"Every three minutes, a woman is beaten; every five minutes, a women is raped." As temperatures dropped and snow swirled outside, about 40 people packed into the warmth of Green River Café, 211 M.A.C.
The East Lansing City Council is recognizing National Community Development Week from April 9-15. The city annually receives more than $600,000 in funding from federal Community Development Block Grants, which supports down payment assistance for new homebuyers, infrastructure improvements in low-income neighborhoods and housing projects, such as the Virginia Avenue development.
Southbound Harrison Road at Grand River Avenue will be closed until about 3 p.m. today. East Lansing Public Works officials are beginning the first phase of replacing water and sewer lines in the neighborhood.
With Michigan's roads in disrepair and pieces of dilapidated bridges falling on cars, two state representatives have found a solution they say everyone can rally around. Reps.
Upon first coming to MSU, Christina McGuffie said she felt unprepared for the college experience. She said because of a lack of proficient college preparation from Detroit's Murray Wright High School, she was not ready for the transition to a college curriculum. "The teachers and the environment made it really hard for us to learn and get anything accomplished," the criminal justice senior said.
Take Back the Night will sponsor a poetry reading for Sexual Assault Awareness Month at 7 p.m. tonight at the Green River Café, 211 M.A.C.
Five years ago, Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller was playing hockey in Rochester, N.Y., and came across Jason Snyder's clothing store, Men-tality. The two became friends after talking, and decided to team up to spread their love of fashion to East Lansing. Six months later on April 1, their plan was complete as they opened The Refinery, 115 Albert Ave. After three seasons of hockey as a Spartan from 1999 to 2002, Miller, 26, moved to the American Hockey League to be a part of the Rochester Americans.
A dozen University of Michigan students were arrested Tuesday evening after taking over President Mary Sue Coleman's office, according to a U-M graduate student who visited them in jail. The students hadn't been formally charged with trespassing as of 7:45 p.m., more than an hour after their arrest. At 9 a.m., members of U-M's Sweatfree Coalition stormed the office, demanding that Coleman sign onto a program to ensure factories producing items with U-M's logo aren't sweatshops, said Neil Sardana, a graduate student in public policy and public health. Around 5:52 p.m., Blase Kearney, a political science sophomore who was arrested, told The State News in a phone interview that he could see three police vans from a window in the locked office, and that he wouldn't leave until administrators met the group's demands or he was arrested. The coalition wants U-M to adopt the Designated Suppliers Program, a list of about 300 "certified" factories around the world that provide fair wages and respect workers' rights. MSU, a member of the consortium, has not adopted the Designated Suppliers Program and Students for Economic Justice hasn't made that a major campaign issue this year.
Rachelle Woodbury let out a deep sigh of relief after one of her premier projects debuted to East Lansing and MSU officials Monday afternoon. Since December, Woodbury, MSU's community-student liaison, has spearheaded a new program — www.offcampusliving.msu.edu — to help ease the transition for MSU students moving off campus for the first time. Information already is available on the Web site, but the official announced launch is Thursday.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision that the Environmental Protection Agency not only has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, but also that it has neglected to do so. Some critics say the EPA has skated around the global warming issue since the Bush administration came to power. "There is no denying the fact that President Bush has the worst environmental record ever," said Abby Rubley, field director for Environment Michigan.
A single "T" is enough for city officials to recommend the formation of a committee. The East Lansing City Council will decide on the creation of a committee to discuss the renaming of Abbott Road during the council's meeting at 7:30 p.m.
A minor fire started Monday in a South Hubbard Hall trash compactor. The cause is under investigation, East Lansing Deputy Fire Chief Scot Wyman said. "That is something that MSU will have to investigate," he said. Preveterinary medicine freshman Megan Mulder said the South Hubbard Hall alarms went off around 5:30 p.m., and she smelled smoke from the 11th floor.
About 60 smiling faces hang behind the counter of André Mansour's Spartan Spirits. The "wall of shame" exhibits the manufactured fake IDs collected during the years. "Fake ID?
With the coming of warm weather and sunny days, the taste of an ice-cold, creamy substance titillating the tongues of East Lansing residents nostalgically returns. And the owners of Melting Moments, 313 E.
A pair of MSU students ran for positions in a statewide group of collegiate Republicans on Saturday, but only one came out victorious. Jeff Wiggins and Steve Japinga, chairman and secretary of the MSU College Republicans, respectively, ran for yearlong positions with the Michigan Federation of College Republicans, or MFCR. The MFCR is an umbrella organization designed to interconnect groups of college Republicans across the state. Wiggins defeated Western Michigan's Megan Buwalda to win his race for co-chairman, while Japinga lost his race for chairman to University of Michigan's Justin Zatkoff. "He ran a great race, and I ran a great race," Japinga said of Zatkoff.
Tremors, rigidity, loss of balance. More than one million Americans suffer from Parkinson's disease. There are drugs to treat some of the symptoms during the disease's early stages of development, but once it progresses, little can be done. John Goudreau, an associate professor in the departments of neurology and pharmacology and toxicology, is conducting a study that might help slow the progression of the disease. "If you can find patients early, and keep them in the early stages of development, that's as close to a cure as we can get," he said. The study will look at the effect creatine has on the disease. "I don't want people to go out and start taking creatine for their Parkinson's disease," Goudreau said.
There will be plenty of music and confetti this summer in downtown Lansing, but for the first time in 16 years, it won't be because of the Michigan Parade. "The skinny on the parade this year is that we decided to cancel it," said Calvin L.
The sunshine and warmer than 60-degree weather that has blanketed Mid-Michigan during the past several days doesn't just mean spring is here. It also means the possibility of severe weather. This week marks Michigan's Severe Weather Awareness Week, which has been recognized since 1991 as a way to help the public prepare for natural emergency situations. "We can't stop the weather, but we can mitigate the impact it has on our lives," said Sgt.
With approval from the federal government, the state of Michigan could put a halt on importing Canadian trash. New legislation sponsored by Michigan Reps.
An ordinance that would make it illegal for homeless people to reside in public parking structures once again is up for discussion by the East Lansing City Council. Council members also will discuss possible changes to Hagadorn Road and the progress of an ongoing and over-budget development on Virginia Avenue.