Students sporting T-shirts and shorts congregated students congregated in air-conditioned stores, under umbrellas and in obscure shady retreats Monday to escape the intense heat beating outdoors.
Students can look forward to a variety of programs sponsored by black caucuses in residence halls this year. Black caucuses at MSU is an excellent outlet for minorities to connect through service and programs, Mark Rinella Rather Hall Residence Life director said.
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm will speak on campus today in an effort to sway legislative votes, which could determine the future of MSU’s fire station. Granholm, who is the Democratic candidate for the Nov.
Tickets for “Rally for Peace: From Fears and Tears to Hope and Harmony,” a program featuring keynote speaker the Rev.
Irritating screeches, jammed paper, poor quality results and student frustration are problems university officials hoped to end by installing new laser printers on campus. The overhaul, administered by various divisions within the MSU computer laboratory, placed new Hewlett Packard 8200 laser printers in 15 residence-hall computer labs across campus.
Lansing - Thirteen-year old Kaitlin McCue smiled as her dad snapped a picture of her in front of her photography exhibit at Sir Pizza Grand Café in Lansing’s Old Town. The Lansing eighth grader said she was nervous and excited to have her work displayed for the first time Sunday. “I took a lot of people pictures,” she said.
The American Red Cross will host a series of blood drives to commemorate the victims lost in the Sept.
MSU greeks learned this weekend that a man was discovered dead in a fraternity house near the University of Michigan late Thursday.
Smoke from a barbecue wafted around Patriarch Park in East Lansing on Sunday.The lure of burgers and hot dogs cooking on the grill, bright sunshine and camaraderie enticed students to the busy park from 1 to 5 p.m.
The East Lansing community will participate in a Sept. 11 terrorist attack remembrance ceremony at 9:45 a.m.
Lansing - About 150 supporters of U.S. Rep Mike Rogers- mostly MSU students - boarded three buses Saturday morning for a mission to Indiana.The congressman and his entourage endured a three-hour trek to support U.S.
Phi Delta Theta got a jump on the recruiting process this weekend.Ecto-1, the car from the original “Ghostbusters” film, was on campus for most of the weekend - the fraternity used the car as a recruitment tool. The owner of the car, Bob Lintz, shipped the car from his home in Rocky River, Ohio, to add a little fun to Saturday’s greek tailgate.“(The kids) love it,” he said.
A state court will allow an initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot that would let voters decide if billions of dollars should be shifted from educational programs to health-care programs.Judges from the Michigan Court of Appeals voted 2-1 Friday to allow the Healthy Michigan Initiative onto the ballot and let Michigan voters decide what will happen with the money.In 1998, Michigan was awarded about $8 billion in a nationwide lawsuit from tobacco companies.
In the early to mid 1980s, a candy bar cost at most 33 cents.Now, students are lucky to find one for 65 cents.On a larger scale, buildings cost a lot more to repair and construct nowadays.Some trustees have taken note of the inflation rate and it will seek an increase from the current $100,000 cap that can be spent on construction contracts and maintenance repairs without the board’s consent at Friday’s meeting.“What happens is, when you go 20 years, things that cost $100,000 in 1982 cost a lot more today,” said Fred Poston, vice president for finance and operations.Poston said the board is seeking to increase the maximum amount to $500,000 and the new limit could help expedite construction projects.
Ted Staton invited a floor of Shaw Hall residents to his home for a Thanksgiving feast last year, and he’s willing to do it again.Staton, East Lansing city manager, is participating in the third year of the Adopt-A-Floor program, which matches East Lansing families with students on residence hall floors to encourage community unity.The Adopt-A-Floor kickoff orientation and picnic brought Staton and other program participants together for the first time Sunday.“Clearly associating names and lives with the student body as opposed to just a conglomerate of 43,000 people is a value,” Staton said.
A $1.8 million pavement patching and grinding project to take place on US-23 was announced Thursday by the Michigan Department of Transportation. The highway improvement venture, scheduled to begin next week, will be focused in the Brighton area south of I-96 to Silver Lake Road. Both northbound and southbound US-23 will be subject to continuous single-lane closures until mid-October and transportation officials recommend motorists seek an alternate route. In an effort to stave off any added congestion during weekend traffic, road work will not take place after 3 p.m.
A Michigan environmental group released data that shows smog levels in the state have worsened over the past two years.Megan Owens, spokeswoman for the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan, said there is a proposal to change a portion of the Clean Air Act - but not for the better.“Changing a section of the Clean Air Act would make it easier to pollute,” Owens said.
All freshmen, sophomores and juniors at Kappa Alpha Theta, 303 Oakhill Drive, will now have to take a mandatory online alcohol awareness course, known as AlcoholEdu.