The MSU-Detroit College of Law and Vytautas Magnus University of Lithuania agreed to offer a certificate in transnational law Wednesday.During the 2000-01 academic year, MSU-DCL sent three faculty members to teach at the Lithuanian school, which is located in the city of Kaunas.
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program (D.A.R.E.) charged 11 more officers to change the way middle school students think about drugs, with some help from MSU’s School of Criminal Justice.D.A.R.E.
Your cell phone might be crying wolf without your knowledge.Lansing police Lt. Ray Hall said the department is now receiving many false emergency calls from cell phones.“This year, for the first time, we experienced receiving more cellular 911 calls than from normal phones,” he said.
Lansing’s Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan does more than just love seeing people smile.The house provides comfort to those who need it badly.This year alone, the Lansing house has provided a place to stay for 220 out-of-town families whose children were in the hospital.On Saturday, the facility, at 121 S.
The Sparrow Regional Cancer Center is sponsoring its seventh annual National Cancer Survivors Day on Saturday.
There will be a changing of the guard at the MSU College of Social Science. Marietta Baba is expected to be named the new dean of the College of Social Science at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
HOWELL - He’s only been in office six months, but U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is hopping onto the campaign trail a little early - and he’s getting a little help from a friend. Vice President Dick Cheney joined the Brighton Republican for a $1,000-a-plate fund-raiser in the congressman’s district Monday evening. “It’s funny - the other night I said to my wife, ‘Guess who’s coming to dinner?’” Rogers said.
The Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau has a new, state-of-the-art Web site it hopes will attract more people to the Lansing area.
Kim Reid doesn’t want a credit card.She doesn’t want to spend money.But Tuesday afternoon, she was strolling through downtown East Lansing in search of a job or two to support her habits.“I spend money on entertainment,” the no-preference freshman said.
With biting jokes and startling facts, Uwe Reinhardt, a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University, captivated an audience that included MSU President M.
Parents who are channel-surfing with their children might think TV-MA stands for “mighty awesome.” However, it doesn’t. It stands for “Mature Audience only,” and is part of the rating system used to protect children from viewing inappropriate television shows. In his new book, Bradley Greenberg, MSU professor of communication and telecommunication, says most parents don’t understand the rating system. Greenberg said the idea for his book, “The Alphabet Soup of Television Rating Programs,” came from the research he was conducting on the effects of television on children. Television, he said, is trying to police itself and that was the scheme of his research.
Energy companies could soon have permission from the state Legislature to drill for oil and natural gas under Michigan’s portion of the Great Lakes. The topic has led to bitter debate along partisan lines since the state Senate passed two bills on the subject, 20-13, in May - all in favor being Republicans and all opposed being Democrats.
Haslett - Bats are nocturnal creatures, but the sun didn’t keep them from showing off for local residents Saturday afternoon during the Organization for Bat Conservation’s third annual Open House.
It’s almost inevitable.If you own a telephone, there’s a good chance the phone has rung just as you sit down for a relaxing evening meal.And the person on the other end probably isn’t your best friend or a relative calling to inquire about your day.
Instead of letting warm-weather lemonade-sippers continue to drink unaware, nutritionist Roy Vartabedian will be on campus Tuesday to help educate them. During nearly 10 years of research, Vartabedian has analyzed the nutrient density of more than 3,000 items in the food pyramid and created a point-system rating for each food. The food analysis was published in his book, “Nutripoints: The Breakthrough Point System for Optimal Nutrition.” “This is a nutritional system that will help the average person figure out what foods to eat very easily,” he said.
Forget about all those John Wayne Westerns showing cowboys breaking wild horses. Monty Roberts doesn’t need to use violence to tame a wild horse. At 7:30 p.m.
The East Lansing City Council on Tuesday will discuss an application for Troppo to build a second-story addition.Kris Elliott, the restaurant’s owner, said he wants to build an addition with a combination of indoor and outdoor seating.“The business demand has been adequate,” he said.
MASON - Barb Kanuth felt like an artist instead of a middle school principal Friday when she received her wish from the WKAR Wish Board. Kanuth, principal at Hope Middle School, 2020 Park Lane in Holt, bid on a wish from the MSU television station’s wish board auction to make pottery with local artist Doug DeLind. Earlier this year, DeLind created wooden statue silhouettes of several members of MSU’s men’s basketball team to commemorate their success in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. The WKAR Wish Board is just one of the categories in the broadcasting station’s auction to raise money for public television.
Paul Loeffler has been volunteering for the National Folk Festival in East Lansing for the past two years and said the perks can’t be beat. Loeffler and his wife, Linda, Williamston residents, have volunteered as loggers for the festival, archiving the music and information about the musicians and their songs. Loeffler said volunteers get a “nifty” T-shirt, preferred parking, water and snacks, the chance to meet the band members and an invitation to the volunteer meal and bash at the end of the festival. “It’s a steal for a volunteer to put in a four-hour shift for what they get out of it,” he said.