East Lansing City Council held six public hearings regarding Jackson National Life Insurance Company, the Park District project, the rezoning of a multiple family residential property, litter citations, streets and sidewalks and fireworks in a packed courtroom tuesday night.
For the first time in school history, an MSU student, Sophia Harvey, was presented with the 2013 Minority Medical Student Award by the American Society of Hematology, or ASH. Harvey, a second-year medical student at the College of Human Medicine expressed happiness after being chosen to receive the prestigious award.
Former Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame today, along with fellow Red Wings forward Brendan Shanahan and Anehiem Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer. Both of Chris’ sons, Jake and Dean, play hockey for MSU.
Athletics director Mark Hollis and President Lou Anna K. Simon have presented a plan to the MSU Board of Trustees to allocate approximately $4 million to the MSU football program. The Board of Trustees will vote on the approval of the budget in September. Hollis said the proposed $4 million plan will ensure the football team will have the resources in the future to remain competitive in the newly aligned Big Ten conference. “I think we need to do something to enhance the process of where we are at right now,” Hollis said. The proposed plan will offer compensation in three main areas: staff, operations and capitol projects.
The pleasant sounds of well-tuned guitars and melodic vocals echoed through Adado Riverfront Park on Monday, signaling the opening of the Common Ground Music Festival and the return of top tier music talent to the Lansing area.
In the wake of the July 1 student interest rate hike, which effectively doubled rates overnight from 3.4 to 6.8 percent because lawmakers were unable to find a compromise, legislatures in Washington, D.C., are scrambling for solutions. Here in Michigan, the name of the game is keeping graduates in the state, which is where State Rep. Andy Schor’s Student Loan Tax Credit Bill, HB 4182, comes into play.
Professional Irish cyclist Dan Martin rode a Cervelo RCA bicycle when he won the ninth stage of Tour de France 2013; that same brand has now rolled into downtown East Lansing.
The search for missing Katherine Phillips, or “Baby Kate,” continues as MSU faculty, law enforcement and experts work together to narrow down the location of the four-month-old infant’s final resting place. During a recent weekend search, over 80 volunteers gathered plant and moss specimen in hopes of finding the plant fragments that were found on the suspect’s shoes before she went missing two years ago.
On July 4, the Lansing Fire Department responded around midnight to a female who was injured while trying to light off fireworks.
Here is a guide to how hotly anticipated the acts of Common Ground are, based on the combined Facebook likes of each artist, for each day.
When the Common Ground Music Festival began in downtown Lansing, it originally focused on classic rock, but as the festival progresses into its 14th year, it now headlines some of the nation’s brightest stars along with upcoming local and regional talent. “We bring in a wide variety of diverse acts of all types of music,” said Scott Keith, board chair of Center Park Productions.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case between Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and the Bay Mills Indian Community regarding the tribe’s casino in Vanderbilt, Mich., in a case with reaching implications for prospective casinos across the state.
Electric Forest, the annual four-day electronic music festival, brought in large crowds, an array of musicians and a fleet of Michigan State Police troopers.
Local talent will share the stage at the Common Ground Music Festival this week, proving Lansing has a up-and-coming music scene.
ESPN analyst Jeff Goodman named MSU as the No. 2 powerhouse team when it comes to potential NBA talent for the 2013-14 season.
The sun’s out, the weather’s warm and the grill is hot. It’s July, and it’s National Hot Dog Month. The monthlong July celebration is more of a second nature in the summer season than a known national holiday. Americans scarf down more than 2.3 billion hot dogs in July, equaling roughly seven hot dogs per person this month.
With outdoor basketball courts, sand volleyball, relaxing hot tubs and refreshing pools, it is easy to think of a resort location. However, this is no place to vacation, rather an off-campus home for some MSU students.
With the possibility of a year-round farmers market coming to the Park District, MSU professors have pondered the greater issue of food deserts in Greater Lansing. A study by community sustainability professor Phil Howard and geography professor Kirk Goldsberry revealed supermarkets in the Lansing area are closing and relocating to the suburbs.
Diabetic patients often report difficulty in losing weight even though they follow a strict exercise regimen, but according to a recent study, they still are bettering their health, with or without weight loss. A study conducted by scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School and the University of Copenhagen concluded regardless of weight loss, exercise does have a positive impact on fat stored in the body.
MSU fans and alumni, a rabid collective of green and white-clad supporters often bordering on zealotry, express their school spirit through purchasing everything from apparel to seat cushions, and license plates are no exception.