Félix Gutiérrez, senior vice president of the Freedom Forum, a journalism organization that focuses on First Amendment issues and diversity, has been chosen to speak for the 32nd annual Frederick S.
State lawmakers shouldn’t get used to exorbitant pay increases.A resolution passed out of a House-Senate conference committee Wednesday would require the Legislature to vote on future pay increases and would give the lawmakers power to accept smaller pay increases than those recommended by the State Officers Compensation Commission.Lawmakers drafted the resolution in response to a $20,000 pay increase earlier in the year.
A recent grant awarded to the MSU Libraries will make it possible to view part of life from the early 19th century online. The $249,783 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will be used to fund “Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbooks Project” - a plan to make 75 pre-1923 cookbooks digitally available online. MSU Libraries has more than 6,000 such cookbooks in its Cookery Collection in the Special Collections department. “We are pleased in a number of ways,” said Michael Seadle, the digital service and copyright librarian.
World renowned diplomat Richard Holbrooke shared his views on the political implications of Sept.
MSU officials set a goal to double study abroad enrollment in the next five years, after returning from a conference they hosted in Washington, D.C.
Eight accomplished women will be added today to a gallery of about 150 others at the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame.The women are being honored for their lifetime achievements.The Michigan Women’s Studies Association, Inc. will hold their 18th Annual Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame Awards Dinner at the ballroom in the Sheraton Hotel, 925 S.
Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, will be speaking at 7 p.m. today in the Erickson Kiva. The Black Panther Party was formed in the 1960s to support black civil rights. Associate Professor Curtis Stokes of James Madison College said Seale was an important figure in the 1960s. “He has been an admired figure among many sectors of the black and progressive community since that time,” he said.
From her apartment window near the intersection of Collingwood Drive and Grand River Avenue, Rachel Wool has a bird’s-eye view of north campus - and all the vehicle accidents occurring on the way in.“I’m looking out my window and I see accidents almost every day,” the social relations senior said.
The search for Eric James Blair is over. Family members identified a body pulled from the Red Cedar River about 2 p.m.
It is the house that the Energy Office built.A new display in Urban Options, 405 Grove St., is showing homeowners how to cut their energy bills drastically.Built by a professional exhibit company, the display is stained in a natural wood stain and is seven feet tall and nine feet wide, taking up an entire wall.
A panel of local communication professionals spoke to the public Tuesday about how they responded to the worst terrorist attack on United States soil at the Kellogg Center.Public Relations Society of America held its largest monthly luncheon when experts were invited to speak about how they used crisis communication plans after Sept.
Michigan’s top economists said Tuesday the state could face an overall budget deficit of nearly $1 billion.Lawmakers and economists met at the state Capitol for the revenue estimating conference that determines the state’s budget outlook.
MSU will celebrate the United Nations’ 56-year anniversary tonight by presenting the first of four World View speakers - Richard Holbrooke. Holbrooke is regarded as one of the most accomplished American diplomats and negotiators of our time and as a former U.N.
Students mulling over whether to apply for a study abroad program will have more time to consider their plans now that MSU has extended its deadline to Nov.
Many students complain about the price of book at bookstores - and MSU’s undergraduate government is trying to help. ASMSU’s Academic Assembly passed two bills Tuesday that could alleviate the cost of textbooks by setting up a book exchange program through its Web site. The site will be a free exchange of books to all students - similar to a message board where students can set their own prices. Jared English, representative for James Madison College, introduced the bills and said the bills call for the Webmaster to keep the site updated and for the director of public relations to publicize the new Web Site. The bill took awhile to finalize because ASMSU had to make sure they weren’t breaking any laws, he said. “The university wanted to make sure we talk to our lawyers about the legalese before we went ahead with it,” English said. The international relations sophomore said it will be up to the students to make this site work and he’s hoping to have the book exchange fully operational before finals. “I hope students take the time to do it, it requires them to take the initiative,” he said. Many MSU students said they’re interested in what ASMSU’s Web site has to offer. Mike Barker, an English sophomore, said he spent almost $500 on books this semester.
Elaine Womboldt knows firsthand the struggle of dealing with a learning disability.She has two children who have experienced such disorders, prompting her to create Lansing’s Learning Disabilities Families & Friends, Inc. in 1989, a resource center to help combat the problems that go along with learning disabilities.These problems can include dyslexia, a lack of spelling and reading comprehension and difficulty with mathematics.“I saw that there was a need for the family to work with kids and as a family unit for success,” Womboldt said.
Copycats and hoaxsters had better watch out.A bill signed into law Tuesday will add tough penalties for those guilty of perpetrating terrorist hoaxes.
Justin Ritz lives in a large, three-story home just outside of Cedar Village with eight other people. Ritz, a mechanical engineering junior, transferred to MSU from Western Michigan University this fall and chose to move into the nine-bedroom home with his sister and seven other strangers.
East Lansing will be getting a little cozier.Cosi, a new restaurant entering the East Lansing City Center Project, is scheduled to open in the beginning of next year at 301 E.
Recent scares of anthrax across the country have raised the awareness level among the public, while many researchers are now searching for ways to break down the disease.