Noise battles will continue at Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council work session, as council members consider city-quiet zones, varied community service and stricter party penalties.
Spoken words were filled with energy, emotion and rage Saturday night at the Black Poets Society event “Bum Rush the Stage” in the packed Erickson Hall Kiva.The poets blended a slew of topics including civil rights, history and relationships.
The Michigan House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected state Representative-elect Dianne Byrum House Democratic leader Friday, marking her the first woman to hold the position in the state’s government.Byrum, D-Onondaga, was elected to the House last week after term limits forced her to relinquish her seat in the state Senate.
As Sarah McLachlan’s anthem of mourning, “I Will Remember You,” poured out across the Red Cedar River, more than 75 of Clare McCormick’s friends and family gathered Saturday night to share and celebrate memories of a life ended so suddenly.
Friends and family of Clare McCormick will gather Saturday for a candlelight vigil to remember her life. McCormick, a 19-year-old elementary education and child development sophomore from Alpena, was hit by a car on Chandler Road on the morning of Oct.
Despite receiving negative feedback for comments made about minorities, Case Hall government stood behind its Residence Halls Association representative at Wednesday’s meeting.Adam Raezler recently came under fire from some of his colleagues for comments published in a the group’s newsletter, RHA Today.The comment, paraphrased by LaToya Logan, director of racial ethnic and progressive affairs, read, “Adam Raezler brought it to my attention that he represents the majority of the people in his hall, whom are white, male, heterosexuals, which excludes so-called minorities.”Raezler denies making the comments, and stated in an e-mailed letter sent to a variety of student government bodies that the comment should have read, “The role of the representatives is to represent what the majority of people from your organization deem necessary and proper for and from RHA.”The remarks in question occurred Oct.
Sammy Jo Roenick was found brutally beaten and strangled beyond recognition in her home on the evening of March 18.
When Mojo spotted Samantha Janes approaching the school bus with a bag of food, a DJ for WWDX (92.1-FM), The Edge, sprinted to her, embracing her in a bear hug. “I try to meet everyone who donates,” Mojo said, pointing to the school bus bearing signs for the radio station - the official collection spot for the “Stuff the Bus 2002” campaign. Janes, a history senior, finished shopping at Goodrich’s Shop-Rite, 940 Trowbridge Road, and walked across the parking lot to the school bus to donate some food for the campaign, which began at 6 a.m.
Three MSU students were arraigned Wednesday after police discovered a pound of marijuana and other drugs in their East Lansing home.The students charged were Michael Puretz, 20; Adam Vielea, 21; and Ryan Webster, 20.
Lansing - Community leaders and Lansing area residents gathered Thursday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new Lansing fire station located off East Miller Road in south Lansing.The $1.75 million station will be the second that will be funded through voter-approved bond initiatives.
Michigan residents will not officially know who their attorney general-elect is until Nov. 25, election officials say.
The Black Poets Society is presenting “Bum Rush the Stage,” from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday in the Erickson Hall Kiva.
Jennifer Granholm and Dick Posthumus weren’t the only ones sweating bullets this week in elections. Members in 21 of MSU’s 29 Interfraternity Council groups selected new executive officials Wednesday night at Lafayette Square in Brody Complex. “I feel very good about the process,” said Amy Radford, assistant director of Student Life.
ASMSU can rest easy now.Tireless efforts from several members of MSU’s undergraduate student government culminated Tuesday when Proposal 4 - a proposal they had been opposing since May - failed in the general election.The proposal would redirect about $8.5 billion obtained by the state in a 1998 settlement with tobacco companies.
Although Paul DeWeese lost to Virg Bernero in Tuesday’s 23rd District state Senate race, he remains optimistic about the community’s involvement in politics.The two state representatives faced off in pursuit of the senate seat currently held by term-limited Dianne Byrum, D-Onondaga.
Lansing - Children’s shirts and shorts overflowed from a large suitcase in Gretchen Cochran’s living room.
MSU could lose more than just a football game when it goes up against Penn State next week.The ninth annual MSU-Penn State Challenge launched Monday, but officials say blood drive donations are lower than expected.“A lot of people haven’t been coming out,” said David Bosman, the challenger’s chairman.The planning committee for the challenge had estimated a collection of 1,960 pints of blood - 300 pints more than last year.Bosman said “Defending Our Title, Defending the Blood Supply,” had a low turnout Monday at Bailey Hall, Communication Arts and Sciences Building and the Red Cross Donor Room, 1800 E.
“HOO-HA.” “Cool kids.”“89 PAT VS. BEAKER.”All phrases - and perhaps thousands more - are immortalized on the graffiti-laden walls of Shaw Hall’s Totally Takeout.