"Crunchy's wasn't robbed, but I can't speak to what happened outside or out back (of Crunchy's)," Krueger said. "I'm not sure how this rumor got started, but it sure is a pain in the butt."
Occurring every Friday through the end of August, the Lake Lansing Band Shell Committee reigns in various musical acts, from barbershop stylings, to polka, to classic rock, and grants attendees free-of-charge parking and admission.On Friday the band Soulstice jammed out on saxophone, trumpet, bass, electric guitar and drums, playing top 40 hits and inciting dancing among the crowd.
“Basically, we worked really hard to solve the problem when you’re walking to class and all you want is to get a quick music fix,” Lindlbauer, a co-founder of the product, said. “We incorporated that into a phone case that prevents the breaking, losing and tangling of headphones.”
The vandals had spray painted “Seniors 2014”and “2014” in black and white spray paint on several areas of the building.
For MSU students from China, who make up almost 10 percent of the undergraduate population, the event is not widely discussed.
MSU athletics saw a Big Ten football championship win and a basketball team with a number one ranking this year, and their 2013
In an animal cruelty case involving a puppy mill in Howell, Mich., the Livingston County Animal Control and Shelter confiscated about 90 dogs. The confiscation occurred in May, and on June 3 and 4, the dogs were transported to shelters across Michigan.
In size, the East Lansing Food Co-op is a mere speck compared to the more than 180,000 square feet that makes up the Meijer in Okemos. But it, along with other small grocers in the area, still draws students and locals in on a daily basis.
MSU has more than 170 green light emergency phones strategically placed around campus, but in an age dominated by cell phones, the practicality of the emergency phone system may be waning.
In a bipartisan vote last Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to defund the Drug Enforcement Administration’s crackdowns on state-legal medical marijuana patients, caregivers and dispensaries.
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Artists were challenged with creating a work of art that would “be functional, while also adding an artistic element to this every day piece of public infrastructure,” according to the art commission website.
Instead of enforcing a quiet reading environment, the East Lansing Public Library is encouraging its guests to speak in their language of choice.
The amendment would make changes to the current property maintenance code of the City of East Lansing. The changes would affect how the city addresses renting violations.
The effects of media censorship by the Chinese government have reached far beyond China's borders — at MSU, they have forced some professors to rethink the format of their online classes.
Howard Russell, an entomologist with Diagnostics Services at MSU, said ticks and lyme disease are about to become a bigger concern for Michiganians, even in areas like Lansing and Detroit.Russell said there is no one reason why tick populations are on the rise in Michigan, but Russell wonders why the increase did not happen sooner.In the past, Russell said he never got calls in the lower peninsula asking for advice on how to avoid ticks. Now, calls from lower Michigan are becoming more common.
As 300 same-sex couples legally married in Michigan on March 22 continue to be stuck in legal limbo, a lawsuit that would require the State of Michigan to recognize the marriages is moving forward.
MSU's Energy Transition Plan committed the university to reduce emissions 65 percent from 2010 levels at the T.B. Simon Power Plant by that year.
Lansing Township filed suit against Lansing Board of Water and Light, or BWL, earlier this month over payment for a storm drain needed to correct groundwater contamination issues.