NEWS
Accident blocks Hagadorn Road traffic
Traffic on Hagadorn Road near Shaw Lane was blocked for more than an hour Tuesday evening after a motorcycle-vehicle accident.
NEWS
ASMSU's Academic Assembly elects chairpersons
The 18th session of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly elected its chairpersons Tuesday, filling leadership roles that will represent the student voice for the 2009-10 school year. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
MICHIGAN
E.L. feels squeeze as it plans budget
The economy’s impact on city services was reflected in sections of the city’s budget, which was presented Tuesday to the East Lansing City Council. The city’s human services, parking fund and capital improvement received little or no increase in funding, due in part to difficult economic times, council members said.
MICHIGAN
Word on the Street
Here’s what MSU students had to say about the University of Michigan’s smoking ban.
NEWS
Innovator of MSU’s clinical sociology program dies
Known as a man dedicated to developing MSU medical students into strong people — as well as doctors — longtime MSU professor David Kallen died Monday at his home in Grand Ledge. He was 79.
NEWS
The fallout for MSU financial aid
Like many aspects of life, the amount of financial aid available to MSU students is a process of give and take. How much money goes to help students pay for college? And how much goes to fund the classes themselves?
NEWS
U-M announces smoking ban at 3 campuses
Although MSU campus buildings went smoke free in fall 2008, University of Michigan officials took smoking bans a step further in their decision to push smoking off campus grounds.
MICHIGAN
E.L. named 'Tree City' in honor of Arbor Day
The city of East Lansing has been named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation for the 22nd year. The recognition is given to cities that have a continual commitment to community forestry.
MICHIGAN
More Common Ground acts announced
Stone Temple Pilots are among the three new acts added to the lineup for the 10th Annual Common Ground Music Festival, slated to be held July 6-12. Los Lonely Boys and Billy Squier also were announced as performers at the festival, which will be held at Adado Riverfront Park in downtown Lansing.
MSU
Students must see book lists early, federal law mandates
Lengthy lines and scrambling students could potentially disappear from bookstores at the beginning of a new semester as a result of federal legislation. The legislation requires universities to make lists of course materials available to students by the opening of the enrollment process.
MSU
Take Back the Night empowers survivors
They varied in size, color and style, but the 300 shirts that hung from clotheslines Tuesday in the Union were all interwoven with a common theme: empowerment for the women who decorated them, survivors of sexual violence.
MICHIGAN
Famed zookeeper draws attention to local project
To help boost their Rhino Expansion Project, the Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, invited a special friend for support. America’s best-known zookeeper, Jack Hanna, and some of his animal friends visited the zoo Tuesday evening to chat, bark and growl about animal education and black rhinoceros conservation.
NEWS
Council to discuss 2009-10 budget
Green buildings and the city’s proposed 2009-10 fiscal year budget are on the agenda for tonight’s East Lansing City Council meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.
NEWS
High-speed railway could link Mich. cities with Chicago, Midwest
The distance from Detroit to Chicago might not seem so far if plans for a high-speed railway linking Midwest cities are approved.
MICHIGAN
Old Town seeks Scrapfest artists
The Old Town Scrapfest this summer might be the perfect opportunity for hungry artists to express their creativity.
MICHIGAN
Holocaust vigil, walk planned
In observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, members of Alpha Epsilon Pi will lead a “Walk to Remember” and candle-lighting ceremony today.
MSU
Committee chosen to review director's job performance
Nine MSU faculty members, graduate students and undergraduate students have been chosen for a committee to review the job performance of the Chicano/Latino Studies program director during the next two months.
MSU
New E. coli vaccine developed
One MSU professor’s 30-year project is yielding results that could treat a disease affecting entire regions of the world.
MICHIGAN
Hope and healing event brings together victims of domestic, sexual abuse
Through acts like sharing personal poetry or singing Grateful Dead songs on acoustic guitar, the women who gathered Thursday evening at the LookOut! Gallery in Snyder-Phillips Hall were there to heal together.
MICHIGAN
US-127 ramp to be demolished Friday
The ramp and bridge from southbound US-127 to eastbound I-96 will be demolished Friday to begin a project to rebuild the structure this summer. Work on the bridge will be done with one lane of traffic maintained at all times on the two-lane roadway.