Sarah McEvilly doesn't even want to think about how much money she's borrowed for college.A journalism junior from Illinois, McEvilly estimates she will have accumulated a debt of $80,000 for tuition and living expenses by the time she graduates."I really don't think about paying school off now," McEvilly said.
Students cruising down Abbott Road are encouraged to drop in for citywide birthday bash. The East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, will celebrate its first birthday on Saturday from 1-4 p.m.
A jewel on MSU's campus could soon be buried.The closure of Spartan Village Elementary School is included in a 25-point plan announced Monday by East Lansing Public Schools Superintendent Tom Giblin which he hopes will help the district overcome a projected $4.2-million shortfall next year.
Some MSU education students are learning by teaching - volunteering their time to contribute to an East Lansing tutoring program. The program takes place on Wednesday evenings, from 3-5 p.m.
Spring cleaning started a little early this year.The floors were mopped, awards were put on display and snow was shoveled off the walkways.Recruitment for Panhellenic Council chapters wrapped up last week and is in full swing for Interfraternity Council chapters.Crowds of people ventured through cold streets of East Lansing, attending tea socials, game nights and other events to learn more about the fraternity or sorority of their choice.Laura Kocisky, president of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, said the had as many as 60 women show interest in membership.Spring recruitment for the sororities ended last week and that for the fraternities continues this week.Recruits who visited the Zeta Tau Alpha house not only got to meet members of the sorority, but did some community service for the group's cancer awareness project."We made pink ribbons made out of clay, and we're going to take them to Race for the Cure," Kocisky added.Race for the Cure is an annual fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society.This semester, the Panhellenic Council began efforts to formalize spring recruitment.
City council members searched for answers Tuesday to why less people are parking in East Lansing.
Lindsie Boykin left the Brody cafeteria with more than a full stomach Tuesday evening. The elementary education freshman learned about birth control and alcohol dangers and won bracelets, balloons and a puzzle cube in the "Play it Safe on Spring Break" game.The life-size Monopoly-like game, sponsored by Olin Health Education and the Sexual Assault and Crisis Intervention team of the MSU Counseling Center, sent students around six tables and challenged their knowledge on alcohol, relationships and sun and travel safety.
The Lansing Police Department is looking for two men posing as police officers.Last week, two Lansing residents were approached by the men who flashed badges and said they were searching for counterfeit money, taking money from the victims.They seem to target older citizens and are described as very convincing.
Lansing - The city council is looking for applicants to fill a third-ward council member vacancy after council President Tony Benavides officially resigned from his position and became mayor on Tuesday.
Capital Area United Way attorneys are expecting to recover only a small percentage of the at least $1.9 million embezzled over the past seven years. Attorneys for the chapter have arranged for former finance chief Jacquelyn Allen-MacGregor to sell some of her assets.
President Bush will be in Grand Rapids today to deliver a speech on health care issues. Bush is scheduled to arrive on Air Force One at Gerald R.
East Lansing will welcome a new sandwich shop next month along with a retail clothing store filling the void left by businesses on Grand River Avenue.Roly Poly, a Georgia-based sandwich company, has already opened a store in Okemos and is coming to the MSU community by mid-February, co-owner Russ Horton said.
Students living on campus can expect to be charged for Ethernet use beginning in fall.University officials say keeping up with traffic from file-sharing programs have increased the cost of Internet usage.Beginning in August, students will be charged about $57 per year to use the high-speed Internet service.
Katie Kerekes is pleading for East Lansing officials to keep Spartan Village Elementary open."It really is an amazing place," the MSU intern at the elementary said.
The growing Hispanic population has some MSU officials expecting increased enrollment and more programs for Hispanic students in colleges and universities. Last week, the U.S.
James Madison College Professor Bryan Ritchie was awarded the Distinguished Dissertation Award by the Council of Graduate Schools. Ritchie's dissertation, titled "The Political Economy of Technical Intellectual Capital Formation in Southeast Asia," focused on the importance of integrating technology into the political economies of countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Sparty's quest for a new home won't come cheaply, but help may be on the way in the form of $75,000 from MSU's undergraduate student government.Plans to recast "The Spartan," MSU's iconic statue near Demonstration Hall, could cost about $500,000, according to University Development.The current statue, known as Sparty and touted by MSU as the world's largest free-standing ceramic statue, would be placed in a new position in a building on campus, which has not been announced.A new bronze Sparty would be placed at the south end of Kalamazoo Street and Red Cedar Road intersection about 50 feet back from its current spot.MSU's undergraduate student government will vote Thursday on whether to donate $75,000 to cover the projected cost for the project."Large gifts of this nature have occurred in the past," said Matt Weingarden, ASMSU's Student Assembly chairperson.The donation would be taken out of a fund the organization uses for large-scale projects, he said.
Members of MSU's Clerical-Technical Union are nervous about potential layoffs.The 1,900-member union, MSU's largest labor organization, will head into negotiations with university officials to hash out a new deal before their contract expires in March.Its three-year contract with the university expires March 31 and contract negotiations begin next month.Union members will meet Wednesday to discuss issues they'd like to see addressed in the new deal, including whether recent state budget cuts will impact hiring and layoffs, union President Barbara Reeves said."The biggest problem is that, across the board, higher education has consistently taken hits," she said."It certainly has increased the possibility of layoffs and there's concern there won't be much more hiring."MSU saw a $6-million cut in state appropriations after an executive order by then-Gov.
Totals for the revenue earned from parking ramps and meters throughout East Lansing are expected to exceed the anticipated totals by "a couple thousand," officials say.City officials will find out how much money parking earned at a city council work session at 4 p.m.