Living alone in her Yakeley Hall dorm room, Lindsay Kroon knows she can just go to her room and close the door when she is fed up with her neighbors.
The city of East Lansing may be miles away from New York, Washington and Pennsylvania but like many Americans, area residents are searching for ways to help in the wake of the Sept.
Lansing - Frogville, Mich.? That could have been the name of the city now known as Lansing without the help of the city’s pioneers.
Lansing - A survey conducted by The Education Policy Center at MSU shows most Michigan residents give their public schools high marks. The center released results of a survey Wednesday that asked nearly 1,000 residents to grade their local schools.
Lansing - There was plenty of traffic at the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave. And most of it was from feet. The 14th annual Lansing Business Expo was held Tuesday.
Cold temperatures and rain across the state have some thinking winter is coming quicker than usual.And for some students, a change in weather is exactly what they want.“I don’t mind the change,” business freshman Laura Long said.
Before the regular business got underway at Tuesday night’s East Lansing City Council meeting, two new faces around city hall were introduced.
Gasoline prices that swelled to more than $2 after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are on the mend.
More than two weeks after terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, many Americans say they are unable to continue as normal with their lives in the aftermath of the tragedy.A Gallup Poll released Sept.
The lights are dimmed as patrons sit eating under palm trees.At Woody’s Oasis, 211 E. Grand River Ave., interested patrons can eat foods prepared in a Mediterranean style or stick with American favorites.Owner Chuck Raad said his new restaurant, which opened in August, is different from the other Woody’s Oasis at 970 Trowbridge Road.“We are more of a deli-style on Trowbridge and this is more of a sit-down dinner place,” he said.Raad said the atmosphere is more geared toward dinner for families, business dinners or dates.Another difference is the restaurant also has a liquor license.“I wanted to do something different than the typical watering hole,” he said.Raad hopes the new condos going up on M.A.C Avenue will help him develop a good customer base.“I’d like to have some regulars and have more locals down here,” he said.
Lansing - Some state lawmakers say they hope to pass legislation that would require insurance companies and health maintenance companies to give equal treatment to mental health patients. State Reps.
Lansing - Two years ago Monday, 313 W. Kalamazoo St. was a pile of dirt with a silver shovel in it. After 22 months with an average of 42 workers on the site per day, the Ingham County/City of Lansing Veterans Memorial Courthouse, which grew from the pile of dirt, was dedicated Tuesday. “I know that there were many that questioned whether this could be done,” said Mayor David Hollister, who had discussed the idea as early as 1969.
Lansing - Secretary of State Candice Miller said she hopes the Legislature will approve plans for a new license plate to benefit the American Red Cross’s relief efforts in response to the Sept.
Gov. John Engler wants Michigan at the forefront of a project to streamline Internet sales tax collection nationwide.Engler wants Michigan to join a national coalition of states developing methods for collecting taxes on Internet purchases, said Matt Resch, an Engler spokesman.
The market has risen from the ashes, but experts are still warning about the possibility of getting burned.The Nasdaq composite index rose about 5.3 percent, or 76.21 points, and the Dow Jones industrial average grossed 368.05 points or about 4.5 percent.Lyle Schonberger, director of research for H&R Block Financial Advisors’ Detroit office, said the rise is from when a couple major brokerages announced positive comments about the market Monday morning.“I think stocks last week fell farther than they should, so that led to some buying,” he said.Schonberger said there is potential for a couple of days when the market might rebound, but there may be some problems.“I think there is still too many uncertainties to upset the market at this point,” he said.Vic Loomis, senior vice president and senior leader for National City Bank of Michigan/Illinois, said the rise could be attributed to a number of reasons.Loomis, an East Lansing City Council candidate who is also chairman of the city’s Downtown Development Authority, said the market is still subject to volatility and hopes the market will establish a base.“I hope what we are seeing today is an expression that the economy is still in pretty good shape,” Loomis said.But some experts feel airline stocks are still unstable.Donna Majauskas, an investment representative for Edward Jones, 1200 Michigan Ave., said she directs her clients toward more stable stocks such as medical and Wal-Mart.“All of the analysts are saying no, that it is just too volatile of an industry,” she said.But Charles Ballard, an MSU economics professor, said airlines are still a worthy investment.“The airlines were up today, and the only reason they can be up is that some people were eager to buy those stocks.
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, was among 40 U.S. senators who toured the devastation in New York on Thursday in the wake of Sept.
It isn’t a Lite-Brite but East Lansing will be turning on the magical color light.Urban Options, 405 Grove St., has installed a new energy-efficient sign using fiber-optic light.By using fiber optics and a light pipe design system, energy is saved by using one bulb that transmits light over the distance of the outdoor sign.This is a more efficient use of energy because neon signs involve heating up neon gasses and keeping them lit.
Sometimes a silenced voice can become the loudest of them all. In 1998, Jim Cuddeback was tired of citizens’ concerns falling on what he considered to be deaf, indifferent ears and made it his personal job to have those voices heard in the East Lansing community. He began a grass-roots Internet newsletter and Web site called Public Response, providing an open forum for discussion among its subscribers.
Local environmentalists gave a hoot and cleaned up after those who pollute.The MSU Sportfishing Club, the Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council, 416 S.
For Cooley Law School Dean Don LeDuc, becoming the next president of the school was a natural next step.“There won’t be a lot of surprises,” he said.