MSU's vice president for governmental affairs brought a touch of Green and White to the Republican National Convention. Steve Webster helped lead a group of Michigan legislators on a tour Tuesday morning of the University of Minnesota, explaining the importance of state funding for universities.
On the last night of her stay at the Republican National Convention, Maria George mingled inside the Karma Night Club with her family. It was the international relations junior's second soiree with the national convention -- in fact, it's becoming a sort of family tradition.
When Stephen Linder began college at MSU in 1972, he didn't know what he wanted to do. He had a passion for politics, but he certainly never realized it would become a way of life for him.
An almost comical steel vault with a lock that is more reminiscent of a steering wheel from a boat in "Pirates of the Caribbean" sits tucked away in one corner of a Capitol Building office in Lansing. This is, after all, the former office of the state treasurer. When remodeling the office, construction workers attempted to remove the safe until the floor started to give, so it will sit in this office indefinitely.
When first lady Laura Bush walked into a ballroom at the Northland Inn on Tuesday morning, the surprised Michigan Delegation and guests rose to their feet with an eruption of applause.
In response to Hurricane Gustav, the GOP scaled back its opening day activities at the Republican National Convention, possibly shifting its focus for the week.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain ended all speculation but sparked widespread eyebrow raising by naming Alaska Gov.
