The East Lansing City Council will discuss the operations for the city’s new Family Aquatic Center at today’s work session. Although representatives from the East Lansing Parks and Recreation Department will be making recommendations about entrance fees, council members will make the final decision. “I think that what they’ve presented us with is reasonable,” Mayor Pro Tem Beth Schwarze said.
Ingham County’s new No. 2 prosecutor sees her job as something more than locking criminals up and throwing away the key.Instead, Joyce Draganchuk says she has a duty to do what is fair and just - whether that means pursuing life in prison or a plea to a lesser charge.“People think all the prosecutor wants to do is put everyone in jail,” said the 13-year veteran of the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office.
Michigan lawmakers will be belting out ideas to encourage Michigan motorists to buckle up. The state Senate is scheduled this week to discuss bills that would increase penalties for those guilty of not using their safety belts.The bills would limit the number of passengers in a vehicle to the number of safety belts available, and would make a safety belt violation a two-point penalty on a person’s driver’s license.
A growing number of campuses are telling students that their peers drink more responsibly than they may think, but little information is available to show if such efforts result in safer drinking practices.But a Massachusetts-based education policy group is collecting data from 34 colleges nationwide to prove such campaigns - known as social norms programs - lead to more responsible drinking by college students.“To date the effectiveness has been largely anecdotal,” said Helen Stubbs, a spokeswoman for the Education Development Center Inc. “Certainly it’s been shown to work on some campuses.”Studies show most students think other students drink heavily, when in reality most abstain or drink moderately, Stubbs said.
State Rep. Doug Hart, R-Rockford, introduced a bill Thursday that would create “rebuttable presumption” in custody cases involving perpetrators of domestic violence. “It makes sense that perpetrators of domestic violence should not have custody of their children,” Hart said in a written statement. Hart hopes the bill will increase the protection available to victims of domestic violence.
Although the entire student population of Washington & Jefferson College could live in Hubbard Hall, school officials have found that MSU and the Washington, Pa., college have a lot in common.Both schools, as well as the State University of New York at Geneseo and Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., have been working to teach each other how to improve relationships with the communities surrounding the schools through a collaborative program sponsored by the Knight Foundation and the Institute for Research on Higher Education at the University of Pennsylvania.The participants in the collaborative effort are meeting for the last time today in Philadelphia, where they hope to discuss how to implement the ideas and programs they saw while visiting each of the college campuses.“I think we’re in a better position to see what the common ground is,” said MSU zoology Professor Don Straney, an assistant to the provost and MSU’s coordinator for the collaborative.
Wall Street investors saw a bear awake from a long hibernation, as slowing growth, especially in technologies, has impacted the economy.The Dow Jones industrial average, the most widely used index to the New York Stock Exchange, slipped into bear market territory - a 20 percent decrease from a previous high - before a late Thursday rally and a strong day on Friday, which contributed to the market’s 9,505 points close.Thursday’s low of 9,107 was down roughly 22 percent from the market’s all-time high of 11,723 on Jan.
Although studies suggest members of fraternities and sororities may drink more frequently and more heavily than most college students, researchers say greeks are not more likely to use alcohol after graduation.The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia, questions what leads greeks to drink more in college.
Professor James Rainey is going out with a bang.Rainey will be the guest of honor at a party thrown by the members of Alpha Kappa Psi from 4 p.m.
Lansing - Legislation calling for stronger penalties for motorists who use cellular phones during traffic violations is on hold - for now.A bill introduced by state Rep.
Although an election for two seats on the East Lansing City Council isn’t until November, City Clerk Susan Donnell has had a busy week.Two candidates picked up petitions to run for two open East Lansing City Council seats late this week, bringing the total of possible candidates up to seven.Urban planning senior David Jirikovic also grabbed an application Monday.“We were kind of surprised that we have three in a row,” Donnell said.Donnell said it’s uncommon to have several candidates express interest during one week.Nicholas D’Isa, who stays at home with his two children, and Mark Van Remortel, a substitute teacher in the Lansing area, are the latest additions to the candidate pool.D’Isa, 34, has been a city resident for eight years.
The East Lansing Recreation & Arts program has become the first organization in the state to receive accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies.The program had to meet 154 standards set by the national agency for its human resources, finance, facility safety, program and instructor quality and diversity.“We had a lot of stuff in place already,” Executive Director Jim Crisp said.
LANSING - Water, tea and fruit drinks will be the newest items included in Michigan’s 10-cent deposit law if new legislation is approved.State Rep.
As dust cleared from the corner of M.A.C. and Grand River Avenues, forgotten advertisements were unveiled sparking memories in the minds of East Lansing residents.Ads for Vernors ginger ale, Curious Book Shop, Michigan State College Supply and The Ink Pot were discovered on the side of the building that now houses the Curious Book Shop, 307 E.
Roland Talifarro is quite nervous.When the 13-year-old walks into East Lansing High School this fall, he will be a new face in town - just like his dad, who’s the new face at the East Lansing Fire Department.Roland’s father, Randy Talifarro, was inducted into his new post as East Lansing’s fire chief this week, following 17 years of service with the Flint Fire Department.“I’m the only one in my family that’s nervous,” Roland said.
Beta Theta Pi members will be knocking on neighbors’ doors every time they have a party, but not to extend an invitation.The chapter, 1148 E.
LANSING - On a track to narrowing the funding gap, MSU leaped its first hurdle without stumbling.The House Appropriations Committee passed the higher education funding bill on to the state House on Tuesday, without changing the subcommittee’s recommended funding increases for the university.MSU is still slated to receive the maximum seven-percent increase - $22.5 million in additional funding.
More than house-blend grounds were brewing Tuesday at an East Lansing coffee shop.A group of roughly 40 activists gathered outside Starbucks Coffee Co., 401 E.
The East Lansing Art Festival will give residents a chance to paint the town red - or yellow, or green or purple.A dozen large plywood murals will be set up along the construction site on M.A.C.
Ingham County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Kathaleen Rae Price died Sunday. She was 48.Price managed a staff of 30 attorneys and specialized in cases of domestic violence, sexual assault and drug gang cases in her three years as the county’s No.