Loss of parking may cause drop in business

Planned road construction on Valley Court in May could damage businesses that depend on the parking.Valley Court will be closed all summer, leaving customers at Crunchy’s without a place to park, said Dave Milligan, the establishment’s owner.“That is where most of our parking is and our (customers) won’t even be able to get to our parking lot,” he said.The construction will take place directly behind the restaurant, 254 W.

E.L. elementary school may close to help slash budget

East Lansing School Board members expect Spartan Village Elementary School to close this fall.School board member Barbara McMillan said she suspects the school, located at 1460 Middlevale Road, will close due to budget cuts.Children attending the elementary will be displaced to other schools in the district,The administration delivered 72 recommendations last night to the board to help cut the budget by $3.5 million.Already, 108 part- and full-time employees have been laid off from the East Lansing School District.Spartan Village resident and Lansing Community College student Tendisai Mazhangara was at the elementary school Thursday evening to enroll her 4-year-old daughter for kindergarten, but the school was closed.Mazhangara said she heard about a month ago that the school’s closing was likely.“That would be terrible,” she said.But the board has not yet taken official action on the school’s closing, McMillan said.It is expected to pass the budget by June 10.“Monday we have a public forum and we won’t make any decisions,” McMillan said.Enrollment in the school has dropped from 400 students to just 90 resident students within the past few years, school district Superintendent Tom Giblin said.The rest of the school’s population is made up of school-of-choice students.“Spartan Village is a very special school but we are backed in the corner with a lot of issues,” he said.

ASMSU chooses assembly internal vice chairperson

ASMSU Academic Assembly’s internal leadership position was elected Tuesday among six candidates after the election was postponed last week with only two candidates running.

Chairpersons seek to learn student voices

With pagers connected to their hips, two newly elected ASMSU’s leaders said they want to be more connected to the student body.This month, Matt Clayson and Matt Weingarden were elected chairpeople of the undergraduate student government.Clayson, ASMSU Academic Assembly chairperson, was elected as chairperson for the second year in a row.“I’ve learned how incredibly tedious it is to make change in this organization,” he said.

Police briefs 04/25/02

Bill to require CPR training for teaching certification

A bill that passed the state House addresses having new teachers - about 5,000 per year - to be CPR-certified. State Rep.

Health alliance to end presentation series

The Capital Area Health Alliance is having the fifth in a series of presentations that will help inform and enlighten the Lansing-area community about health care issues.

Bill to redo drivers licenses

If a state Senate bill becomes law, minors will be more easily identified by their Michigan driver’s license or ID card. This bill, introduced by Sen.

Search begins for director

The Capital City Airport will begin looking for the next person to take the helm.A three-member search committee will hold its first meeting 4:30 p.m.

Dial-up Internet access number to change

On May 5, MSU’s Computer Center will be changing dial-up network access. Instead of using the phone line (517)353-3500 to dial into MSU’s network to access the Internet, students must use the new access number, (517)999-2678, or (517)999-2MSU.

Event will feature music, games for all

Sunsplash will be held Friday for greeks, MSU students and East Lansing residents. The event is from 3-9 p.m.

Student Life director recalls life at U

As the school year ends, Billy Molasso finds himself nostalgic about his last recruitment, his last Greek Week and his last year as the assistant director of Student Life.“If I look at the last five years as a whole, the thing I’m most happy about is that the community has come a long way,” Molasso said.

U students help redesign Lansing

Lansing is undergoing change - and MSU students may be the ones changing it.Graduating seniors in MSU’s landscape architecture program presented their ideas and visions for Lansing’s 2025 master plan Tuesday.

Study: U.S. unwilling to relinquish civil liberties

Although 84 percent of Americans are concerned about a future terrorist attack on the United States, most of them are unwilling to surrender civil liberties in exchange for more security, an MSU study released Monday said. The nationwide survey, which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and conducted by two MSU professors of political science, asked people about issues such as racial profiling, warrantless searches of suspected terrorists and the possibility of a national ID card. The telephone survey, which asked nine questions, was conducted between November and January for 1,448 people.

College to host media showcase on May 2

The College of Communication Arts and Sciences will host its third Digital Media Art & Technology Student Showcase from 4-8 p.m.

Police briefs 04/24/02

Group rallies on Earth Day

In contrast to the global warming a small group of students was warning against Monday afternoon, East Lansing offered a brisk 41 degrees to ECO members as they walked from the Union to the Administration Building.With signs reading “Green is great” and “Love your mother,” the group of about six people sang, “Happy Earth Day to You,” on its route while trying to raise awareness about global warming.

U tests river for bacteria

As some students walked heads-down to class Monday, Betty Wernette-Babian was dropping a small glass bottle down the side of the Farm Lane bridge.The MSU sanitarian pulled the yellow line up, complete with a new sample of yellowish Red Cedar River water.“It’s got a muddy appearance but that’s natural for this river,” she said.Wernette-Babian takes samples weekly in three places on the MSU campus - Farm Lane, Hagadorn Road and Kalamazoo Street - which are then sent to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for E.

Landscape architecture project to aid city

The city of Lansing is looking to MSU landscape architecture students for input for its 2025 Master Plan. MSU’s Landscape Architecture Program will feature student visions of Lansing at noon today in International Center Spartan Rooms B and C. The exhibit was planned by Sissi Foster, assistant professor of geography and volunteer on the Lansing Planning Board.

Officials to discuss parking fee increase

East Lansing city officials will debate a possible raise in parking fees tonight.The extra 10 cents per half-hour would pay for the entire parking system budget for the 2002-03 year.City officials say daytime parking numbers have fallen in the city while parking has remained stagnant in the evenings.Another factor are the debts new parking facilities have left the city.The Charles Street Garage totaled $12.5million in construction costs.