Several female Michigan legislators are taking back the Capitol Monday night for a special performance of “The Vagina Monologues,” after a state representative was silenced after using the word “vagina” during a House of Representatives session.
Construction season is in full swing, leaving campus a maze of rerouting signs and orange barrels. Across campus, several streets are closed because of construction projects, some relating to the steam tunnel construction and others relating to building renovations. Physical Plant Communications Manager Karen Zelt said some of the major road closures affecting campus right now include the steam tunnel construction, which has portions of West Circle Drive, East Circle Drive and Chestnut Road closed off.
Denise Hubbard isn’t quite sure what to think about the newly announced bridge to Canada. Although the social work junior thinks an additional crossing to Windsor, Ontario, will help attract more travelers to the Motor City, she also worries about the long-term impacts on Detroit’s residents. “I’m in the middle,” said Hubbard, who hails from Detroit’s east side.
A 51-year-old male from Lake Orion, Mich., reported his black four-door Ford Escape broken into between 3:15 and 5:30 p.m.
Rolled up newspapers, straws and tape designed to stand about five feet tall lined the walls of the Union Ballroom on Friday as part of an attempt to make girls more interested in science, technology, engineering and math.
For Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, hosting a golf tournament to help kids become drug-free is the least he can do.
Perry, Mich., residents Autumn Grubb, 13, and Tyler Grubb, 10, play inside Patriarche Park, 1100 Alton St., on June 13, 2012. The two came with their family to enjoy the nice weather.
The Lansing School District is sponsoring the Summer Food Service Program for children. Children 18 years or under and individuals 26 or under enrolled in educational programs for the mentally or physically disabled will be provided free meals.
Although his name is firmly engraved in MSU baseball lore, former center fielder Brandon Eckerle opted to return to the classroom rather than fight his way through the ranks of a sport he lost a little bit of passion.
As a Young Alumni Engagement employee for the organization, Megan Gebhart travels the country reaching out to MSU graduates to attempt to get them more involved with alumni groups in their area.
A few weeks ago, I visited Rochester High School, or RHS, to visit my high school choir director, Mrs. Plotzke. I originally went to pick up a CD she burned me — a compilation of my choir’s songs we recorded over the course of my four years under her instruction — but what happened instead was a deeply engaging political discussion over the course of two hours.
A highly contentious bill that restricts abortion passed in Michigan’s House of Representatives Wednesday. Although allies of the bill said its content helps to keep women safe from being coerced into receiving an abortion and keeps high standards in the operating room, opponents of the bill say it is a step toward banning abortion in Michigan altogether.
The Lansing Fire Department responded to a residential garage fire at 11:50 p.m. on June 8 at 2408 Dunlap St., in Lansing.
A hit-and-run vehicle accident occurred at 11 p.m. on June 10 on M-36 East of Meech Road, in Lansing, leaving the victim in critical condition, the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.
For the third day in a row, abortion-rights supporters gathered outside the Capitol Thursday morning to voice their opposition to a bill redefining abortion access in Michigan. The bill passed easily with a Republican majority vote on Wednesday evening, and within minutes, the bill’s opponents were talking about it on social media, planning to keep it in the public eye.
MSU head hockey coach Tom Anastos announced the addition of six commitments to the program on Thursday.
Students now can utilize a new business that would deliver food to their door from restaurants that typically do not offer those services.
As former graduate student Andrew David Thompson stood before Judge Paula Manderfield in Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court on Wednesday morning, he knew he would leave the room one of two ways — with police escorts or the ones he loves by his side.
To Jason Schmidt, when it comes to getting hired by a law firm, the tables have turned. “Now a lot of law graduates are the ones begging at the bargaining table, instead of the other way around; the balance of power has definitely shifted,” the recent alumnus said. Schmidt’s opinion of the job market is in line with the findings of a recent employment survey of 2011 college graduates.
For MSU law student Cameron Lawler, the job market for lawyers is daunting. Although the Student Bar Association president continues to pursue his graduate degree in law, he knows the situation is bleak for most lawyers fresh out of school.