NEWS
MSU drops spam charges against ASMSU official
After a near five-month battle with university officials, ASMSU Association Director Kara Spencer’s life may finally return to normal.
NEWS
Stimulus plan heads for Senate after passing House
Michigan moved one step closer to getting an estimated $4.6 billion in federal funds Wednesday after the U.S. House of Representatives approved President Barack Obama’s $819 billion stimulus package.
NEWS
Getting into the swing of things
Where there was once desolate solitude on the Forest Akers East Golf Course, there is now the sound of hope. The ping of titanium drivers and crack of soundly struck irons is audible from the course’s new heated, covered driving range, reminding golfers of the promise of spring days spent on the links.
MICHIGAN
Classes invest in ‘unpredictable’ market
Students are typically the ones doling out the dollars to the university, but a class at Western Michigan University now has $500,000 of the school’s money to gamble — on the stock market, that is.
MICHIGAN
Greek organizations accept new members for rush week
The colorful signs bearing Greek letters that line the sidewalk near Bessey Hall say it all. Spring sorority and fraternity rush week is in full swing, and plenty of MSU students are joining in the action.
MSU
Coca-Cola donation to help fund MSU packaging center
MSU and the Coca-Cola Co. are hoping to take sustainability innovations to a higher level with a new packaging center partially funded by the company.
MICHIGAN
Art festival submission deadline
Artists wishing to participate in the 2009 East Lansing Art Festival have until January 31 to apply for an exhibit.
NEWS
MSU student found dead in Spartan Village; cause unknown
The death of an MSU student found in his Spartan Village apartment was not being treated as a homicide, MSU police said Wednesday night. Police found the body of Don Ausman, a 22-year-old interdisciplinary studies in social science and international studies senior, in his apartment after responding to a call to report a suspicious death at about 9:15 a.m.
NEWS
Police Brief 01/28/09
Three MSU students had $251 stolen from their West Akers Hall room while they slept early Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
City Council discusses historic district, stimulus plan
The East Lansing City Council is narrowing its selection of fraternity and sorority buildings to be included in a historic district that would protect the buildings from sale, modification or deterioration.
MICHIGAN
E.L. could get share of stimulus bill for projects
East Lansing is among the cities across the nation that are eagerly submitting their proposals to get their cut of the funding from President Barack Obama’s proposed $825 billion stimulus project.
MSU
Keying on safety
Crimes in residence halls during the past two weeks have led to increased safety concerns among students and are forcing university officials to consider different ways of keeping residents safe. An electronic key card system, requiring students to scan their student ID to enter living wings, was installed in Holden Hall days after two on-campus sexual assaults were reported in two days, and a week after police shut down an alleged scam that preyed on students living in residence halls.
NEWS
Price drop triggers MSU switch to natural gas
The MSU Power Plant began burning natural gas instead of coal last week after prices for the fuel remained lower than university officials expected. Bob Ellerhorst, director of utility services at the power plant, said the university rarely burns gas as an economic choice.
MICHIGAN
Board of Water & Light seeks rate hike
The Lansing Board of Water & Light will restart the process of approving a 2.5 percent rate increase after a paperwork mistake, the utility’s board of commissioners decided Tuesday. The board of commissioners held a public hearing to discuss the proposed rate hike Monday, but confusion over whether the company filed necessary paperwork 45 days before the session led to the scheduling of another public hearing on March 18.
MICHIGAN
Business survives despite hardships
After Libby Woodbury signed the lease in April to a new building for her business, Lite-R-Side Catering, 1331 E. Grand River Ave., everything went smoothly for about a month. Then, in May, it seemed like the world fell on the shoulders of the already emotionally strained Woodbury.
MICHIGAN
State Sen. makes governor bid
State Sen. Tom George, R-Kalamazoo, officially established his campaign to run for governor Monday. George, who represents Michigan’s 20th district, was elected to the state Senate in 2002 after serving a term with the state House of Representatives.
MICHIGAN
Whooping cough on the rise in Mich.
Incidents of whooping cough in Michigan more than doubled during the second half of 2008. There were 210 reported cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, from July through December, up from 92 cases in the first half of the year.
NEWS
Plans for Delta Triangle won't oust students
Its ideal location on Michigan Avenue between Grand River and Harrison avenues makes it a popular spot for students, but the quiet, old-style neighborhood of Louis Street and Michigan Avenue will have a new look in coming years.
NEWS
GM cutbacks lead to loss of 1,200 Lansing jobs
If Jim Caudy has any reason to be positive about the potential he could lose his job, it’s that he’s already started weighing his options. “I’ll probably be laid off fairly soon,” said Caudy, an MSU alumnus and electrician in General Motors Corp.’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant.
MSU
New technology could help autistic with interaction
Recognizing facial expressions, posture, speech patterns and interacting with others are some things most people do every day without even thinking. But for a person with autism, these everyday actions are incredibly frustrating, and occasionally impossible.