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MSU, IBM partner for computer tech center

Justin Harris
January 14, 2009

As part a new partnership between IBM and MSU, students and graduates won’t have to look farther than south campus to find a job. A new computer programming center scheduled to begin operations on campus this spring is expected to create 1,500 new jobs during the next five years. The center is the first of its kind in the U.S. and will work in conjunction with MSU’s recruiting, education and research, IBM and MSU officials said.

MICHIGAN

Granholm signs tuition funding plan into law

Jacob Carpenter
January 13, 2009

A new college tuition funding plan enacted Tuesday could make secondary education significantly more affordable for Michigan students from low-income areas. Legislation signed into law by Gov. Jennifer Granholm will allow up to 10 communities to create “Promise Zones,” where funds can be collected from private donors and state education tax breaks to pay for graduating students’ college tuition.

MSU

2 MSU trustees get 2nd term

Kyle Feldscher
January 13, 2009

Two familiar faces will continue to hold leadership positions on the MSU Board of Trustees, after members of the board elected Joel Ferguson and Melanie Foster to serve their second consecutive terms as chairperson and vice chairperson, respectively.

MICHIGAN

E.L. recycles Christmas trees into mulch for use in city parks

Jeff Kanan
January 13, 2009

During the holiday season, evergreens symbolized joy and the spirit of giving, but now, in East Lansing, they symbolize wood chips. Sanitation workers spent the past two Mondays collecting Christmas trees from curbs and chipping them to mulch in an effort to recycle and ease landscaping costs. The mulch from the discarded trees will be spread in local parks this summer.

MSU

Council approves research methods

Kayla Habermehl
January 13, 2009

Research institutes and upgrades to the ANGEL system were a couple of the issues discussed at the first Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, meeting of the new year. ECAC endorsed the creation of the Institute for Cyber Enabled Research as well as the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. The first of the two will work with cyber-enabled discovery, which is using computers for research.

NEWS

Drafting a plan

Compilled by Allison Bush
January 13, 2009

The inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama is seven days away, and MSU students — along with millions of others from across the nation — are planning trips to Washington, D.C., to witness the event. Below is a list of items students should keep in mind if they’re heading to the nation’s capital.

NEWS

Family still awaits word on missing MSU student

Kyle Feldscher
January 13, 2009

As the search for missing MSU horticulture student Krista Lueth enters a third month, friends and family are awaiting closure to a painful process. Roy Lueth, Krista Lueth’s father, said Monday he’s hoping the $5,000 in reward money he has offered for information will help lead to her discovery, whether she is found alive or dead.

NEWS

Students trek to inauguration

Allison Bush
January 13, 2009

The moment international relations sophomore Brad Parker learned President-elect Barack Obama won, he knew he and his friends would be in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration Jan. 20.

NEWS

City Council to discuss rezoning of E.L. land

Jeff Kanan
January 13, 2009

Better design flexibility and parking options are two of several proposed changes to the Delta Triangle, an area of land along Louis Street that potentially could be rezoned for the creation of more multiple-student and multiple-family homes.

MICHIGAN

Potter Park Zoo to give rhinos more space

Mallory McKnight
January 12, 2009

Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, has announced plans to expand its popular eastern black rhino exhibit. The proposed renovation will expand the indoor rhino facility and feature two enlarged outdoor habitats to create a more natural environment.

MSU

MSU group angered by Obama’s key speaker

Krystle Wagner
January 12, 2009

The selection of the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration has outraged some members of MSU’s ?Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender and Straight Alliance Students, or LBGTSA.