NEWS
2 new positions link development, alumni association
One of MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s first decisions in office was a call for an external review of the MSU Alumni Association.
NEWS
Rising food, fuel prices force changes in lifestyles
Growing food costs have students resorting to all kinds of measures to pay for groceries — even recycling.
NEWS
Festival of culture
Balancing his love of music with teaching is something that comes easily to MSU history professor Peter Knupfer, who performed with his band, Detour, at the 45th annual East Lansing Art Festival on Saturday.
NEWS
Housing price drop likely won't affect MSU students
The Lansing area had the third largest drop in housing prices in the country during the first quarter.
MICHIGAN
ELPD captain up for new position
East Lansing police Capt. Kim Johnson, who is being considered for chief of the Kalamazoo Public Safety Department, spoke at a public forum with the two other final candidates Wednesday at the City Hall Commission Chambers in Kalamazoo.
MSU
Stabenow will address Farm Bill
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., will be on campus today to address the Farm Bill, which will provide $290 billion to farm subsidies, nutrition programs and research funding. Stabenow will speak at a press conference with MSU officials about how the bill will impact MSU and the state, beginning at 11 a.m.
MICHIGAN
Walk for asthma hits E.L.
Sometimes it’s hard for Janet Richards to remember that her active son, 6-year-old Jacob Richards, was diagnosed with asthma when he was only 1. After raising a total of $615, Janet Richards and her son were among the 100 registered participants at the American Lung Association of Michigan’s 9th annual Blow the Whistle on Asthma walk Saturday.
MICHIGAN
ELPD offers forms to register local parties
Keg? Check. Music? Check. Tell the police about the party? Check. Party registration is a formality that has been used by the East Lansing Police Department for nearly a decade, East Lansing police Capt.
MSU
MSU students in China focus research efforts on relief
When an earthquake took the lives of more than 29,000 people in southwest China last week, MSU felt the rumbles as students and faculty feared for the safety of those involved in a university-run research program studying pandas.
MSU
Ceremony set for Wharton Center
A ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Wharton Center’s north plaza, to mark the official groundbreaking for the center’s $18.5 million expansion project. According to a press release, a special announcement of a multimillion dollar gift that would fund the Wharton Center’s new Institute for Arts & Creativity will be made at the ceremony.
MICHIGAN
Union ratifies contract, ends strike with GM
A contract between Delta Township’s auto workers union and General Motors Corporation was ratified by the union members Friday, ending the month-long strike of about 2,300 workers at GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant.
MSU
Trustees approve new fundraising position
The MSU Board of Trustees voted to approve a new position that would link the university’s largest fundraising units.
NEWS
Building a union
The Graduate Employees Union’s new contract goes into effect today, and the union’s members will receive better wages and health care – issues that the union has been fighting for since its formation in 2001.
MICHIGAN
Festival to bring changes in traffic
The East Lansing Art Festival will cause parking and traffic to change as an expected 70,000-80,000 people will be flocking to downtown East Lansing this weekend. Albert Avenue will not be open from Charles Street to Evergreen Avenue. M.A.C. Avenue will be closed from Grand River Avenue to Albert Avenue, and Abbot Road from Grand River Avenue to Linden Street will be closed.
MICHIGAN
Local hospitality to benefit from festival
The East Lansing Art Festival will be taking over the streets of downtown East Lansing this weekend, and local businesses are in preparation mode. Brent Kanitz, manager of Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave., said he is looking forward to the business the East Lansing Art Festival will bring because last weekend was slow after students left.
MSU
Missionary couple serve children of Swaziland
When Mark and Kay Bojovic heard about the children in Swaziland who were living off less than a dollar a day, they made it a point to give these children not only suitable living conditions, but a purpose for living. “We wanted to let them know what they are living for — that they’re not just waiting to die, but that they have a purpose in life,” said Mark Bojovic, a 2003 MSU alumnus. “We want to show them what it means to set a godly example living for Jesus.”
MSU
Disabled athletes compete
The Michigan Victory Games are more than a game for Michael Chambers and his peers — 51 weeks out of the year they are disabled people, but this week they are athletes. Swimming, powerlifting, slalom and handcycling are just a few of the 33rd annual Michigan Victory Games events, hosted by MSU Thursday through Sunday.
MICHIGAN
Road reconstruction ahead of deadline
The Abbot/Chandler Road reconstruction project is ahead of schedule and should be completed no later than August, according to a city of East Lansing news bulletin released Thursday. This is ahead of schedule from the October date that was originally planned.
MSU
Trustees to vote on new position, linking programs
After an eight-year, $1.4 billion campaign ended in October, the MSU Board of Trustees is considering linking two of the university’s largest outreach programs to help increase fundraising.