Ducks Unlimited has migrated to MSU. The MSU chapter's mission is to conserve wetlands and waterfalls and to support research by raising money to purchase the acreage, club officials said.
Michigan dairy producers will receive a ballot in the mail next week to vote on whether to continue a statewide marketing and educational program promoting milk.Public Act 232, which must be renewed every year, provides funding toward advertising dairy products and nutrition education in schools and throughout the state.
When she was young, graduate student Emily Reetz and her family would enjoy dinner in the dark on the last night of Hanukkah amid only the soft glow of 45 candles."When I was little, I remember my family and I lighting five menorahs during Hanukkah," she said.
Christmas lights and decorations are filling Lansing homes with a glow, but if residents don't take precaution, the holiday lights could turn into a blazing fire.A fire safety demonstration held to kick off the Holiday "Safety First" program in Lansing demonstrated that message Thursday.The demonstration, held at the Lansing Fire Training Academy, 3015 Alpha St.
Studio art senior Heidi Campbell won the 10th annual Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center holiday card design contest. Campbell's design features the slogan "May Your Season Be Bright" and a green background with two lights. "You have a lot of creative students on campus," Kellogg Center General Manager Joel Heberlein said.
Many pumping gas are too annoyed to wait outside for their tanks to fill as the weather gets colder.The Lansing Fire Department noticed a recent increase in the fueling of running vehicles while the drivers sat in their cars.
Some residents in the Americana Apartments, 1128 Victor St., are waging war in the parking lot as they battle against the towing of their registered cars.And Anthropology junior Susie Cain is planning to take her fight to court next month.She says MAC's Towing company is being too overzealous by towing resident's cars.
The 32 East Lansing men who died in World War II once laughed, learned and played within the walls of what is now the East Lansing Hannah Community Center.More than 60 years ago, the center was a school for hundreds of area children, including the 32 men.On Saturday, an honor roll with their names will be dedicated to the building that was once their classrooms, lunch areas and playground.The plaque, which previously hung in City Hall at 410 Abbott Road, will be rededicated at 2p.m.
MSU's senior class hopes to have more students donate for the class gift than the University of Michigan - and beat them in the competition for the third year in a row. The Senior Class Challenge has a goal of raising more money than they did last year, which was just more than $25,000.
The MSU Department of Engineering is having its 16th annual Design Day today at various places from 8:30 a.m.
Tuition and rent may not be free, but blue books are.With finals week looming, students are rushing to bookstores around the area to pick up the small blue item essential for final exams.But ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, is trying to help out by offering blue books, which cost less than $1, for free.The blue books program has been in effect for the last five years, but recently it has gained momentum as more students have become aware of the service, said Academic Assembly Chairperson Matt Clayson."The first batch lasted two and a half years.
The American Association of Blacks in Energy-MSU held a coin drive this week in the International Center to support MSU Safe Place, an on-campus domestic violence shelter.The organization raised funds for the Safe Place last year, raising $400 in two days.
Helping hands might need to be tightfisted this year.With state budget cuts on the horizon, the Listening Ear Crisis and Intervention Center, 1017 E.
The long battle to protect MSU's fire station may have been in vain.State lawmakers face a tough decision today as they are handed an executive order that would cut about $470 million from the state's current budget - a move that would likely harm cities such as East Lansing, which stands to lose between $200,000 and $400,000.In September, Gov.
Telecommunication junior Jason Shamberger says he downloads material from the Internet on a regular basis, such as movies, music and software.But there's a group that wants to prevent college students from enjoying such freedoms.Recently, there have been efforts to persuade officials at American colleges and universities to make students aware of the dangers of file-sharing, or downloading copyrighted materials from the Internet.On Oct.
East Lansing is welcoming the cold weather with a hot chili contest and other free activities to greet the holiday season this weekend.The East Lansing Winter Festival and Chili Cook-Off will take place from 1-5 p.m.
An MSU-sponsored survey says 72 percent of Michigan residents favor charter schools, with people from the Upper Peninsula being the only group that opposes them. Republicans and independents are more likely to support charter schools, the survey said.
Gov. John Engler is expected to sign an executive order Thursday with intentions of balancing the state's $400 million budget deficit.Though it has not been officially stated by the governor, many lawmakers say they anticipate cuts in higher education funding, revenue sharing and state government funding.The executive order is expected to cut about $470 million from the current year's budget, including between 1 to 5 percent cuts in grants for universities."The talk is that higher education and revenue sharing will be on the cutting table as well as some other state government funding," said state Rep.