MICHIGAN
Art festival submission deadline
Artists wishing to participate in the 2009 East Lansing Art Festival have until January 31 to apply for an exhibit.
NEWS
MSU student found dead in Spartan Village; cause unknown
The death of an MSU student found in his Spartan Village apartment was not being treated as a homicide, MSU police said Wednesday night. Police found the body of Don Ausman, a 22-year-old interdisciplinary studies in social science and international studies senior, in his apartment after responding to a call to report a suspicious death at about 9:15 a.m.
NEWS
Police Brief 01/28/09
Three MSU students had $251 stolen from their West Akers Hall room while they slept early Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
City Council discusses historic district, stimulus plan
The East Lansing City Council is narrowing its selection of fraternity and sorority buildings to be included in a historic district that would protect the buildings from sale, modification or deterioration.
MICHIGAN
E.L. could get share of stimulus bill for projects
East Lansing is among the cities across the nation that are eagerly submitting their proposals to get their cut of the funding from President Barack Obama’s proposed $825 billion stimulus project.
MSU
Keying on safety
Crimes in residence halls during the past two weeks have led to increased safety concerns among students and are forcing university officials to consider different ways of keeping residents safe. An electronic key card system, requiring students to scan their student ID to enter living wings, was installed in Holden Hall days after two on-campus sexual assaults were reported in two days, and a week after police shut down an alleged scam that preyed on students living in residence halls.
NEWS
Price drop triggers MSU switch to natural gas
The MSU Power Plant began burning natural gas instead of coal last week after prices for the fuel remained lower than university officials expected. Bob Ellerhorst, director of utility services at the power plant, said the university rarely burns gas as an economic choice.
MICHIGAN
Board of Water & Light seeks rate hike
The Lansing Board of Water & Light will restart the process of approving a 2.5 percent rate increase after a paperwork mistake, the utility’s board of commissioners decided Tuesday. The board of commissioners held a public hearing to discuss the proposed rate hike Monday, but confusion over whether the company filed necessary paperwork 45 days before the session led to the scheduling of another public hearing on March 18.
MICHIGAN
Business survives despite hardships
After Libby Woodbury signed the lease in April to a new building for her business, Lite-R-Side Catering, 1331 E. Grand River Ave., everything went smoothly for about a month. Then, in May, it seemed like the world fell on the shoulders of the already emotionally strained Woodbury.
MICHIGAN
State Sen. makes governor bid
State Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, officially established his campaign to run for governor Monday. George, who represents Michigan’s 20th district, was elected to the state Senate in 2002 after serving a term with the state House of Representatives.
MICHIGAN
Whooping cough on the rise in Mich.
Incidents of whooping cough in Michigan more than doubled during the second half of 2008. There were 210 reported cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, from July through December, up from 92 cases in the first half of the year.
NEWS
Plans for Delta Triangle won't oust students
Its ideal location on Michigan Avenue between Grand River and Harrison avenues makes it a popular spot for students, but the quiet, old-style neighborhood of Louis Street and Michigan Avenue will have a new look in coming years.
NEWS
GM cutbacks lead to loss of 1,200 Lansing jobs
If Jim Caudy has any reason to be positive about the potential he could lose his job, it’s that he’s already started weighing his options. “I’ll probably be laid off fairly soon,” said Caudy, an MSU alumnus and electrician in General Motors Corp.’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant.
MSU
New technology could help autistic with interaction
Recognizing facial expressions, posture, speech patterns and interacting with others are some things most people do every day without even thinking. But for a person with autism, these everyday actions are incredibly frustrating, and occasionally impossible.
MICHIGAN
Job search Web site hacked, user info stolen
Monster.com is alerting job hunters of a hack-in that involved the theft of personal information, the Web site announced Friday — raising concerns for widespread identity fraud.
MSU
RHA brings Death Cab for Cutie to Breslin
A string of music artists coming to campus continued Monday when the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, announced Death Cab For Cutie will perform April 18 at Breslin Center.
MICHIGAN
'Scammers' use charities' names to solicit money
Prenursing sophomore Jen Ung was surprised by the suspicious man who knocked on her door Wednesday afternoon in Abbot Hall asking for donations to his church. “He had one tooth and just looked really sketchy,” Ung said. “He gave this whole speech about his church that he was raising money for. … It kind of sounded like a scam.”
NEWS
IBM to begin operations at MSU later this spring, create 1,500 jobs
Although information technology jobs have become synonymous with outsourcing, MSU and IBM reversed that trend two weeks ago when the computer company announced an agreement to establish a programming center on campus.
NEWS
No bigger a year for Biggby
Changing the name of his coffee franchise from a potentially offensive moniker to one simply referring to the big “B” on the shop’s paper cups wasn’t a problem for Biggby Coffee founder and CEO Bob Fish.
MICHIGAN
Trial begins for man charged in assault
The trial for the man charged with the assault of a female student last fall begins today at the Veterans Memorial Courthouse, 313 W. Kalamazoo St., in Lansing.