MICHIGAN
Police call on citizens to report pot growth
Michigan residents who plan on spending time outdoors during the hot summer months are being encouraged to keep an eye out for marijuana.
NEWS
Common rhythm
Lansing residents Alyshia and Verlinda Roberson have camped out for seven nights straight in front of the opening gates at Lansing’s Common Ground Music Festival since it began nine years ago. Each year, the mother-daughter duo has taken what they call a “vacation” from work and slept in folding chairs just to be the first ones to enter the summer music festival.
NEWS
E.L.-grown coffee shop opens 100th location
Biggby Coffee, a coffee store that never originally intended to franchise, is going to celebrate the opening of its 100th store on Tuesday by giving out free drinks.
NEWS
Steve & Barry's chain declares bankruptcy on Wednesday
Lansing-area Steve & Barry’s outlets face a questionable future as the nationwide chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday.
NEWS
Granholm ratifies Great Lakes conservation compact
Michigan became the eighth and final state to ratify the Great Lakes Compact on Wednesday after Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a package of water use legislation which included the compact.
MSU
Students, faculty juggle work, personal life
Cell phones, e-mail, research — just some of the pressures facing students and faculty outside of class and personal life.
MICHIGAN
ELPD interacts with youth to improve image
Members of the East Lansing Police Department are using alternative programs aimed toward safety education as part of an ongoing effort to maintain positive contact with students and residents of the city.
MICHIGAN
Northwest to cut jobs, flights due to fuel prices
Northwest Airlines Corp. announced Wednesday it would be cutting 2,500 jobs nationwide due to high fuel prices.
MICHIGAN
Kids read favorites to dogs
Therapy dogs were the stars of the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, on Wednesday morning as children were lined up out the door for their chance to read to the dogs.
NEWS
Local police force faces cutbacks
If budget cuts go as planned for Ingham County, the Ingham County Sheriff’s Department may lose two sergeants, a lieutenant, a detective and a deputy by 2009.
NEWS
Mich. stem cell research makes ballot, causes mixed reactions
A proposal to allow stem cell research will be on Michigan’s November ballot, causing a variety of reactions within the state according to CureMichigan.
NEWS
E.L. officials, students disagree with pant rule
MSU students and local police say fining people for wearing their pants too low should be at the tail end of police officers’ duties.
NEWS
Police Brief 07/08/08
A rental car parked at Candlewood Suites on Forest Road was damaged Sunday between 3:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., MSU police Lt. Jennifer Brown said.
NEWS
Rhyme and responsibility
A bittersweet good-bye is commonplace for a soldier — the willingness to serve their country, compounded by the fact that they must leave their loved ones behind during their time of service. Twenty-year-old Lansing resident Spc. Wayne Weigel’s final adieu before his deployment to Afghanistan this week included parting ways with his family, friends and another element of his life just as meaningful to him — his music.
MICHIGAN
Entrepreneurs conjure business strategies with local program
Local business owners, professors and students interested in opening a business will have an opportunity to help develop their business plans in a hands-on environment this fall.
MSU
Cheating common among students taking online classes
Cheating on tests and quizzes, once near impossible with teachers roaming the aisles of a classroom, becomes easier when the only contact with the instructor is via e-mail.
MSU
MSU awaits return of alumni authors
Thomas McGuane remembers talking with excitement to other young writers about literature as an MSU student during the early 1960s — but that’s not all he remembers. “It seemed like MSU always had a lot of beautiful girls,” the now acclaimed writer said. “That probably stands out more in my mind than anything else.”
MICHIGAN
McCain to visit Mich. in search of support, funds
As Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., plans to visit metro Detroit on Wednesday and Thursday, the visit’s potential effect on the votes of MSU students remains unclear.
MICHIGAN
Deaths from alcohol increasing on campus
Some MSU students said that drinking games may lead to alcohol abuse, while others say they are only part of the problem.
NEWS
Word on the street
Research has shown drinking games can be fatal due to alcohol poisoning. What are your thoughts?