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MICHIGAN

City employees take furlough days to help prevent job cuts

Abby Lubbers
September 9, 2009

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

Intern fair has local focus

Ian Johnson
September 9, 2009

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.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/09/09

Brittany Shammas
September 8, 2009

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.

NEWS

Mich. bill could affect parking ticket offenders

Abby Lubbers
September 8, 2009

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.

NEWS

Reduce, reuse, results

Marissa Cumbers
September 8, 2009

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.

NEWS

Police Brief 09/08/09

Brittany Shammas
September 7, 2009

A Grosse Ile, Mich., female reported her 2008 Jeep Liberty struck by an unknown vehicle between noon and 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 31 in university parking Lot 9, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.