Correction: Wayne Duke should have been quoted as saying, "Jack represented the last of the real faculty representatives in the intercollegiate structure.
By combining residential, office and retail space, East Lansing officials hope mixed-use developments will help to create a downtown with a wider variety of businesses - all within walking distance of downtown. "Maybe if we have more condos downtown, then eventually we would be able to support a small downtown grocery market," said Lori Mullins, East Lansing's senior project manager.
Drivers can sharpen their safe-driving skills at a defensive driving course held by the Lansing Area Safety Council, held from 6-10 p.m.
During the early 1950s, MSU professors played an integral role in making East Lansing architecturally diverse. The professors wanted cheap, affordable housing, but couldn't find anything that met their needs.
Lansing — Organizations gathered Sunday to highlight the postitive contributions of local Africans and those abroad. People clapped and encircled the African Masquerade Dancers while they performed traditional African dances Sunday during a picnic to help shed a positive light on African culture. The Peace Education Center's African Affairs and Policy Task Force hosted the picnic at Moores Park, 420 Moores River Drive in Lansing. "We just want to kick off and let the community know we're doing this work.
Two bills proposed in the Michigan House of Representatives could change the way some high school students get their education. The bills would change current education law by allowing 15-year-old students the option of enrolling in a nearby community college, or four-year university, to attain an associate's degree while finishing off their high school education. Presently, schools get $7,085 in funding per student.
A wide variety of educational and entertainment activities will be held at the East Lansing Public Library located at 950 Abbott Road, this month. • Tuesday - summer reading programs for children, teens and adults begins.
Due to the reconstruction at the Red Cedar and Wilson roads intersection, the Physical Plant will be testing water main valves today and from 9 a.m.
Two years after Dale Ball graduated from high school, the self-proclaimed farm boy who grew up near Howell came to Michigan State College in 1936 with $150 in his pocket, ready to work his way through college. Fast forward 68 years after he graduated in 1939 - little on campus is the same. "A lot is different," Ball said.
Meridian Township will show "Happy Feet" for the first "Movie in the Park" event at 9:30 p.m.
A group of fiery-eyed flying insects making noise in the Midwest are raring for reproduction. These shrimp-sized bugs burning with passion are called cicadas.
Michigan lawmakers may shift the state's legislature from full-time to part-time if a plan supported by Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, goes through. The move could offer various benefits to the state, such as reduction in legislative staff, pay and benefit levels, which would save the state money, Bishop Spokesman, Matt Marsden, said. "I think it's an example of one of the reforms that needs to take place in state government to make it more efficient and more cost-effective than it currently is," he said. The plan has additional benefits, such as forcing legislators to go back to their districts to deal with their constituents, and create time lines to expedite the legislative process, he said. The plan has an ally in Gov.
It's a family affair when it comes to California Juice Company. Co-owners Erin Horton and her uncle, Steve Dennis - along with Horton's sister, Lainie, and Dennis' daughter, Meghan - will all take part in the family business. "I'll be running it, Meghan will work and my little sister, Lainie, will be working" Horton said.
The seventh Annual Aviation Youth Camp is looking for kids ages 9-17, who are interested in exploring careers in aviation. The camp will be held Aug.
Rescuing trapped people from buildings, extinguishing fires, applying first aid, and shutting off gas and electrical lines were just a few of the things MSU faculty and students learned alongside MSU police and the East Lansing Fire Department. The Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, training program is a way for everyday people to learn how prepare for disasters, ranging from terrorist attacks to tornadoes. "I'm one of those people who is afraid of what I don't know," said Jacque Shoppell, an MSU employee and East Lansing resident. Participating in the four-day program, along with about 70 other people, was a way for Shoppell to be better prepared in case emergencies occur anywhere. Armed with goggles, helmets, flashlights, face masks and first aid kits, in East Lansing's Fire Station 1 on Wednesday, the teams ran through a tornado scenario where they had to extinguish a fire and rescue people trapped in a building, MSU police Lt.
The Capital City Cobras leave for Indiana today to compete in the 2007 National Championships of Power Soccer.
Family community services senior Lindsay Hollinger can't find her hometown TV stations on any channels in Lansing, but now the Pittsburgh native can stay up-to-date because of a recent sharing agreement between YouTube.com, Google and Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. Hollinger said the new program will help her to keep in touch with current events back home.
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that an attempt to ban what opponents call "partial-birth abortion" is unconstitutional due to the law's broad language. The 6th U.S.
Wild Birds Unlimited is accepting bird feeders for their 3rd annual Bird Feeder Drive. Donations can be dropped off at the Wild Birds Unlimited East Lansing location at 2200 Coolidge Road, or in Okemos at 1739 W.