For former East Lansing Mayor Sam Singh, the dream began with a magazine. From the age of 12, Singh envisioned himself as a world traveler, creating imaginary itineraries while looking at National Geographic. “I would get National Geographic magazines and write down places I wanted to see,” Singh said.
Students looking to complete some of the semester’s first assignments on MSU’s ANGEL Web site Wednesday were greeted by a red service alert — if they were able to load the page at all. The site was inaccessible most of the day Wednesday after it began experiencing problems Monday night and briefly regained service Tuesday night.
MSU Board of Trustees members said they would not raise tuition in light of Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s budget recommendations, which include an additional $30 million cut to higher education. Granholm released her budget plan Tuesday for the 2010 fiscal year, which included the surprise $30 million cut. The governor recommended in February to decrease higher education funding by $100 million.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday addressed a health care plan some Lansing city officials said could uproot the status quo and positively affect the local economy, as he called for action and provided insight into his health reform plan for a joint session of Congress. “We have a lot of uninsured in this community and I see them every day where they are not covered with anything,” said Robin Reynolds, the executive director of the Ingham Health Plan Corporation. “We need something to happen in this country.”
Representatives from various residence halls and campus groups convened Wednesday evening at Holmes Hall for the first fall semester meeting of the Residence Halls Association, or RHA. RHA is an on-campus student government group that represents all students living in residence halls.
A 77-year-old Troy, Mich., woman suffered minor injuries after falling on a raised portion of sidewalk at about 2:58 p.m.
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard came to the semester’s first meeting of the MSU College Republicans Wednesday as part of his campaign to become Michigan’s governor.
College of Engineering Dean Satish Udpa said the college began budget discussions prior to Wilcox’s memorandum and the first cuts likely would affect staff members. “We have to figure out the kinds of things we should be doing and that’s taking place at a number of levels,” Udpa said. “At the end of the day, we want to make sure the quality of education we offer to students is not compromised in any way or shape.”
Three years ago, any student looking to meet the diverse student groups on campus during Welcome Week would have a difficult time. At the time, each organization had to hold its own individual welcome meeting during the week to try to recruit prospective members. Until last year, that is, when those groups organized and created Spartan Remix.
After 20 years on MSU’s campus, Breslin Center is more than a building to most people — it’s a place of memories. “There are so many times when an alumni of MSU will get married and say, ‘I’m bringing my family here,’” Breslin Center’s Operations Coordinator Nancy Yeadon said.
East Lansing employees are volunteering to take a few days without pay to save the city money and avoid potential job cuts. “We wanted to do something that was symbolic, but more than symbolic,” East Lansing Deputy City Manager George Lahanas said. “Taking personal days to cut costs — if five people do it, we’d save a couple thousand dollars, but if a lot of people do it, it can be a lot of money.”
MSU has several career fairs throughout the school year but few are able to target the same audience as Earn, Learn and Intern. Now in its third year, Earn, Learn and Intern is an annual event that offers a venue for students from all majors to meet, network and potentially work for companies in the Lansing area. The fourth floor of Spartan Stadium was filled Wednesday afternoon with 128 Mid-Michigan businesses, all hoping to ensure some of MSU’s local talent stays local, said Paul Jaques, internship developer for MSU Career Services Network.
One person was injured following an accident between a bicyclist and a pedestrian at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, MSU police Officer Jerry Roudebush said.
Despite a common belief interest groups are responsible for partisanship in U.S. Congress, MSU political science assistant professor Matt Grossmann found that is not the case.
Michigan universities could be facing larger cuts in the state’s 2010 fiscal year budget and sports fans might have to pay more for sporting event tickets, according to Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s most recent budget recommendations.
The first ASMSU Academic Assembly meeting of the semester took place Tuesday with state appropriation concerns and an update of documents governing MSU students’ rights among the items discussed.
East Lansing businesses might receive preference when submitting bids for city projects if an amendment to the city’s purchasing policy is enacted at the Sept. 15 City Council meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Students prone to parking tickets might be better off taking the bus if a new bill is passed in the Michigan Legislature. The bill would lower the number of tolerated outstanding parking tickets to three — half the number allowed in the current law.
Another set of ears is listening to student concerns in the continuing MSU Chicano/Latino Studies Program controversy.
Worn cardboard, crinkly white paper and soggy newspaper are just some of the items piled in a campus building off Service Road. These materials, once considered trash, will become more valuable to the university with the grand opening of MSU’s new Recycling Center and Surplus Store tomorrow.