Former MSU President Jonathan Snyder is the reason Donald Straney came to MSU.“He cast a long shadow on the family,” said Straney, a zoology professor and assistant to the provost for faculty development.
Celebrate Father’s Day, June 16, in downtown East Lansing at the East Lansing Flea Market.More than 30 vendors will be selling a variety of goods at the market.
Thirty states have no laws regarding motorcycle helmets, and some Michigan riders think the state should become 31.“We’re the minority,” said Chip Ashton, treasurer of American Bikers Aimed Toward Education of Michigan.
After a difficult budget year and the threatened closure of a school, four East Lansing school-board hopefuls look to fill the board’s two vacant seats.William Donohue, Daphne O’Regan, Randy Bell and Brett Gillespie all look forward to possibly joining the board when the district needs them most.All of the candidates have children who attend schools in the district, except for Gillespie, who has brothers in the district.“I want to ask questions and increase communication,” said Gillespie, a recent East Lansing High School graduate.
Spicy servings of chili will bubble and make mouths water during Friday’s 2002 Down-By-The-River Chili Cook-Off . The event will feature more than 40varieties of chili supplied by different restaurants and organizations.
Opinions are divided on whether people should be allowed to split their tongues. Tongue splitting, a procedure that separates the tongue into two separate parts, may not be allowed under legislation sponsored by State Rep.
Lansing - When the number 67 was called, Ken Pierce stood up to introduce himself to the crowd. “My name’s Ken, I’m a safety consultant and a recovering anorexic,” the stocky Grand Ledge resident announced to erupting laughter. Pierce was one of 83 Michiganians who showed up at 9 a.m.
Lansing - The city council is expected to vote on a proposed addition to its nuisance ordinance Monday. If the ordinance passes, dog owners may find it bigger than just a nuisance. Critics say the addition, which would make unleashed dogs a public nuisance, could punish responsible dog owners with fines of up to $500 and up to 90 days in jail. But the city would issue a warning before the fines are given. Lansing resident Pete Bosheff said the proposed ordinance is too restrictive. “I’m a former breeder and have been a vet technician for a long time,” he said.
The search to predict heart attacks could stop at MSU.The computed tomography scanner in the Department of Radiology at the MSU Clinical Center has been running since January to help diagnose diseases before symptoms even occur.MSU is doing three main types of screening - heart, colon and lungs.Scanner section chief Kelly Ludema said the machine itself is fairly common, but it’s the research at MSU that makes it unique.“Part of our research is the prospective studies on patients who are asymptomatic and see how well machines like these do prevent deaths and prevent heart attacks.”The scanners usually cost about $1 million, Ludema said.
A sex offender registry might not be available in Michigan if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a Connecticut court decision.Last month, the Supreme Court said it would hear an appeal from Connecticut, where a federal judge got rid of the state’s sex offender registry last year.
MSU was named the leader of a regional lab developed for the detection and diagnosing of plant pests and diseases Thursday.
A proposed constitutional amendment to dedicate tobacco settlement money to health care puts the future of the Michigan Merit Award Scholarship program in jeopardy. The Citizens for a Healthy Michigan Coalition introduced the Healthy Michigan Amendment in March. The proposed amendment would dedicate 90 percent of funds from the nationwide tobacco lawsuit settlement of 1998 to health care.
MSU’s WDBM (88.9 FM) may have a problem it can’t fix.The online radio station, The Fix.org, is offline pending a proposed regulation to charge fees for playing music online.Librarian of Congress James H.
Lansing - An Ingham County Circuit Court judge on Friday allowed city council hopeful Kathy Pelleran to be placed on the August primary ballot. Pelleran originally couldn’t be placed on the ballot because she turned in an outdated candidacy form, which she obtained from the city’s Web site. Judge James Giddings ruled Pelleran’s name should be put on the ballot and gave her until 4 p.m.
An MSU professor was named a 2001 Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News last week.Darlene Clark Hine, the John A.
“Taxes, like death, are inevitable,” is the opening line in Charles Ballard’s tax study on Michigan, titled “Michigan’s Tax Climate: A New Perspective.” But the MSU economics professor’s report shows the climate for taxes might be stormier than some expected. “One thing that surprised at least some people was that there’s been a lot of attention paid to the reductions in taxes in the (Gov.
Thomas Emery believes the advertising campaign linking drug use and terrorism is just another in a long line of ineffective anti-drug efforts.“It’s been drummed in our heads for so long,” the criminal justice senior said.