissler, Friends of Greater Lansing Dog Parks president.
Investing more than $100 million in renovations and expansion to campus buildings is one of the topics the MSU Board of Trustees will vote on at its Friday meeting. The expansion and renovation proposals to Spartan Stadium, Snyder and Phillips halls and IM Sports-West, along with an overview of the 2002-03 university budget and the release of preliminary enrollment numbers for the class of 2007, will all be addressed at the meeting, which begins at 2 p.m.
A half-full Fairchild Theater shook Tuesday with the rhythms of songs that weren't always accepted in American culture. The concert, titled "Freedom Sings," highlighted first-amendment issues through music. "Freedom energizes the nation," said Ken Paulson, the evening's narrator and executive director of the First Amendment Center, which hosted the event.
Four MSU students were sentenced to jail time on Wednesday for their roles in the March 28-30 disturbances which resulted in more than $40,000 in damage to the city and campus. Three of the students were banned from state-funded university campuses for one year.
MSU students will donate $250 in school supplies to Lansing elementary schoolchildren on Friday. Starting at 3 p.m.
Melissa Timte wanted to work with children and one day live in Texas, said friends of the child development senior who died Tuesday evening at Sparrow Hospital. Her mother, Jacqueline Timte, of Canton, Mich., reached at home Wednesday, said her daughter "absolutely loved life." "I remember the twinkle in her eyes, her smile, her fun sense of humor," Jacqueline Timte said. Melissa Timte, whose 21st birthday was Monday, was hospitalized since Sept.
A dog-paddle party, planned by Friends of Greater Lansing Dog Parks, will be held today from 6-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday evening was a pampering soiree for MSU research associates Gia Pham and Betsy Askin at the Douglas J Exchange "fun and beauty" night. As Pham chewed on a piece of quiche and Askin ate a chocolate-covered strawberry, they browsed the wall of sale products and contemplated whether to get a hair consultation. "I want to take advantage of the 20 percent off," Pham said.
Mahbuba Fidda studied law in the Soviet Union, practiced in Afghanistan and now hopes to continue her studies by working toward a master's degree at the MSU-Detroit College of Law.Fidda is one of six international students to enter the new master's program that began this year.The program brought students from Lebanon, Egypt, Canada, Mexico, China and Afghanistan.
East Lansing Public Schools will soon be looking for a new leader, as board members voted Monday night to terminate the superintendent's contract in one year.Thomas Giblin has served as superintendent for six years and Board members voted 4-3 in favor of forcing him to leave.
The MSU Alumni Club of Minnesota kicked off a fund-raiser Tuesday, and asked members of the MSU community to submit recipes and photos of "The Spartan" statue to its Spartan-themed cookbook.The funds raised will be used to replace the ceramic statue."We're real excited about this book and this project," club President Laurie Dama said.
There's a new restaurant in East Lansing that is unlike any other eatery around. Menna's Joint, 4790 S.
The horse show "Icelandics on Ice" will come to Munn Ice Arena on Thursday. The show, which is open to families, will feature professional riders and trainers performing with their horses on the ice.
Two unassuming cardboard boxes within the MSU Museum's archives will contain sealed pieces of Williams Hall history for the next 52 years. On April 27, the night before finals last year, more than 32 residents of West Circle Complex donated items for a time capsule, which was presented to the museum this week.
The committee leading the push to include gender identity in the university's anti-discrimination guidelines has changed its proposal.
The Office of Study Abroad will hold a Study Abroad Fair from 12-6 p.m. on Sept. 18 on the second floor of the MSU Union.
The MSU faculty will present a special speakers series on HIV/AIDS as a development crisis as part of their regular Friday forum.