The Michigan Supreme Court has refused to hear arguments about where billions of dollars in Michigan’s tobacco lawsuit will go, leaving voters to decide the money’s fate. By refusing to hear the case, Friday’s Michigan Court of Appeals decision to place the Healthy Michigan Initiative on the Nov.
A new office was added to the Michigan Department of Community Health on Tuesday. Gov. John Engler announced the establishment of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism.
The African Studies Center will host a Brown Bag Series discussion titled “Privatizing Agricultural Extension in Africa: Insights from Mozambique,” featuring speaker Carl Eicher. The discussion will be held at noon Thursday in room 252 Erickson Hall. Yacob Fisseha, assistant director at the African Studies Center, said Eicher is an expert on African agriculture. “He is the leading expert on African agriculture,” he said.
Students for State, the ambassador program of the Student Alumni Foundation, is currently seeking members for this year. Students for State is an organization of students from different backgrounds, majors, cultures and ethnicities who represent MSU. Members attend various university events as well as functions hosted by the Alumni Association.
Firefighters who went through special training were honored at the East Lansing council meeting Tuesday night. Ten men completed training from at least one of three programs, the National Fire Academy, the Department of Justice Courses for Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Department of Justice Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings. Councilmember Bill Sharp said with the anniversary of the Sept.
MSU’s undergraduate student government will meet with the East Lansing City Council Tuesday to discuss issues such as police-student relations.The meeting will take place in Gold Rooms A and B of the Union at 7:30 p.m., and is open to the public.ASMSU Director of Community Affairs Kevin Glandon said he will make a number of presentations to the city council, including Toward a Spartan Community, an effort to build a long lasting and healthy relationship between MSU and the city of East Lansing.Glandon said he also will inform the council about the Spartan Community Partnership, a program to bring MSU students into the polling booths election day to help with the process as polling inspectors.
An Asian-Pacific American group on campus hopes to begin an MSU chapter of Lambda Phi Epsilon this semester.Asian Fraternity Interest Group, a 16-student group, began a year ago in hopes to join the fraternity after working on various community service and volunteer activities to establish the group.“You have to start as an interest group before you can join the fraternity,” said physiology junior Ryan Navarra, president of the Asian Fraternity Interest Group.
Finance senior David Nedorezov is expecting to graduate this December - but he still has not looked for a job yet because he is busy with work and class. “It’s probably harder to find a job now,” Nedorezov said.
Black Greek Week began Monday and will run until Friday. An icebreaker, scheduled for Saturday night, will culminate the week long event. A symposium will be held from 8-10 p.m.
Students sporting T-shirts and shorts congregated students congregated in air-conditioned stores, under umbrellas and in obscure shady retreats Monday to escape the intense heat beating outdoors.
Students can look forward to a variety of programs sponsored by black caucuses in residence halls this year. Black caucuses at MSU is an excellent outlet for minorities to connect through service and programs, Mark Rinella Rather Hall Residence Life director said.
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm will speak on campus today in an effort to sway legislative votes, which could determine the future of MSU’s fire station. Granholm, who is the Democratic candidate for the Nov.
Tickets for “Rally for Peace: From Fears and Tears to Hope and Harmony,” a program featuring keynote speaker the Rev.
Irritating screeches, jammed paper, poor quality results and student frustration are problems university officials hoped to end by installing new laser printers on campus. The overhaul, administered by various divisions within the MSU computer laboratory, placed new Hewlett Packard 8200 laser printers in 15 residence-hall computer labs across campus.
Lansing - Thirteen-year old Kaitlin McCue smiled as her dad snapped a picture of her in front of her photography exhibit at Sir Pizza Grand Café in Lansing’s Old Town. The Lansing eighth grader said she was nervous and excited to have her work displayed for the first time Sunday. “I took a lot of people pictures,” she said.
The American Red Cross will host a series of blood drives to commemorate the victims lost in the Sept.
MSU greeks learned this weekend that a man was discovered dead in a fraternity house near the University of Michigan late Thursday.
Smoke from a barbecue wafted around Patriarch Park in East Lansing on Sunday.The lure of burgers and hot dogs cooking on the grill, bright sunshine and camaraderie enticed students to the busy park from 1 to 5 p.m.