Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard came to the semester’s first meeting of the MSU College Republicans Wednesday as part of his campaign to become Michigan’s governor.
College of Engineering Dean Satish Udpa said the college began budget discussions prior to Wilcox’s memorandum and the first cuts likely would affect staff members. “We have to figure out the kinds of things we should be doing and that’s taking place at a number of levels,” Udpa said. “At the end of the day, we want to make sure the quality of education we offer to students is not compromised in any way or shape.”
Three years ago, any student looking to meet the diverse student groups on campus during Welcome Week would have a difficult time. At the time, each organization had to hold its own individual welcome meeting during the week to try to recruit prospective members. Until last year, that is, when those groups organized and created Spartan Remix.
After 20 years on MSU’s campus, Breslin Center is more than a building to most people — it’s a place of memories. “There are so many times when an alumni of MSU will get married and say, ‘I’m bringing my family here,’” Breslin Center’s Operations Coordinator Nancy Yeadon said.
East Lansing employees are volunteering to take a few days without pay to save the city money and avoid potential job cuts. “We wanted to do something that was symbolic, but more than symbolic,” East Lansing Deputy City Manager George Lahanas said. “Taking personal days to cut costs — if five people do it, we’d save a couple thousand dollars, but if a lot of people do it, it can be a lot of money.”
MSU has several career fairs throughout the school year but few are able to target the same audience as Earn, Learn and Intern. Now in its third year, Earn, Learn and Intern is an annual event that offers a venue for students from all majors to meet, network and potentially work for companies in the Lansing area. The fourth floor of Spartan Stadium was filled Wednesday afternoon with 128 Mid-Michigan businesses, all hoping to ensure some of MSU’s local talent stays local, said Paul Jaques, internship developer for MSU Career Services Network.
One person was injured following an accident between a bicyclist and a pedestrian at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, MSU police Officer Jerry Roudebush said.
Despite a common belief interest groups are responsible for partisanship in U.S. Congress, MSU political science assistant professor Matt Grossmann found that is not the case.
Michigan universities could be facing larger cuts in the state’s 2010 fiscal year budget and sports fans might have to pay more for sporting event tickets, according to Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s most recent budget recommendations.
The first ASMSU Academic Assembly meeting of the semester took place Tuesday with state appropriation concerns and an update of documents governing MSU students’ rights among the items discussed.
East Lansing businesses might receive preference when submitting bids for city projects if an amendment to the city’s purchasing policy is enacted at the Sept. 15 City Council meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Students prone to parking tickets might be better off taking the bus if a new bill is passed in the Michigan Legislature. The bill would lower the number of tolerated outstanding parking tickets to three — half the number allowed in the current law.
Another set of ears is listening to student concerns in the continuing MSU Chicano/Latino Studies Program controversy.
Worn cardboard, crinkly white paper and soggy newspaper are just some of the items piled in a campus building off Service Road. These materials, once considered trash, will become more valuable to the university with the grand opening of MSU’s new Recycling Center and Surplus Store tomorrow.
The MSU Environmental Science and Policy Program will be making short films to spread information and generate excitement about local issues and research.
The first 75 students to show their college ID at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market on Sunday will get a $2 gift certificate to shop at the market.
Students and area job hunters will be able to interview with more than 45 employers at the Capital Area Michigan Works! Fall Job Expo 2009.
When religious studies junior Sara Lone returned to MSU this fall, she returned as both a student and as the manager of a store she helped bring to downtown East Lansing.
MSU’s ANGEL service experienced difficulties Monday night, leaving many students unable to access their accounts well into Tuesday afternoon.
Readers are invited to discuss “The Soloist” and listen to the book’s author, Steve Lopez, during a Community Book Talk.