From legislating to educating, decision-making to communicating, the City Council impacts every East Lansing resident in one way or another. Following the Nov. 6 Council elections, three of the city’s next leaders will emerge. Four candidates are vying for three spots on the council.
Drums were the heartbeat of the powwow. Covered head-to-toe in traditional regalia, six dancers made a grand entrance to the stage, each one’s motions representative of traditional American Indian dance.
As a group, ASMSU is less than satisfied with www.mail.msu.edu. Last semester, ASMSU passed a bill to fight for a revamping of the MSU e-mail system. Nothing was accomplished then, but the new group of student government officials is going to find out what it would take to update the system.
Those who took part in Sunday’s Michigan AIDS Walk – Lansing/East Lansing promoted AIDS awareness by wearing white and red shirts, but green and white would have been more appropriate colors due to the large number of MSU students in attendance.
For Tennessee bookseller Dennis Melhouse, driving 10 hours to participate in the Michigan Antiquarian Book and Paper Show is an 18-year tradition. “They generate lots of traffic here,” said Melhouse, who attends several other book shows around the country. “I’m sure it’s the variety because there’s a big spectrum.”
The second student Green Week wrapped up yesterday, finishing with a community service day sponsored by environmental groups on campus. “We’re not just preaching environmentalism, we’re getting out into the community and making a difference,” said Brandon Knight, MSU alumnus and coordinator of the Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition.
It wasn’t nearly as competitive as the Harvard-Yale Regatta, but the Lyman Briggs School vs. James Madison College canoe race on the Red Cedar River Sunday had rivalry implications all the same.
In her search for a signature event for the College of Arts and Letters’ Year of Arts and Culture, Dean Karin Wurst said Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk captivates the college’s ideals.
When Eastern Michigan University student Leah Sprague opened her e-mail last month, scattered along with her class messages and Facebook.com notifications was a bulletin from the university that she wasn’t expecting — a campus crime report.
Michigan’s House of Representatives passed a temporary budget extension along with a 6 percent sales tax expansion on a range of services.
MSU was at the center of a student environmental movement this weekend as activists from 14 universities gathered to discuss how to better push for earth-friendly policies.
The MSU Museum is celebrating its 150-year anniversary in 2007, and though that might seem like an unimaginable amount of time to some, Val Berryman can help put it into perspective. Berryman, 67, has worked at the museum for 45 years – almost one-third of the museum’s life span. He first started as a part-time employee during his senior year at MSU in 1962 and moved to full-time upon graduation.
A cup of coffee may be a morning energy boost for some, but it’s a social activity for Nicole Nguyen, Web master of the MSU Coffee Club. “For me, having a cup of coffee is not something you do to just wake up in the morning,” said Nguyen, an English and professional writing junior. “It’s a really good way to get together with people. It’s a social environment.”
Gov. Jennifer Granholm addressed the state last night in an effort to reassure Michigan’s citizens that legislators would continue working to avoid a government shutdown.
Anishinaabe, known commonly as the Odawa, Ojibwe and Algonquin indigenous people of North America, have a tradition of planning seven generations ahead in an effort to preserve their culture.
The Second Annual Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition Summit will kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, at the Chemistry Building.
Local police said a recent district court ruling making it illegal for police officers to issue a Breathalyzer test to minors without a search warrant will not affect their current practices. As the law stood prior to the ruling Wednesday, police had the authority to force minors to take a Breathalyzer test — and those who refused could be issued a civil infraction and a fine of up to $100.
The East Lansing City Council will vote on the Hagadorn Road conversion during next week’s city council meeting, Mayor Sam Singh said at Tuesday’s work session.
Michigan’s Republican House of Representative members held a press conference Wednesday demanding House Democrats and Gov. Jennifer Granholm sign the continuation budget bill that was passed in the Senate.
MSU is expanding its Chicano/Latino Studies program by developing the nation’s second doctoral program in the field, which is expected to begin next fall.