After passing out hundreds of fliers and organizing a protest, the Wang family says they have finally gotten the attention of their landlord. On Saturday, the owners of Blue Note Coffee Café, 623 E.
The Lansing Community College Board of Trustees is expecting to approve domestic-partner benefits for its faculty and staff members today. The benefit package for couples in same-sex relationships is included in contracts set to be voted on for all LCC bargaining units. Current LCC provisions entitle the spouse of a full-time employee to apply for benefits from three different carriers that offer health, dental and vision care.
Lansing - Brad Fast and two children bundled in coats, hats and gloves slowly pulled a long wooden spoon through a charred kettle of boiling brown butter on Sunday afternoon. The trio revolved around the copper pot, avoiding the white apple-scented smoke emerging from the fire. “That’s it, now stir around the edges,” Fast, a general management senior and defenseman on the MSU hockey team, said to his boiling buddies.
It was a cool 23 degrees outside when Northern Michigan University students Ben Weimert and Mark Slykhouse began the 390-mile trek to East Lansing on Sunday morning.“We left at 5 a.m.,” Weimert said.
MSU’s undergraduate student government hopes to solve the noise problem in East Lansing.ASMSU passed a bill at its weekly meeting Thursday, creating a program to address the pressing issues and possible solutions to the high-decibel noise attributed to MSU students in East Lansing.The program will outline and develop a set of guidelines for students living off campus.
Tonight’s Lansing City Council meeting will address a resolution from the Ingham County Board of Commissioners to adopt the Lansing Regional SmartZone Plan, zoning issues and park development strategies. The board sent a resolution to the council to consider the creation of a local finance authority called the Lansing Regional SmartZone.
Besides the fact that Mike Cox went to the University of Michigan, he does have some things going for him, his wife says. “Obviously, he’s really smart,” MSU alumnus Laura Cox said about her husband, who is running as the Republican candidate for attorney general.
Sometimes more isn’t always better. At least that’s the stance of state Senate hopeful Virg Bernero.Bernero, who represents the 68th District in the state House, trails his competitor, Rep.
Lansing activist group Direct Action plans to hold a protest in support of locally owned Blue Note Coffee Cafe and against “multinational corporate chains” at 10 a.m.
Snap, crackle and pop were the sounds resonating from the MSU bakery as students attempted to beat Iowa State University’s Guinness record of the world’s largest Rice Krispie Treat.“We used to work with Pillsbury on the world’s largest brownie,” bakery manager Gerald Stoecker said.
It’s not your father’s library anymore.This week, the East Lansing Public Library played host to “Teen Read Week”, aimed at middle- and high-school teens in the Lansing area.
The last vacant seat in the Residence Halls Association’s executive board was filled Wednesday night.The general assembly approved the hiring of advertising sophomore Brian Winters, and elected him the next director of public relations and advertising for the organization.
Gov. John Engler will join the long list of John A. Hannah Outstanding Alumni Award winners when he is honored during halftime at Saturday’s Homecoming football game. The award recognizes devotion and loyalty to the advancement and development of MSU and is named after former MSU President John A.
The Meridian Township Planning Commission voted Monday to recommend the denial of the Eyde Company’s request to rezone 110 acres of township land. East Lansing-based Eyde requested to rezone a parcel of land between Cornell and Powell roads to become single-family subdivisions of varying densities. The planning commission turned down the request citing a traffic increase on Powell Road and environmental concerns. “Planning law in Michigan requires the commission to take a big-picture approach to determining the best land use for a specific parcel for the long term,” Mark Kieselbach, Meridian Township director of community planning and development, said in a statement. Eyde already has been approved to develop the land as rural residential, but was seeking approval to rezone the property to allow for more homes. The land slated for development - known as the Georgetown housing development - will face further scrutiny by the Meridian Township Planning Commission when the commission meets Dec.
Michigan is not making the grade when it comes to affordability at its public colleges and universities, a report issued by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education says.In “Measuring Up 2002,” Michigan received an affordability rating of “D-plus” for 2002, down from a “C” grade two years ago.
MSU medical students, along with health agency representatives and supporters of Proposal 4 met Wednesday to learn more about the proposal.Ron Davis, a member of Citizens for a Healthy Michigan, spoke in front of about 50 people - most in cerulean blue “Vote Yes on Proposal 4” T-shirts - about why they should be in support of the ballot proposal Nov.
MSU’s undergraduate student government filled one of its many open positions Monday.Computer science sophomore David Wilson was hired as the director of Technology and Web site Affairs, now in charge of updating the ASMSU Web site and keeping the computers working.“The kid’s a ninja,” said James Perra, ASMSU interim association director.
Gary Peters isn’t the stereotypical motorcycle rider - he’s clean-shaven, wears glasses and holds a law degree.