MICHIGAN
Council approves rezoning project
A rezoning plan was approved by East Lansing City Council on Tuesday, although most attending citizens considered the plan inappropriate for the area.
MSU
COGS vote pushes officials to increase graduate fellowships
The Council of Graduate Students voted Wednesday night to encourage administrators and the Council of Deans to make increasing financial support for graduate and professional students a top priority in future fundraising efforts.
MICHIGAN
Lou & Harry's Grill and Bar to move to new location
Lou & Harry’s Grill and Bar, 245 Ann St., will close later this month as plans to open a larger version of the establishment at Chandler Mall are underway, general manager Scott Rolen said.
MSU
COGS to discuss endowment fund
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, will meet at 5:30 p.m. tonight in 115 International Center.
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MSU group to help build food program
MSU’s C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable called Food Systems is one of 10 organizations will help establish a national program, FoodCorps.
MICHIGAN
E.L. warns residents to remove snow, ice
East Lansing will fine to residents and property owners who do not remove snow and ice from the sidewalk adjacent to their property, according to a release from the City of East Lansing.
MICHIGAN
Agog Arts to close, shift to online-only business
East Lansing residents interested in posters and local art might have to look beyond Grand River Avenue because of the imminent closure of a local specialty store.
MSU
MSU sees graduation rates increase during past decade
MSU’s graduation rates continued to rise as rates fell at numerous other four-year universities across the country.
MICHIGAN
Women's 5k run to be held in lansing
The Third Annual Jingle Belle Women’s 5K, a run and walk for women, will begin at 10 a.m. for runners and 10:02 a.m. Saturday at the Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, in Lansing.
MICHIGAN
His personal touch
In a business dominated by computers, he still is doing it by hand. Since the 1960s, Gary Glenn has been painting signs, cars, murals and any other odds and ends he can get paint on.
MSU
Summit held to discuss using waste for energy
To Steve Pueppke, economic revival comes in the form of cow manure.
MICHIGAN
Tickets for music festival available
Tickets went on sale Monday for the 12th annual Common Ground Music Festival. The concert will take place from July 11-17, 2011 in Lansing’s Adado Riverfront Park.
NEWS
Maybank to be interim vice president
Senior associate vice president for Student Affairs and Services Denise Maybank will serve as the interim vice president for Student Affairs and Services when current vice president Lee June steps down at the close of the year, President Lou Anna K. Simon announced to the Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, on Tuesday afternoon.
MSU
E.L. community celebrates Chanukah on Ice
Celebrating the sixth night in the Festival of Lights with food, family and ice skating, about 100 people attended Chanukah on Ice at Munn Ice Arena on Monday. Sponsored by the Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation with an unspecified grant from the Ravitz Foundation, the event brought together three Lansing-area Jewish congregations to host and support the evening’s festivities, said Susan Herman, director of the Michigan Jewish Conference and coordinator of the Statewide Jewish Outreach.
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Olin, RHA prep students to fight flu
Luke Moreland knows it’s important to stay healthy with finals just around the corner. Officials at Olin Health Center and the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, wish to keep students such as Moreland in mind. The organizations are working together this week to continue their annual effort to distribute cold and flu packs to students living in the residence halls.
MSU
Research station to get new name
The Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, or MAES, officially will become MSU AgBioResearch at the turn of the new year.
MICHIGAN
East Lansing Public Library selects new director
East Lansing’s new library director Kristin Shelley never intended to become a librarian.
MSU
State bucks trend between financial, need-based aid offerings
A recent study has found public universities decrease their tuition and fees when states increase merit-based financial aid, but increase them when states increase need-based financial aid.
MICHIGAN
Soup, chili cook-off held for E.L. community
A long line of people wrapped around the streets of downtown East Lansing on Sunday afternoon as they braved the cold to eat free chili and interact with others in the community.
MICHIGAN
Group collects coats, letters at event
On a chilly December afternoon, community members stood in the cold to help collect coats for those who might not have something warm to wrap themselves in during the holiday season and letters for soldiers who won’t be home to celebrate it.