MICHIGAN
Council votes to approve components of City Center II
The East Lansing City Council took the first step toward making City Center II a reality at its meeting Tuesday.
NEWS
Council moves City Center II unit location
Keeping access to Valley Court Park has been a concern with many residents since the initial proposal of City Center II, and the site plan the East Lansing City Council approved Tuesday reflected that.
NEWS
Eyes on the skies
MSU offers a variety of opportunities for affiliates and members of the surrounding community to learn the basics of astronomy, simply stargaze or conduct astronomical research.
NEWS
MSU's fundraising department earns award for improvement
MSU University Development, the university’s fundraising office, was honored last week for overall fundraising improvement in the last three years, the fourth time they received the award given to the top 10 percent of collegiate fundraising programs in the last 10 years.
MICHIGAN
County swimming beach closed for weed treatment
In order to control aquatic vegetation, the swimming beach at Hawk Island County Park, 1601 E. Cavanaugh Road in Lansing, will be closed today to allow for treatment of the lake’s weeds.
MICHIGAN
Olympic plates to support teams
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land and the U.S. Olympic Educational Center, or USOEC, at Northern Michigan University, are reminding motorists that they can show their support for the USA Olympic team by purchasing an Olympic license plate.
MICHIGAN
Iowa floods likely to raise food costs
For local residents already facing the lofty combined costs of groceries and high gas prices, the loss of millions of acres of Iowan crops due to floods may bring an unwelcome jump in food prices.
MSU
MSU police train K-9 unit dogs
The MSU police K-9 units worked on tracking scents as part of a bimonthly routine training program Tuesday.
MICHIGAN
3,900 Mich. jobs to be created, retained with new tax incentives
State tax credits approved for 11 Michigan businesses and cities by the Michigan Economic Growth Authority, or MEGA, on Tuesday may keep and create more than 3,900 jobs for Michigan residents, including university students.
MICHIGAN
Council could decide on revised land use plans for City Center II
After months of discussion and public hearings, the East Lansing City Council could come to a decision on the land use plans for City Center II at its meeting tonight.
MICHIGAN
What it all boils down to...
When East Lansing businesses and residents think of items to protect from thieves, they may be missing one big thing — the inside of their air conditioning units.
NEWS
Flooding disrupts summer classes at University of Iowa
Adam Kirschbaum is going home this weekend to his family in Davenport, Iowa, but instead of relaxing, the visit may include sandbagging and preventing further water damage.
MSU
Professors weigh disadvantages of laptop use by students in class
They can be a useful way to take and organize notes, or they can be a distraction used to surf the Internet, but many professors are split on how to deal with laptops in the classroom.
MSU
MSU grads climb mountains to cure cancer
Members of Climb for Hope, including two MSU graduates, left for Tanzania Sunday to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, as a way to raise money to find a viable treatment for breast cancer by 2009.
MSU
Housing bills students for dorm damages
Lauren Walters, a music education junior, said she still hasn’t been billed for the hole her roommate put in the ceiling of her Gilchrist Hall dorm room. Other MSU students haven’t been as lucky.
MICHIGAN
National Guard to assist community
Gov. Jennifer Granholm issued an executive order Monday activating the Michigan National Guard for the first time in nearly a year, to assist jurisdictions operating under a state of emergency because of storms that swept through the state earlier this month, according to a press release.
MSU
MSU summer camp teaches language, culture of Germany
Although tree climbing could be thought of as an ordinary summer activity for some, high school students will be reaching for the highest limbs as a way to learn about German culture. After all, the world champion tree climber is German.
MICHIGAN
Mich.'s Clinton delegates to support Obama
MSU Board of Trustees member Faylene Owen will be one of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s, D-N.Y., 69 delegates from Michigan heading to the Democratic National Convention in August, but she isn’t planning on supporting Clinton much longer.
MICHIGAN
Survey shows Mich. willing to give youths second chance
Michigan residents believe juvenile offenders deserve second chances such as rehabilitation or parole, according to surveys conducted over two years by MSU associate professor of social work Sheryl Kubiak.