MICHIGAN
Staton selected as association president
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton last week began a yearlong term as president of the Michigan Local Government Management Association.
MSU
RHA appoints 5 to Residence Hall disciplinary group
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, confirmed five judicial appointees to the Residence Hall Area Board at its meeting Wednesday.
MICHIGAN
Singing festival proves powerful in E.L.
Folk singers led weekend crowds of about 1,000 people during a festival designed to celebrate the musical talents of the audience, as well as artists.
MSU
Water leak causes ceiling tiles to collapse at The Gallery
Diners at The Gallery at Snyder-Phillips Hall were caught in a Chicken Little moment Thursday, when water poured from the ceiling and dislodged four ceiling tiles. Tables below where the ceiling collapsed were unoccupied and, as far as bystanders could tell, nobody was hurt.
NEWS
A mission out of Michigan
Warmer weather, cheaper housing and, more importantly, better job prospects have kept Michigan residents streaming out of the state, but some experts think the trend will slow down. An annual survey released last month by the trucking company United Van Lines found that more than 67 percent of Michigan moves in 2008 were out of the state. Last year marks the third straight time that Michigan has had the highest rate of outbound moves for any state in the country.
MICHIGAN
Audience is star performer at singing festival
East Lansing is hosting a folk music festival this weekend that celebrates the singing talents of the audience instead of the performers. The sixth annual Mid-Winter Singing Festival starts at 8 p.m. tonight at Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
MICHIGAN
Competition encourages entrepreneurs
A new competition among Michigan universities and colleges to develop a plan to use higher education to support entrepreneurial activity in Michigan could be launched later this year.
MSU
Kids get taste of Malian art
Students in the East Lansing Public Schools are getting a crash course in art. In an effort to expose children to global artists, the schools have joined with MSU’s Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, to bring in artists to visit with the students. The program has operated for about a year.
NEWS
Mason sentenced to almost 22 years for 1999 arson
The Ohio woman who pleaded guilty to setting Agriculture Hall on fire in 1999 was sentenced to almost 22 years in prison Thursday. Marie Mason, 47, of Cincinnati, said she committed the arson with her then-husband Frank Ambrose on New Year’s Eve, 1999. She said the two set the offices of the Agriculture Biotechnology Support Project on fire to protest federally funded research on genetic modification of potatoes.
NEWS
A driving force for fuels
The field of biofuel research would have little in the tank without MSU professor Bruce Dale. The professor of chemical engineering and material science finished two studies last month that could foster positive attitudes about alternative fuels and decrease the cost of creating them. Dale’s first study presented evidence against the notion that benefits of biofuels are offset by the land required to produce the corn for ethanol and the gas emissions of the vehicles using the fuel.
BASKETBALL
Summers outscores Minn. in first half on way to MSU rout
The only question following Wednesday night’s game between the MSU men’s basketball team and Minnesota was which Durrell Summers highlight play would find itself on the chopping room floor.
MICHIGAN
Lansing offers computer, TV recycling
Students looking to dump old TVs and computers before the upcoming transition to digital TV can do so on Saturday at the Ingham County Road Commission facility, 5613 S. Aurelius Road, in Lansing, as part of a recycling program.
MSU
MSU adds new homeland security certificate program
MSU, the National Guard and the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security have partnered to bring a new certificate program in homeland security to MSU.
MSU
ASMSU revises course-repeat bill
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly code and academic policy committee amended a bill Tuesday to revise the university’s course repeat policy. The University Committee on Academic Policy, or UCAP, is reviewing the policy and asked for ASMSU’s stance.
MSU
Students reflect on Gaza conflict at vigil
About 20 community members gathered Wednesday night to pay tribute to the thousands of Israelis and Gazans suffering or dead as result of tensions in the Middle East.
NEWS
Sentencing scheduled for 3 involved in Ag Hall arson
Federal prosecutors are recommending a 20-year sentence for the woman convicted of setting Agriculture Hall ablaze on New Year’s Eve 1999.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio gives '09 recruiting class 'A' grade
When MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio tells his players their hard work will pay off, he can point to MSU’s 2009 recruiting class as a prime example.
NEWS
Police Brief 02/04/09
A 20-year-old female student reported her debit card number stolen and fraudulent charges made, but the transgression was caught by bank employees before purchases were authorized, MSU police Sgt.
NEWS
Granholm says little on plan to halt rise in tuition
Gov. Jennifer Granholm spent no more than a few seconds mentioning her proposal for in-state public universities to lock in tuition during her annual State of the State address Tuesday.
NEWS
Remembering Dancing Don
“Dance on Don.” Family members and friends scrawled these words on the rock on Farm Lane Tuesday night, as more than 100 people gathered at a candlelight vigil to honor Don Ausman’s life.