The 2012 presidential election season is the most negative campaign in recent years, with almost three-quarters of news content about President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney being negative, according to a recent report by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
From the minute she arrived Sunday morning at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Ingham County delegate at large Linda Lee Tarver has confidently displayed a button pinned to her shirt bearing one clear message: “Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud.”
The ASMSU 49th Session Kickoff meeting left Chairman Evan Martinak drenched with excitement for the new school year — and just plain drenched. The first meeting of the year for ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, included some of the typical business, as well as food, a beanbag toss and a dunk tank.
The name says it all: Sparticipation, where students begin to participate in various MSU organizations and groups.
School is in session, and MSU students quickly are getting acclimated and reacclimated to on-campus resources, including the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or the CATA bus system.
The aroma of Insomnia Cookies hung in the air, students received nimble hand chair massages and bright blue Walmart bags dotted the concourse at Munn Ice Arena during the 2012 U-Fest Monday night.
Anyone who happened to stop into Meijer, 1350 W. Lake Lansing Road, on Monday night might have thought they stumbled into a party as opposed to a grocery store.
Students new and old stormed area streets this past weekend to settle in for the new semester. Parking lots outside each residence hall swelled with mini vans and trailers as crowds of students prepared their rooms and met their new roommates.
Some of the finishing touches are starting to be put on the residential portion of the St. Anne Luxury Lofts project in downtown East Lansing this week.
Charles Atkin, or as his family and friends more affectionately knew him, Chuck, wasn’t one to brag about his accomplishments. Granted, the chair of the department of communications had a list of accomplishments including 66 book chapters published, 81 journal articles printed, 10 books and monographs published, 17 presentations at federal hearings and inquiries and 48 agencies that looked to him as an advisor, in addition to being involved with many other organizations and teaching at MSU.
Tim Knight was known to be the life of the party. He could bring a smile to a friend on even their worst day.
A new addition to the St. Anne’s Luxury Lofts development project featuring stonework in the shape of a cross has caused the city some distress.
Almost everyone present seemed to collectively anxiously hold their breath as Ransom E. Olds’ own 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile creaked down a Spartan Stadium ramp on Tuesday.
Master’s degree and doctorate students from Asia and Africa will travel to MSU and other universities in the U.S. to learn methods for enhancing food security in their home country as part of the Borlaug Higher Education Agricultural Research and Development, or BHEARD, program.
The Citizens Bank, 1602 Haslett Road, in Haslett, Mich., was robbed at about 9:30 a.m. today, Meridian Township Police said in press release.
The Douglas J Aveda Institute, 331 E. Grand River Ave., and other business in the building were evacuated around noon after a letter threatening to damage the building was found in a bathroom stall of the salon.
How did you celebrate Log Cabin Day this year? Did you observe the holiday, the last Sunday in June, with a rustic feast? Or did you visit the Log Cabin Society, which celebrates Michigan’s history?
When choosing the 2012 One Book, One Community novel, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” by Katherine Boo just made sense.
Ayano Ishida’s first impression of the U.S. from visiting MSU’s campus was that everything is bigger — the food, the cars and even the toilets.
After construction rendered Albert Avenue off-limits to residents for three months, the highly used road was fully opened today.