In an attempt to accommodate passengers, the Capital Area Transportation Authority will order additional buses that may hit the road in 12-18 months. A $2.4 million grant from the U.S.
MSU hosted educators from across the nation Wednesday for a workshop devoted to the learning of second languages by students. Nine of the 11 universities involved in Teachers for a New Era, which develops model teacher programs, spent the day at the James B.
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will focus on health care, jobs and Iraq during his Monday visit to MSU's campus. The event, which will take place at 7 p.m.
Wednesday was a busy day for state lawmakers as they returned to chip away at next year's $39.7 billion budget. As the weeks dwindle before the Sept.
Green and white flags, flyers and banners surrounded Beaumont Tower on Tuesday, when MSU officials kicked off the 150th anniversary of the university. President M.
Detroit artist Tyree Guyton's works will be featured in "An American Show," an exhibit sponsored by the MSU College of Law on Thursday, with a reception at 4:30 p.m. Guyton's work represents real-life inner-city issues he encountered firsthand living in Detroit.
Members of ASMSU's Student Assembly were boisterous Thursday night in their denouncement of the City of East Lansing's plans to demolish houses on Virginia Avenue. The city is waiting to hear approval for a $2.3 million loan from the U.S.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced the creation of a Commission on Arab and Chaldean American Affairs last week. The new commission will inform the governor about important issues concerning the Arab-American and Chaldean-American communities, and it will also help showcase their achievements and contributions to society. The new commission is set to be signed into executive order after Granholm and commission members make finishing touches. "The governor thought it was really important with so many Arab-Americans and Chaldean-Americans residing in Michigan that they would be able to provide guidance and advice on a variety of issues," Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd said. Michigan has the largest population of people of Arab and Chaldean descent outside of the Middle East.
Cadillac Club Restaurant & Night Club will have its grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m.
Cool temperatures coupled with unseasonable rain put a damper on Michigan's summer this year. The state's tourism industry, as well as local businesses that rely on warm weather, slowed this season. "Travel in Michigan was down," said Steve Yencich, president and CEO of the Michigan Hotel, Motel & Resort Association.
A University of Michigan sophomore and daughter of an MSU professor was found dead in her dorm room Monday. Kristi Sprecher, 21, of Okemos, was found dead at 8:15 p.m.
The MSU College of Nursing will hold its first-ever women's health day on Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The day will start at the James B.
MSU's College of Law will expand its community outreach with a $100,000 grant awarded over two years to create and support a new clinic. The college was awarded the grant to begin the Small Business/Nonprofit/Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, designed to assist and counsel law entities throughout the state.
East Lansing and MSU police officials experienced a slowdown in crime this Labor Day weekend, a week after Welcome Weekend and a week before the first MSU home football game. There was nearly a 90 percent decrease in minor in possession complaints and parking complaints in East Lansing during the weekend, and more than 60 percent decreases in other common crimes. East Lansing police Sgt.
The water level of the Grand River will decrease by 18 inches in Lansing starting today. The Lansing Board of Water & Light lowered the river above the Moores Park Dam so property owners upstream of the dam can repair sea walls and make other property improvements. The river will drop by six inches each day from today until Friday.
The Executive Committee of Academic Council met Friday to discuss the applicants for the search and rating committee for the acting provost.
Ralph Nader and a state constitutional proposal to ban gay marriage will both appear on the November ballot, after two Michigan Court of Appeals rulings.