Wintery weather during spring break brought power outages and a half-inch of snow to the Lansing area, after a mostly warm and pleasant week. The area saw only a half-inch of snow but an average wind speed of 24 mph with gusts up to 54 mph.
Harlene Matilda is looking forward shopping at a new Meridian Township Wal-Mart. “The new Wal-Mart will save me time from having to drive to the Wal-Mart at (Interstate) 96 and Saginaw, so it would be more convenient for me,” the East Lansing resident said. But the groundbreaking for the store on a site on Marsh Road north of Central Park Drive, has been held up for more than a year. Since November 2000, Meridian Township had been in a legal battle with developer Eyde Co. and Wal-Mart.
The University of Michigan’s Graduate Employees Organization will have a one-day walk-out today, as members voted in favor of the action 462-106 last week. Organization members will form picket lines around major buildings and high traffic areas on the Ann Arbor campus.
Six months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Lansing Mayor David Hollister still has his eye to the sky. “We have been advised that middle-America capital cities could be targeted,” Hollister said.
While the anthrax vaccine has begun shipment from Lansing-based BioPort Corp., a National Academy of Sciences panel has asked the U.S.
A pedestrian walking around downtown East Lansing could count almost as many coffee shops and cafes as traffic lights. And with Espresso Royale Caffe moving five doors down to 527 E.
A month into the state-run assessment program for special education students, called MI-Access, program officials and Lansing area teachers are divided about its effectiveness.The Lansing and East Lansing school districts began testing special education students last month as Michigan became the first state to meet federal requirements for the assessment of students with disabilities.
For Tim Liss, the election for Residence Halls Association president ended where it began - Akers Hall.The journalism junior, who began his residency at MSU in Akers Hall, walked away from Wednesday’s RHA presidential elections with a victory over Holmes Hall Rep.
MSU Residence Halls Association’s general assembly is about to run out of money for the semester, but only after supplying money to every money-requesting student group that met the association’s donation criteria.When the association returns to business March 13, the MSU Student Food Bank and Case Hall likely will receive the remaining $3,417.33 in the general assembly budget for student activities.
Chuck Raad wants to make certain the reputation of his restaurant is just that - as a restaurant.“Our food speaks for itself,” he said.Planned expansion to Woody’s Oasis, 211 E.
Attending athletic events at MSU will be a little more expensive beginning this summer. Beginning July 1, parking rates will increase for all MSU athletics, university officials announced Thursday. The increase was put into effect to help defray the cost of increased security and parking lot repairs. Officials estimate MSU hosts about 650 special events every year.
James Campbell was afraid to fly, but he took a deep breath and boarded a 10-hour flight to Ukraine.“I was scared to death,” the East Lansing police officer said.
Minors who legally drink in Canada can’t be charged as minors in possession of alcohol upon their return to the state, according to the Michigan Court of Appeals.The decision stems from a July 30, 2000, incident when a 19-year-old man was coming back from Canada as a passenger.
U.S. officials are hoping college students will not experience overly extended vacations this year.
Tuesday’s issue of Wayne State University’s student newspaper caused some to take a second look at a headline.
National Public Radio White House correspondent Don Gonyea will speak on campus next week. Gonyea, an MSU alumnus and native of Monroe, will present “Stories from the Bush White House” at Kellogg Center at 7 p.m.
The State News is requesting a $1 per semester tax increase when the universitywide polls open online March 12-16. The increase would up the tax from $4 to $5 per semester. “The State News wouldn’t be asking for it if it wasn’t needed,” Editor in Chief Jeremy Steele said.
For some students, spring break may be extended by one day.A one-day strike that calling for undergraduate students not to participate in class March 11 is being sponsored by Lansing-based Direct Action and Students for Economic Justice.The strike will be in support of MSU’s Graduate Employees Union, which is negotiating for its first contract.
Sally Walshaw loves working with animals, especially the furry little mice and rats used for laboratory research - but she hates the paperwork involved with them.“We already have steps in place that ensure that all of the animals used for research here at MSU are taken care of and treated with the highest quality of care,” said Walshaw, acting director and training coordinator for MSU’s University Laboratory Animal Resources Center.Although birds and rodents are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act, some animal rights activists have been lobbying to have them included in the act, the chief federal law regulating the use of laboratory animals.