Impression 5 Science Center in downtown Lansing will host monthly parent-child workshops that focus on fun science-based themes. The workshop will run from 11 a.m.
The Lansing City Councilwill vote next week on the reinstatement of an ordinance allowing police to seize vehicles of prostitute solicitors. After a three-year trial period, council members are evaluating the effectiveness of the ordinance to decide whether to renew it. "Public prostitution has got to stop," Lansing resident Christine Timmon said.
Improvements to an online mentoring program for women in engineering and sciences will make finding a mentor easier for MSU students.MentorNet, a national one-on-one mentoring program that started in 1998, has been upgraded this year to allow students to select their mentors from a pool of professionals.Tom Wolff, associate dean for undergraduate studies in the MSU College of Engineering, said the upgrades improve the program, which he said has gradually improved since it was introduced at MSU in 2001.
Facing a crowd of more than 200 students Tuesday night in Kedzie Hall, ABC "20/20" news anchorman John Stossel spoke about the importance of free market."Capitalism is vile on college campuses, and it is good for people to hear that point of view," he said before the lecture.Stossel also addressed the disadvantages of government regulation in his speech "Freedom and its Enemies.""When the government protects us from the bad stuff, it also protects us from the good stuff too," Stossel said in his speech.
Members from the United Auto Workers Local 1753 and the General Motors Service Parts Organization will gather at the annual Cruisin' For Wishes - Car, Bike, and Tractor Show this Sunday at 4400 W.
A typical student might stumble out of bed right before class starts, but advertising senior Katie Stanaway has to get up hours before her classes begin in order to prepare for another hectic day.Stanaway is the single parent of two children, a 2-year-old son and a 9-month-old daughter.
The MSU College of Human Ecology's Advising Center will be one of 12 advising programs recognized nationally this year for excellence in advising.The college will receive the Outstanding Institutional Advising Program Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association.
The College of Human Medicine will present Paul Farmer as the featured speaker at this year's Andrew D.
The start of Hispanic Heritage Month has some local Hispanics thinking about their culture. State Sen.
Surviving and Thriving in Foster Care, the kick-off event for the third annual Child Welfare Learning Collaborative, takes place tomorrow in the Gardner Middle School auditorium.The event runs from 4-6 p.m.
Electric-blue walls greet visitors as sounds of characters throwing punches at one another in Xbox's "Soul Calibur II" resonate through the Fast Repair and Game Center.F.R.A.G.
James Cameron was scheduled to be lynched in Marion, Ind., on Aug. 7, 1930.The 89-year-old man sat in his wheelchair in front of a full auditorium in the Kellogg Center on Monday speaking in a slow and calm, yet strong, voice about his near-lynching experience.
The East Lansing City Council will discuss the development of wetlands at tonight's meeting.
The Lansing Community College baseball team has a new home today.Lansing's Westside Park, 801 Stanley St.
The Preprofessional Society for Health Careers of Alpha Epsilon Delta will hold its first meeting Wednesday.The organizational meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.
It's at a rock concert. It's on soft-drink labels and all over newspapers.It's intellectual property - the issues surrounding copyrights, trademarks, patents and Internet law - and MSU-DCL College of Law Professor Peter Yu said it's increased in importance as society's focus shifts to biotechnology, cloning and online file sharing."You drink a Coca-Cola and the brand name is right there," Yu said.
Images from photographer Grace Chandler will be on display from 7 to 9 p.m. from Sept. 17-Dec. 19 in Nokomis Learning Center, 5153 Marsh Road in Okemos.
A fund-raiser to benefit the East Lansing Senior's Program will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Hannah Community Center. The fund-raiser is sponsored by the Friends of the East Lansing Senior's Program, and will include a brunch and raffle.