The presidential general election continues to be close call for Michigan voters as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has made up ground on President Barack Obama in recent polls.
When patrons at the recently opened Moe’s Southwest Grill, 551 E. Grand River Ave., first walk through the door, they are greeted by an enthusiastic “Welcome to Moe’s!” from the restaurant’s employees.
For many people, the idea of working with low-income Peruvians might seem exhausting, but for fourth year medical student Joe Gorz, it’s what he was meant to do. “We just try to do a job,” he said.
According to Sophos security forms, more than 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords could have been leaked, msnbc.com reported Wednesday. Despite the company’s statement on Twitter Wednesday morning that they are unable to confirm whether or not millions of passwords were exposed, Sophos, a developer of anti-virus software, found files posted on a Russian hacker site containing LinkedIn passwords. Sophos recommends users change their passwords as soon as possible using the following instructions: *1.
For six summers, Kristie Phelps has made an annual trip to the Red Cedar River with her two friends to grab a few minutes of relaxation away from her kids and responsibilities and enjoy an evening of theater and nature.
Tears welled in the eyes of Regina Walker as she watched her son Tanner Maxwell up on stage singing “You’ve got a friend in me” for the final time at the MSU Community Music School’s music therapy recital Tuesday evening.
Trustee Faylene Owen can think of only one word to describe Michigan’s recent efforts to fund public education: paltry.
Ian Wenk decided to work at the Beal Botanical Garden as a summer job, not knowing it would lead him one step closer to figuring out his major.
The body of a 25-year-old deceased man was found at approximately 10 a.m. Wednesday in the tall weeds surrounding Glencairn Elementary School, 939 Harrison Road, East Lansing Police Department officials confirmed. According to a release, the ELPD received a call from a resident of an East Lansing neighborhood about a missing suicidal man and a missing handgun at 9:24 a.m.
Every Friday night at 7 p.m. from now until Labor Day, there will be a free concert at the Lake Lansing Band Shell.
When Emily Leong takes the stage Thursday night to perform in front of her fans, she will do so with more excitement than she has at past shows.
Less than a week after MSU’s baseball season concluded in the NCAA Tournament, four Spartans earned the opportunity to play at the highest level by being selected in this week’s 2012 Major League Baseball, or MLB, First-Year Player Draft.
Having been in the United Kingdom for a little over three weeks now, I have made no fewer than ten trips to Sainsbury’s, the local grocery store with ubiquitous orange plastic bags that one sees everywhere in Cambridge.
As tuition rates increase and job outlook continues to look grim, college students face more monetary difficulties today than ever before.
Last Tuesday, Southfield Mich., resident Hope Sovran, 15, appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show, just a few months after undergoing a bone marrow transplant.
A body has been found on a playground at Glencairn Elementary School, 939 North Harrison Road. A section of the schoolyard has been roped off.
East Lansing City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a special use permit for Woody’s Oasis, 1050 Trowbridge Road, which would allow for the restaurant to obtain a Class C liquor license.
As the MSU baseball team returns home after a quick exit from the NCAA Tournament, head coach Jake Boss Jr. is forced to look ahead. The Spartans were ousted from the Palo Alto Regional in Palo Alto, Calif. after a pair of weekend losses to Pepperdine and Fresno State, respectively. The NCAA Tournament berth was the first for the program since 1979, where the Spartans were eliminated on their home field in the Mideast Regional by Pepperdine and San Diego State.
The 2012-13 state budget is en route to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk now that the Senate has passed the $14.6 billion education portion of the two-part budget. The education budget includes $11.3 billion in appropriated funding for public institutions, and new criteria to measure universities’ performances, according to state budget director John Nixon. Performance funding would allocate money based on several criteria, including tuition restraint, research funding, stem cell research reporting and dual enrollment policies. Now that the education budget — which includes school aid, community college funding and higher education funding — has been passed, Snyder will sign it and the general budget in the coming days. The budget’s passage was not without its debate, however, as Republicans and Democrats faced off on the Senate floor arguing about the effects of cuts to the budget from the previous year.
When the first MSU IT Conference was held five years ago, it was with people like MSU health information technologist Wajahat Syed in mind.