With six work days left for the state Legislature this year, there are several issues that could see action before the holiday break. There’s no telling which, if any, will be passed, however. The Michigan House of Representatives and Senate will return to session Tuesday after a two-week fall break.
When the MSU Board of Trustees meets Friday, two new faces will closely watch how things are run, in preparation for their time on MSU’s governing board. Elected in November, Democrats Dianne Byrum and Diann Woodard will take their place on the board in January. Attending Friday’s board meeting will cap a preparation process that started before the election.
An MSU professor will help “give science advice to the nation” in regard to future environmental policy. Thomas Dietz, the director of the MSU Environmental Science & Policy Program, was selected to participate in the America’s Climate Choices study, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, or NAS. The data gleaned from the two-year study will help advise the U.S. Congress on its environmental policies.
“Stop AIDS. Keep the promise.” People all over the world will rally around that slogan today, which marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. East Lansing will be no exception, with events today and Friday.
The Chief Okemos Council, with the help of MSU students, is attempting to form something no other university in the country has: An Eagle Scout club. “There isn’t an organization in the country at a university for Eagle Scouts,” said Dan Bettison, scout executive of the Chief Okemos Council. “We wanted to start something up to show what Eagles can do.”
Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be back in East Lansing to sign copies of his latest book, “32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,” from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. The signing will be held at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 333 E. Grand River Ave. The bookstore will begin giving out wristbands at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The wristbands will be free and will determine the order in line.
As President George W. Bush marks the final X’s on his presidential calendar, experts said President-elect Barack Obama’s Oval Office entrance could improve the country’s international image and help the United States push its foreign policy objectives.
East Lansing residents who might have been eyeing Albert Place Condominiums could get the chance to rent one out, as the owners talked with the East Lansing City Council about getting a rental license at the council’s work session Tuesday.
It came down to one last shot. After 32 years, 320 wins and countless goals scored, the coaching career of men’s soccer coach Joe Baum came down to a penalty kick.
Mandy Moran is going home. When the marketing senior graduates in a week and a half, she won’t be heading off to Chicago or San Francisco to begin her career. Rather, she’ll head home to Rochester Hills in hopes of getting a seasonal job until the summer, when she said she hopes to get hired by a company.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon unveiled a new financial aid fund Tuesday for students suffering from recent economic hardships.
The first probable cause hearing was held Tuesday afternoon for the man accused of four counts of homicide, including the death of MSU student Katherine A. Brown.
Students who plan to take the bus on campus Thanksgiving Day will have to find other transportation.
A month after ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” unveiled a newly built home to the Nickless family in Holt, the episode is set to air at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
Lydia Hawthorne would have to pay at least $750 for a round-trip plane ticket back to her hometown of Rochester, Minn., for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving dinner will be quieter for Krista R. Lueth’s family this year. The 34-year-old MSU student has been missing since Nov. 11 and investigators are still approaching the investigation as a missing person case, State Police Sgt. Kevin Mark said.
A slow summer and difficult luck finding a new franchise owner forced BTB Burrito, 403 E. Grand River Ave., to close its doors Tuesday.
With the first snows of winter come snowmen, snowball fights and salt sprinkled across the roads. However, coating campus roads with salt will be trickier this year, as an increase in the price of salt caused MSU to cut back on its purchases. Even though MSU will look at alternative ways to remove snow and ice, East Lansing will continue primarily using salt, as its budget allocations have increased as a result of the price change.
Michigan taxpayers have a choice to make during the next year, experts said: Deal with a higher gas tax and possibly other tax hikes, or watch as potholes slowly consume the road. Unless funding for transportation infrastructure doubles, Michigan’s roads, bridges, airport runways and shipping ports will fall into severe disrepair, according to a report released Nov. 10 by Michigan’s Transportation Funding Task Force.
MSU has applied for $20 million to expand the new Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, which will be located in West Fee Hall. The institute will promote various forms of research, from clinical to community-engaged.