NEWS
Report: Gunshots at Chandler Crossings
Several residents of The Village at Chandler Crossings, 3839 Hunsaker St., reported gunshots around 8 p.m.
MICHIGAN
East Lansing offers wide variety of summer fitness opportunities
For students living in East Lansing, the summer can be a time to exercise more than their minds. The variety of summer activities and promotions found on campus and around East Lansing make being physically fit highly obtainable.
MICHIGAN
Kellogg Center to receive face-lift
The university’s Kellogg Center is slated to receive a face-lift if construction proceeds as expected this August. Work at the hotel and conference center — approved at the Board of Trustees’ June 17 meeting — is slated to cost about $2.24 million, university officials said. The hotel’s conference rooms will be the prime focus of several of the renovations, university engineer Bob Nestle said. The building’s corridor spaces, ceiling, lighting and wall finishes also will be redone, Nestle said. “It’s mostly aesthetic-type work,” he said. Nestle said much of the work will be completed in phases to coordinate with the center’s busy conference and meeting schedule. Construction on the facility’s meeting rooms — the majority of which is expected to be completed by August 2012 — will be handled by the Physical Plant, Nestle said. As the center is prepared for that work, some of Kellogg’s dining areas already are undergoing renovations.
MSU
Summer carillon series gets underway
The 15th Annual Muelder Summer Carillon Series began without a hitch Wednesday as more than 150 people spread blankets and lawn chairs under clear blue skies to listen to the tolling chimes of Beaumont Tower.
MSU
Chips, soda cause weight gain, even in moderation
As a typical college eater, Peter Farragher, an accounting senior, said it is tough to maintain a healthy diet with a busy schedule, and convenience sometimes leads to eating the worst food. While he could be healthier, eating fruits and vegetables can be tough because they go bad before he finds time to eat them, and delivery services usually don’t offer them, he said.
Ian Kullgren
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MSU
Student archeologists uncover clues of past life on MSU campus
Anthropology senior Matthew O’Hagan spent weeks meticulously shaving layers of dirt in the shadow of Beaumont Tower, hoping to find a telling remnant that would give insight into the early students of MSU.
MICHIGAN
Senator: Michigan not likely to follow in New York's footsteps in gay marriage
The streets of the Big Apple were lit up with images of the rainbow flag this past weekend as New Yorkers celebrated the legalization of same-sex marriage. The northeastern state is the sixth, but largest, state to pass the law. Shortly after being approved in the state Senate by a vote of 33-29 late Friday night, the news was announced and quickly became the trending topic of Twitter feeds. Comparative cultures and politics senior Sean Watkins was making his way into Manhattan when he heard the news, but it wasn’t long before he joined the celebration. “I was really happy for it,” he said.
MICHIGAN
East Lansing in running for small business grant
East Lansing currently is in the running to receive a $50,000 grant to support its small businesses. Intuit will give out a total of $100,000 to the top two cities in its Love a Local Business program next month.
MSU
Faculty member honored on Mackinac Island
MSU faculty member Gary Reid received the Michigan Association of Broadcasters’, or MAB’s, highest honor at the organization’s annual conference on Mackinac Island Monday night. Reid, who serves as a distinguished senior academic specialist in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, received a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the state’s broadcasting and radio industries. “I was actually stunned,” Reid said upon learning of the award.
MICHIGAN
Council set to approve downtown project
The East Lansing City Council is slated to make a significant stride in a pair of development projects that will add to the downtown skyline. The council is set to approve the first of two mixed-use development agreements that would authorize construction of an eight-story, mixed-use building near the Ann Street Plaza, on the corner of Grove Street and Albert Avenue.
MSU
Local weather impacts crop planting, research
Working on the farm is notoriously tough, with agriculture students generally working on crop farms from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the summer, but the overabundance of rain has graduate student Erin Taylor and others working until sundown — sometimes as late as 10 p.m. — to get crops planted.
Britteny Dee
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MSU
MSU offers children’s language camp
Last week marked the start of the MSU Community Language School’s language summer camps for kids. The Community Language School was created in 2008 as a part of MSU’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement.
MICHIGAN
Local police, fire departments battle for blood
In the next few weeks, local police and firefighters are hoping to see as much blood as possible. During the 11th Annual Battle of the Badges, local police and fire departments compete against one another to have the most donors give blood to the American Red Cross in their name.
MSU
NASA funds student
Thanks to a recent grant from the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, MSU graduate student Vanessa Hull will be able to continue her research on endangered giant pandas.
NEWS
Summit promotes Africa investment
While fans of Irish singer Bono’s music flocked to Spartan Stadium for an anticipated U2 concert Sunday, fans of his humanitarian efforts convened in the Kellogg Center Auditorium for the Midwest Summit on African Development. MSU hosted the summit, which began Saturday, in partnership with ONE, an organization that works to fight poverty, and Bono helped create.
MSU
MSU excited to host concert
The university and surrounding areas continue to prepare for the arrival of Irish rock band U2 on Sunday, university officials said today. The band will play at 7 p.m.
MICHIGAN
Police ready for U2 concert
For the first time in more than a decade, Spartan Stadium will be hosting a concert event, leading many local police to stress the differences between this event and a typical football Saturday. This Sunday, U2 will be making their long-anticipated trip to East Lansing to perform, and MSU police Sgt.
NEWS
Drivers give time to help cancer patients
For Carol Kasuda, her involvement with the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program — a free transportation program for cancer patients who need to get to treatment — is very rewarding and worthwhile. Kasuda, who has volunteered since 1999, said she was out running an errand after retiring and noticed she was behind an American Cancer Society van for the program.
MSU
Train speeds lowered
Student train travelers might have a harder time commuting to and from campus as speeds of a branch of track servicing East Lansing slowed last week, even though the train line that runs through East Lansing has seen record ridership this year. Maximum speeds on the section of the Blue Water line from Battle Creek, Mich., to Kalamazoo slowed to 25-60 mph, down from 79 mph previously, said Rudy Husband, a spokesman from Norfolk Southern Corp., the company who owns the section of track. The track includes several West Michigan stops and also is en route to stations in and near Chicago.
MSU
Researchers earn Clean Fuel grant
Researchers at MSU and the Michigan Biotechnology Institute, or MBI, say they plan to use a $4.3 million grant from the Department of Energy to further their examination of alternative fuel technology. Money from the grant will go primarily to researchers at MBI, a Lansing-based company owned by the university.