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Event celebrates international poetry
Last Friday, art history and visual culture junior Ellen Meeuwsen recited a poem for an audience of about 60 people.
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Students rally for higher education funding
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.
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Liebler sworn in as chief of police
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.
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Fraternity hosts hot dog eating contest
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.
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The Record Lounge moves to new location
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.
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Four Loko returns to store shelves without caffeine
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.
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Students compete to win city’s next bright idea
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.
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Council likely to request Brownfield funding for Ann Street project
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.
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Census data to be released today
Census data for Michigan municipalities is expected to be released this afternoon, state officials announced via e-mail Monday.
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Food drive helps area food banks
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.
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ELPD calls for all hands on deck for St. Patrick’s Day
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.
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Delta Sigma Phi awarded for continued community service
Members of the Delta Sigma Phi house recently were rewarded for their community philanthropy work and efforts to clean up the image of fraternities.
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Former frat house soon to be apartments
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.
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Show at (SCENE) Metrospace presents local talent
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.
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Senate could cut funding for public radio, WKAR
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.
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Summer redevelopments scheduled downtown
Two multimillion dollar redevelopment projects could break ground in downtown East Lansing in the coming months.
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New partnership to increase art businesses downtown
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.
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Controversial bills expected to be reviewed by Gov. Snyder
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.
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Spring break home invasions down from previous years
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.
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Fiscal accountability bill passes through State Senate
Partisan parlance has been prevalent in Lansing as of late as a controversial package of bills has made its way through the Legislature.