With finals week behind him, Taj Rahman was looking forward to a stress-free winter break. But his piece of mind was shattered on Dec. 14 when the East Lansing Fire Department issued Rahman and his fraternity, Lambda Phi Epsilon, 14 tickets for tampering with smoke detectors.
East Lansing lost one of its oldest shopping landmarks over winter break when Country Markett, 1367 E. Grand River Ave., closed its doors.
Parents, professors and other visitors to MSU could have another spot to rest their heads pending a proposal by an East Lansing developer to build a hotel in place of a condominium complex.
When the sun sets over East Lansing this weekend, party-hopping MSU students will know what to expect: loud music, cheap beer and homes littered with drunk people.
When Mike Prelesnik and other members of the Ingham County Fair Board decided to host a winter carnival on the fairgrounds, they wanted proceeds from the event to go to charity. The board settled on Capital Area Child & Family Services’ Angel House, an emergency shelter for children in Mason.
When Sarah Munkacsy opened Bronze Bay Tanning in December 2003, she had no idea about the difficulties in store for her business in the coming weeks.
Marci Baranski was a long way from class Wednesday morning. Instead of professors, equations and notebooks, the bio-chemistry junior found herself facing another lesson: how to influence state legislators.
Nicole Morris has been researching for weeks how her credits at MSU will transfer to Grand Valley State University. The criminal justice sophomore has undergone this search before — when she transferred her summer credits at Muskegon Community College to MSU.
Garbage day could look different for some East Lansing residents next year under a proposal being considered by the East Lansing City Council.
For Domonique Baul, the numbers don’t illustrate the problem. People aren’t likely to grasp the devastating toll AIDS takes on society unless they move beyond statistics and feel the emotional toll AIDS takes on individuals carrying the disease and families who have lost loved ones, the telecommunication junior said.
Slippery roads and rainy weather loomed Sunday morning, but they couldn’t keep Sally Birkmeier from driving to East Lansing for Winter Bowl.
Kevin Healey didn’t know of all of the different places to find jobs in Information Technology. But after visiting four Lansing companies as part of a tour sponsored by the Capital Area IT Council Friday, the telecommunication senior felt a boost of confidence in landing a job after college.
The 6 percent service tax was repealed by the Michigan House of Representatives on Saturday, two months after legislators introduced the tax to alleviate the state budget deficit.
Michigan’s Legislature is leaving businesses in limbo as to whether the service tax will be repealed by Saturday’s deadline.
Somewhere during his hike up Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, his trek through Peru’s Machu Picchu or his half-marathon jog through Antarctica, Sam Singh said he hopes he will quench his thirst for new culture.
From MSU athletes to Broadway stars, Jen Hayes had a way of drawing big names to her yoga classes.
Frostbitten fingers and deadened limbs aren’t the only snow-driven products that will numb East Lansing residents this winter.
MSU journalism students will participate in a live blog hosted at www.detnews.com/debateblog during Wednesday’s CNN/YouTube Republican Presidential Primary Debate at 8 p.m.
With local citizens, TV cameras and a group of middle school students looking on, about 20 Michigan legislators took a stand against hate crimes Tuesday.
Democratic presidential hopefuls may not appear on Michigan’s Jan. 15 primary ballot after all.