In light of East Lansing's Centennial Celebration, a panel of former East Lansing mayors discussed the city's past achievements and growth during the last 40 years Sunday at Hannah Community Center. "It's just reliving pleasant old memories," said George Griffiths, mayor from 1975-79, at the 819 Abbott Road location.
The owner of Cedar Village, Dover's Crossings and Knob Hill apartments is breaking ground on another housing development. DTN Management Co. is constructing the Hamptons next to Berrytree Apartments, 2950 Whitehall Drive in Okemos, on the corner of Hagadorn and Mount Hope roads, said Colin Cronin, DTN's area director of student properties. The location is slated to house veterinary and medical students and is planned to be similar to its sister location, the Riverwalk, 232 S.
The Marathon of Majors will be held at 5 p.m. March 22 in the first-floor classroom wing of Bessey Hall.
A presentation on caring for a newborn baby will take place at noon Wednesday in room 27 of the Nisbet Building. The one-hour class will present infant care topics on the characteristics of newborns, such as crying, safety, signs of illness and feeding. Mary Machowicz, a registered nurse and education coordinator for the Expectant Parents Organization, will run the class.
The Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute at MSU College of Law will be holding a reunion and annual lecture series from 6-9 p.m.
Well before March 3, Gail Carpenter knew her spring break was going to be no vacation. Carpenter, an animal science freshman, is one of the 50 or so students who work on MSU's University Farms.
The city of East Lansing is striving to become more environmentally friendly with the help of a local coalition. The Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities Coalition has been working toward a cleaner environment for nearly 10 years.
An MSU Women's Health Fair will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Union's main lounge.
Five conceptual designs of a redeveloped East Village have been revealed. Feedback has been given. And now it's back to the drawing board. The San Diego-based Pierce Company Inc. is working with a Hollywood architectural firm to narrow down the initial designs using feedback from East Lansing community members. The Pierce Company is partnering with the city to revamp an area bounded by East Grand River Avenue, Hagadorn Road, Bogue Street and the Red Cedar River. Eliminating some of the design concepts is the next step toward resolving a final East Village design, which won't be available for several months.
Several blows to the head killed Robert Busby, the owner of Creole Gallery in Lansing's Old Town, Ingham County Medical Examiner Dean Sienko concluded Thursday. Busby, 60, was found dead in the basement of Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., at about 1 p.m.
Despite closing its doors Monday, (SCENE) Metrospace will return to downtown East Lansing at its new location, 110 Charles St., in April. The decision was made about six months ago, said Sharon Radtke, East Lansing Arts Program Coordinator.
MSU was recognized Thursday for their efforts to go above and beyond environmental regulations. The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, or NSCL, at MSU is the 143rd recipient of a Clean Corporate Citizen designation from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
Several blows to the head killed Robert Busby, the owner of Creole Gallery in Lansing's Old Town, Ingham County Medical Examiner Dean Sienko concluded Thursday. Busby, 60, was found dead in the basement of Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., at about 1 p.m.
The MSU College of Music Web site was made available Feb. 23 — the same day the college was elevated to its new status by the MSU Board of Trustees.
As a 9-year-old boy, José Villagrán worked all day hunched over in cucumber fields. His hands bled from being pricked by the crop. Villagrán, an interdisciplinary studies in social science senior, grew up as a migrant worker with his family, traveling between Texas and Wisconsin for about five years. The injustices Villagrán saw while working in the fields pushed him to actively fight for migrant worker rights while a student at MSU.
Lansing — Sympathetic to the family of Martin V. Brown and ashamed about his association with a hate group in the 1970s, Gary Mason said he would become the "fall guy" or scapegoat for Brown's 1973 murder on MSU's campus. In taped interviews in 2005 with Detective Jason Ferguson of the Ingham County Sheriff's Department, Mason proclaimed his innocence, but said he still felt guilty about Brown's murder. "I'm so ashamed," Mason said.
When Robert Mugabe took power in Zimbabwe 27 years ago, he preached peace and cooperation. In 1990, Mugabe received an honorary doctorate degree from MSU when he visited campus.
After the MSU College of Law's Dean Terence L. Blackburn took a temporary leave of absence in October, the college has been led by two acting deans. Because of concerns raised by faculty during the college's accreditation process last summer, and some professors' desire to see Blackburn's role as dean terminated, he left to serve as a legal reform specialist in Jordan for an American Bar Association program in the Middle East.
Pizza Hut fans soon will have a new venue to enjoy their favorite pie in late March, while some Fifth Third Bank customers are going to travel a little farther for banking services. The pizzeria with the red roof, 135 E.
A new piece of legislation could make purchasing renewable energy more feasible for Michigan residents. The proposed bill would give people buying green power from utility companies a tax credit equal to the yearly cost difference between regular energy and renewable energy. Some power companies have the capability to sell energy generated from sources such as windmills and hydroelectric dams. The bill would give the tax credit on a yearly basis and allow a refund of up to $100. It was introduced by state Rep.