When the elementary students of Sheridan Road Elementary School walk into their classrooms today, they’ll have new murals, bookshelves and brightly colored walls awaiting them — thanks to the work of about 150 volunteers Saturday from MSU and the Lansing community.
Last Friday, art history and visual culture junior Ellen Meeuwsen recited a poem for an audience of about 60 people.
Students representing public universities from across Michigan gathered to voice their frustration with the state of higher education funding Thursday at the Capitol building, 100 N. Capitol Ave., in Lansing.
Police officers, firefighters, city officials and members of the East Lansing and MSU communities filled the seats and lined the walls of Courtroom 2 in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court Thursday afternoon to witness the formal swearing-in of Juli Liebler as East Lansing’s new police chief.
Wednesday’s cold and rainy weather notwithstanding, the newly opened restaurant What Up Dawg?, 317 M.A.C. Ave., served as the host to Sigma Chi’s Pre-Derby Days Coney Contest.
Heather Frarey began dreaming of owning her own record store in high school. After three and a half years of business, her dream will be realized fully as she makes plans to move her store, The Record Lounge, to a main-level location in downtown East Lansing.
Brightly colored camouflage cans are back on Michigan stores’ shelves after a state entity OK’d the restocking of Four Loko and other controversial malt beverages.
The entrepreneurial cogs started turning in Allison Manchel’s brain when she and her roommate were driving in East Lansing’s infamous Feb. 2 “snowpocalypse” and was having trouble seeing out her front windshield.
A request for a grant to use state money to clear up chemicals on a future redevelopment site is scheduled to be discussed by the East Lansing City Council at its work session at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Census data for Michigan municipalities is expected to be released this afternoon, state officials announced via e-mail Monday.
St. Patrick’s Day isn’t a holiday traditionally known for service, but Subway restaurants in the Mid-Michigan area attempted to collect more than 40,000 cans of food for local food banks.
Originally created to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day has become synonymous with a different type of celebration, often involving excessive drinking. But this St. Patrick’s Day has a different significance for the East Lansing Police Department — it is holding its annual All Hands on Deck, or AHOD, day.
Members of the Delta Sigma Phi house recently were rewarded for their community philanthropy work and efforts to clean up the image of fraternities.
The former Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house is moving closer to becoming a workable apartment building for the fall as construction on the project continues.
Many local talents had an opportunity to perform Wednesday night as they participated in The Prelude, an event geared toward showcasing the talents of students and alumni while promoting a new, student-run talent agency.
The hits seem to keep coming for WKAR, MSU’s public broadcast station. Like many other federally supported organizations, WKAR is facing drastic funding cuts.
Two multimillion dollar redevelopment projects could break ground in downtown East Lansing in the coming months.
A partnership between East Lansing officials and the Arts Council of Greater Lansing aim to spread the love of art and business throughout the downtown area.
Two hot-button issues manifest in legislation are expected to work their way to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk this week after being OK’d by the state Legislature on Tuesday.
For most students, spring break is a time to seek warmer weather, catch up on half a semester’s worth of missed work or simply relax at home.