While East Lansing revelers fill their cups with green beer today, police and a student group will work to keep drunken drivers off the city’s roads.
In what the U.S. Department of Education has called “a historic investment,” President Barack Obama proposed expanding financial aid offered to college students. And although the stipulations of the proposal — which include an expansion of funding for the Federal Perkins Loan Program from $1 billion to $6 billion per year — would not go into effect until 2010, MSU officials agreed current high school seniors should not take a year off in hope of saving money.
Having early morning classes Wednesday might deter students from drinking green beer and wearing shamrock paraphernalia today, but the economy most likely won’t. The number of people going out has remained the same, but instead, many are spending less, said Paul Stewart, general manager of Crunchy’s, 254 W. Grand River Ave.
A second MSU football player pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges originating from an October brawl at an off-campus party, officials from East Lansing’s 54-B District Court said.
A debate that has raged for several years within Michigan during the existence of a breeding population of cougars will come to East Lansing next week. Dennis Fijalkowski, a wildlife executive who has spoken to residents in the past, will be at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, on March 26 to talk about cougars.
The case against former ASMSU official Nigel Scarlett, accusing him of sexually assaulting a woman on campus last year, was dismissed Tuesday, court officials said.
Service on several Capital Area Transportation Authority routes near campus will be reduced or suspended next week.
Nearly four months after MSU student Krista Lueth went missing, police are still awaiting any breaks in the case, a Michigan State Police officer said Thursday.
Lansing police have concluded the investigation into the cause of the crash that killed MSU student Jeremy Watson, finding that a quick lane change caused a rear tire to blow out.
MSU medical students and the Ingham County Health Department could be among the first to benefit from President Barack Obama’s focus on reforming health care.
The greek community banded together last week for its annual Greek Week to benefit the American Cancer Society, raising the second-highest donation in Greek Week history.
A vacant corner of the Abbot and Lake Lansing roads likely will have a very different look in the future after it was rezoned to a retail business district Tuesday.
A University of Michigan hockey player’s father will not face charges stemming from a confrontation with an MSU player after a January game in Ann Arbor.
Riots, rezoning and site plans are just a few of the items that will appear on the East Lansing City Council’s meeting agenda tonight, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.
Despite recent concerns from property owners in the East Village area and actions to label the area as environmentally contaminated, city officials said they have no intention of using eminent domain to acquire an area of land that’s home to housing for thousands of MSU students.
With people milling about in pirate, lion and banana costumes, Hawk Hollow Golf Course, 15101 Chandler Road, looked like a Halloween party Sunday afternoon.
More than 300 protesters of all ages flooded the Capitol steps Friday afternoon, with signs, flags and tea bags in hand. The event was one of more than 40 “tea parties” held in cities across the nation to rally against the federal economic stimulus package.
Johnny’s Lunch, 101 E. Grand River Ave., closed its doors last week. A sign posted on the front door of the hot dog and burger joint read, “Closed until further notice. We thank you for your business and apologize for any inconvenience.”
The investigation into what caused the single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of an MSU student Tuesday afternoon might not conclude for several weeks, Lansing police said Thursday.
Higher education appeared to be one of the winners in a national budget proposal Thursday that was full of spending cuts. President Barack Obama’s budget priority of making higher education more affordable seemed to correlate with his earlier pledge for the United States to have the highest proportion of college graduates by 2020.