Spurts of warm weather amidst recent severe storms have allowed for students and East Lansing residents to be outdoors, enjoying and exercising in the sunshine. But the news of clear, warm days aren’t as welcome to the area’s fitness centers and exercise classes, however, as attendance and enrollment lower with the season.
As a result of the weekend’s storms, a power outage occurred at the East Lansing Waste Water Treatment Plant, forcing the plant to make an emergency bypass of sewage and rain water into the Red Cedar River, said Todd Sneathen, director of Public Works.
The storm that hit the Lansing area Sunday was declared a tornado, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
Authorities shut down a westbound lane of Saginaw Highway near Coolidge Road as a result of a utility pole that caught on fire.
Gretel Rutledge remembers her life with her husband by a list of plays. A professor emerita of theater, she worked beside her husband Frank Rutledge, a professor emeritus of theater, to make MSU’s Summer Circle Theatre a campus tradition.
Prices of parking permits on campus for faculty, staff and students will rise 19 percent for next year, said Lynnette Forman, MSU parking operations manager.
While some East Lansing residents were worried about spoiling food in their refrigerators, or figuring out how to survive without air conditioning, Emanuel Hackel was worried about getting enough oxygen.
East Lansing residents could benefit from continued quality public services due to a tentative agreement the city and one of its labor unions reached peacefully.
Collin Porteus planned on moving to California after graduation, but after developers and Lansing city officials announced the creation of a new film studio in downtown Lansing last week, he’s not feeling the same rush to leave the state.
Bob Felt thinks of the rumbling sound soon to be heard from more of Michigan’s state owned two- and four-lane highways as the sound of another life being saved.
MSU will host its first commencement ceremony abroad as a group of 24 Chinese MSU students will be honored for their participation in a collaborative turfgrass management program.
Bethany Lumbert said she’s still upset about Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., conceding the presidential race and endorsing presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Saturday.
Sunday night’s continued thunderstorms throughout Michigan were responsible for another death and more power outages as of early Monday morning.
Because many college-aged students primarily use cell phones, they may be underrepresented in political polls this election season, according to Paul Abramson, an MSU political science professor.
When Chris Bryner saw the dark clouds rolling into East Lansing on Sunday, the first thing he thought about was climbing onto the roof of CVS Pharmacy, 240 M.A.C. Ave., where he would have a front row seat to watch the storm.
Math tutor Kyle Glashower said many of the students he helps don’t understand the basic skills they need to pass math.
Lansing declared a state of emergency Sunday as a result of damage from the weekend’s storms which could leave thousands of residents in the dark as late as Tuesday or Wednesday, local energy providers said. Severe thunderstorms as early as Friday night cut power and caused damage in Lansing area homes.
Leaning against a wall of Margaret Aguwa’s office are dozens of awards, detailing her educational and professional career. Across the room African artwork hints at her Nigerian roots.
Steve McLean has been running in East Lansing for 23 years, but has run into a tree twice while running near campus because of what he calls a lack of safe lighting on pedestrian trails.
When Mark Grebner first ran for the Ingham County Board of Commissioners in 1974, he was an MSU student — and now, more than 30 years later, he will be campaigning to keep his seat against a current student. Brad Dennis, an international relations sophomore, is running against Grebner for the District 10 seat for the Board of Commissioners.