A presentation titled “Mexican Immigration Workers: Is Working in the U.S. Good or Bad for Health?” will be held noon Thursday in 301 Nisbet Building.
Mason - Posts still stand where waterfowl and goslings were once raised, the old, rusted fencing and barbed wire lying nearby. Just across the trail, the remnants of last season’s prairie grasses stick up above the small amount of snow cover. The Ingham Conservation District has worked to clean up the land since receiving it two years ago but executive director Susan Tangora said there is still a lot to be done. Eventually the district wants to restore the 200-acre plot to a mix of beech-maple woodland, grassland and wetland areas. But a lack of funds limits the amount of work the small district can do. “Volunteers are a really good resource,” Tangora said.
Kellogg Co., a longtime contributor to MSU, has made another donation to the university.The MSU Board of Trustees, in a special meeting via conference call, approved Tuesday the donation of two sets of patents.The 11 U.S.
Photographer Jan-Michael Stump was named the 2001 College Photographer of the Year by the Michigan Press Photographers Association.
The interests of workers around the world will be discussed at 7 p.m. today. The Journal of International Law will present “Labor Rights in a Free Trade World: Paradigm or Paradox?” at the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. A panel of trade representatives, business leaders, economists and scholars will be moderated by MSU President M.
Lansing - MSUreceived $326 million in funding Tuesday.The state Senate approved budgets for universities and community colleges that deny them funding increases but protect them from cutbacks.On a 36-1 vote, without debate, senators approved a $1.7 billion budget for Michigan’s 15 universities in the fiscal year beginning Oct.
In April 1997, Nancy Muriel was dragged out of her bed by her drunken boyfriend, and after struggling against him, tumbled onto Saginaw Street.She was killed by a passing truck.Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III had just taken office when Muriel’s case came to his court.
ASMSU is requesting a $3 tax increase from undergraduate students when polls open March 12-16.The undergraduate student government’s leaders say the increase is needed to serve students better.
MSU and transportation officials are trying to make construction zones safer for motorists and workers.Experimental sensors and electronic signs will display the safe speed limit on a five-mile stretch of Interstate 96’s construction zone south and west of Lansing.In addition, the Michigan Department of Transportation announced that it will use at least $350,000 to cover the overtime costs of police officers patrolling work areas across the state.MDOT employee Jeff Grossklaus said the sensors will be installed in April and will detect the volume and speed of traffic as well as indicating if the pavement is wet.
Fifteen-year-old Samantha Reid left for the movies on Jan. 16, 1999, with a group of friends. The date-rape drug GHB, gamma hydroxybutyrate, was slipped into her soft drink.
A referendum to increase the tax of University Apartments residents will be before the MSU community March 12-16.Apartment leaseholders currently pay a $1.50 tax during spring and fall.
Michigan’s Transportation Team released a report Monday detailing the status of Michigan’s roads and bridges. The report found roads had generally improved over the past 10 years, both in quality and safety. More people are using Michigan roads, but a $1.2 billion increase in state and federal funding over the past five years has prevented the roads from degrading, according to the report. Students can see such repairs this summer on Interstate 96 and Michigan Highway 43. The amount of motor vehicle fatalities has decreased since 1995 by 10 percent, according to the report. “They’re talking about the safety of Michigan’s roads
Students’ arguments and suggestions to the city won’t be heard - they’ll be read. East Lansing City Councilmember Beverly Baten and Jonathan Rosenthal, director of community affairs for ASMSU, have established an e-mail address to help develop better communication between the city and off-campus students. “Students need to realize the city council’s ears are open,” the business administration junior said. The program is designed for students to respond to the question, “As a student at MSU, what do you believe are quality of life issues for off-campus living in the city limits of East Lansing?” The address is active for students and will remain active until the end of March. The e-mails can range from concerns over a student’s rights as a tenant to how summer festivals could be better served if they were held on dates when students could attend. The survey is the first in a series planned to better develop communication between the two groups, Rosenthal said. “This is the time students need to step up,” he said.
Drivers who break the law in construction zones may only be points away from a lost license. A bill introduced by Rep.
Although taking a course online could help students save time, a study conducted by two MSU economics professors said it could cost students their grades.Exam grades of students in the virtual course Principles of Microeconomics were compared to peers in the same traditional classroom-style course.
After serving three years as a military mechanic, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks hit Tom Horrom’s heart.
State Rep. Jud Gilbert, R-Algonac, a licensed funeral director, wants to protect Michigan families from fraud and further grief with harsh penalties for failing to properly cremate or bury the deceased. This legislation was prompted when Georgia authorities discovered more than 130 bodies left to decay by a northwest Georgia crematory.
Sorority and fraternity members shed their winter coats for flip-flops, capri pants and bathing suits Saturday to raise money for the blind.Thirteen fraternities competed in the weeklong fund-raising activities Anchor Splash sponsored by the Delta Gamma sorority.Saturday’s events included swim races, synchronized swimming, a catwalk competition and an announcement of the winners.Sigma Pi’s Paul Charron, an electrical engineering freshman, won the anchorman competition and Pi Kappa Alpha won the overall fraternity competition.Dan Scappaticci, a construction management sophomore, was the anchorman for Tau Kappa Epsilon.“It’s been real fun,” he said.