Teens and pre-teens from across the East Lansing area came together at the Spartan Village Community Center to learn about different cultures in the spirit of World Friendship Day on Saturday.
Local police agencies say they are prepared to appropriately handle situations involving disabled individuals, such as those with Down syndrome, after a man with Down syndrome died in a Maryland police force’s custody.
The Michigan Legislature missed its deadline this week to finalize a plan to fund revamping the state’s roads. Because of the delay, it won’t be on the ballot this May.
To prevent residents and students from taking a risk and driving drunk, the East Lansing Parking and Code Enforcement, or PACE, will not be enforcing overnight parking restrictions in any downtown parking lots or structures on St. Paddy’s Day.
College of Veterinary Medicine assistant professor Patricia Schenck will not face jail time for previously alleged neglect of 17 dogs in her Clinton County home.
After living in a homeless shelter and being unemployed for about nine months, Joe Braunsdorf has a place to stay and a steady income in a field he never imagined he would find himself in — meat processing.
Haslett resident Colin Campbell started walking and waving in the 1980. He added a flag after 9/11. Throughout the years, people have stopped, giving him gifts and even job offers.
The North American Indigenous Student Organization, or NAISO, expects to draw thousands for the Native American culture event at the “Powwow of Love” starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Jenison Field House.
East Lansing residents and officials from both MSU and the city came together to discuss ways to improve the downtown to make it successful at the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road.
At the Construction Junction meeting Thursday morning, project leaders reviewed some of MSU’s construction projects and their progress.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, passed a slew of 10 bills Thursday night, ranging from plans to help student communication with professors, to a bill to increase the student tax by $0.50 to provide safe evening transportation.
A student was sexually assaulted early Monday in West Holmes Hall, according to MSU police. A 19-year-old female was meeting with friends at about 1:30 a.m.
Let’s state the obvious. MSU might not be the cheapest place to get an education — at least that’s how media arts and technology senior Briana Booker feels. In hindsight, when Booker knows she’ll be more than $40,000 in debt after graduation next December, she’s not convinced the schooling will have been worth the high cost. As tuition costs steadily have increased throughout the past 10 years, totaling 69.8 percent of MSU’s general fund budget in the 2012-13 fiscal year, some students are left wondering exactly where their tuition dollars are going.
Not long after the white smoke lifted from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio greeted Rome and the world as Pope Francis on Wednesday on the balcony of St.
Students can expect an increase in police officers around East Lansing for the next three weeks, which encompass St.
College of Veterinary Medicine assistant professor Patricia Schenck, charged with felony neglect of 10 or more animals, could plead guilty to a lesser charge Friday, Clinton County Prosecutor Charles Sherman said.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, welcomed in a new batch of executive board members last night with a familiar face remaining at the top of the organization.
“Many young people — boys and men too — will go … tanning so they can get their ‘base tan’ — all that is a base jolt of radiation that will burn your skin,” said State Rep. Jim Townsend, D-Royal Oak, one of five legislators who introduced the bill.
A faster option might be available for business owners in Michigan trying to gain a liquor license.
The East Lansing School District is being investigated again by the U.S. Department of Education for claims that the November 2012 decision to close Red Cedar Elementary School, 1110 Narcissus Drive, discriminated against the school’s large percentage of minority students.