In an eleventh-hour vote just days before the deadline, Congress approved an extension of lowered interest rates on federal subsidized Stafford loans, providing temporary relief from students paying back loans for an additional year. The U.S.
When Jodi LeBombard first saw a bruised and bloodied Italian greyhound shaking alone in a closet, she didn’t think the white, 3-pound puppy would survive.
In 1970, about 65,000 black rhinos ran wild across the globe; but by 1993, only 2,300 were left, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature currently considers the species critically endangered. In June 2011, Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, received two black rhinos. The male, Jello, came from Zoo Miami, and the female, Doppsee, came from Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas. The black rhinos are the largest mammals housed in Potter Park Zoo, each weighing around 2,600 pounds.
Jeffrey Goodman uses his phone enough already, so why not use it to hail a cab without having to call a driver? Although the political theory and constitutional democracy junior previously would call a cab driver on his cell phone, he said a phone application with an interactive map that allowed residents to pick a cab nearby to catch a ride home from a party at the end of the night would be more convenient.
Packaging senior Levi Keepers prefers the MSU Dairy Store to other ice cream stores in East Lansing. He likes the accessibility on campus and the fact that its ice cream and cheese are made by MSU. And if all goes well, Keepers will be able to enjoy MSU dairy products knowing it wasn’t just made at MSU — it comes from MSU cows.
Just a few months after the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and the PROTECT IP Act, or PIPA, ignited Internet protests against the government’s attempts to curb online piracy, a new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives is working to free up the Internet from the control of any government.
Sara Swanton, of Saginaw, Mich. swims laps at the IM Sports-West outdoor pool on Sunday. With summer temperatures rising, more people are coming to the pool to cool off and get some exercise.
When Josh Michels wants to see a live musical performance, he doesn’t have to travel any farther than his own garage.
Empty seats were few and far between Thursday night at Wharton Center for the second day of the Broadway hit musical “Wicked.”
There has been a lot of debate recently about the structure of the American workplace. Long hours and high stress have contributed to an increasingly grueling work environment — especially in upper-level corporate jobs, but it is visible in nearly all areas of our nation’s workforce.
The state budget has allocated nearly $300 million for MSU for the 2012-13 fiscal year, after Gov. Rick Snyder signed the budget Tuesday afternoon.
Since the moment he arrived on MSU’s campus, a fire has been burning within Draymond Green. A meticulous broil, the burn fueled the ascent of a chubby, brace-faced kid from Saginaw into the NABC Division I National Player of the Year in four short, but memorable years.
Green, a former MSU basketball player and 2012’s Big Ten Player of the Year, was selected 35th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the second round of the 2012 NBA Draft Thursday night.
Today, the MSU athletics department unveiled the new hockey jerseys for the 2012-13 season that head coach Tom Anastos announced a few months ago. The home white jerseys feature the Spartan head logo on the chest with another logo and numbers on the shoulders.
Okemos, Mich., resident Andrew Leute, 17, currently is missing and has not been seen for approximately two weeks as of Thursday, according to Meridian Township Police. Authorities believe the teen is avoiding family and police with help from friends he is staying with locally. Individuals with any information are asked to contact Detective Greg Harris at (517) 853-4800.
When Beth Rohl walked into MSU track & field throwing coach John Newell’s office four years ago, he immediately had a feeling she could be a special athlete. After just one season of discus throwing at New Buffalo High, Rohl was in Newell’s office asking to walk-on to the track program. Four years later, the girl with the long arms, broad shoulders and untapped reservoir of potential has developed into one of the elite throwers in the nation. Last weekend, Rohl broke her own school record for the third consecutive meet at the U.S.
A politically partisan battle begun two years ago came to an apparent end Thursday morning when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as constitutional, dividing many politicians along party lines over the ruling. The court ruled 5-4 that the law is constitutional, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the majority when it was found that the individual mandate requiring Americans to have insurance could serve as a tax, according to Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog.com.
Richard Patterson is staying in the dorms for the first time, but his experience is unlike many others’ because he is with his grandchildren and wife. Back when Patterson was a student at MSU in 1962, he lived off campus, but this week, he got a taste of what life is like for new MSU students.
Suffering fake bullet wounds in the back of her left shoulder, which penetrated through her arm and into her chest cavity right near her heart, MSU alumna Alyssa Dickey screamed for help at the scene of the emergency simulation at Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, 4301 Farm Lane.
Suffering fake bullet wounds in the back of her left shoulder, which penetrated through her arm and into her chest cavity right near her heart, MSU alumna Alyssa Dickey screamed for help at the scene of the emergency simulation at Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, 4301 Farm Lane.