Michigan Budget Director John Nixon is close to reaching a decision in MSU’s much-disputed tuition transparency case and is expected to publicly announce his findings sometime Thursday morning.
Receiver Mark Dell, linebacker Eric Gordon and offensive lineman D.J. Young all announced via Twitter Monday night that they had reached agreements with NFL teams. Dell, who caught 51 passes and six touchdowns last season, agreed to sign with the Denver Broncos, Young with the Arizona Cardinals and Gordon with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In a speech Monday night, President Barack Obama called for compromise in a deficit debate U.S. lawmakers cannot seem to break from deadlock — a political debate that could have widespread economic ramifications. “We can’t allow the American people to become collateral damage to Washington’s political warfare,” Obama said. At this point, no other problem facing the federal government is even remotely important, economics professor Charles Ballard said. The federal government must make a deal so the debt ceiling can be raised or else face unstable worldwide markets or higher interest rates. Without a deal, recent rises in employment rates and economic activity finally noticeable after a national recession likely would dissolve, Ballard said. “If the U.S.
In coming months, MSU students and East Lansing residents likely will help the city council replace the city’s highest-ranking official. The council likely will discuss how students and community members will play a part in selecting the new city manager — who carries out the city’s major changes and day-to-day operations — at its 7 p.m.
Despite budget cuts to the East Lansing Police Department, most crime in the city has stayed the same in the past decade, according to the department’s 2010 annual report. The total number of reported crimes in East Lansing decreased about 11 percent from about 4,612 in 2001 to 4,100 in 2010, according to the report. “Even if we’re losing police, we will always respond to all calls to service (and) we still take all crime reports,” East Lansing police Capt.
Enrollment and admissions in MSU’s College of Law are on the rise, according to statistics from department officials. Almost 1,000 more students applied to the college entering fall 2011 than in fall 2009, when about 2,736 students submitted applications.
Aspiring thespians have the opportunity to show off their talents to the Greater Lansing community this week during MSU Community Music School’s, or CMS, Music Theatre Camp.
Local aspiring performers gathered at Wharton Center Monday for the first day of a weeklong series of interactive workshops for youth interested in pursuing a career on Broadway.
Like many students preparing for college, incoming freshmen Alex Wrobleski and Jon Drury were looking for a summer job to earn money before beginning college.
As a friendly competition between in-state rivals, MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis and Michigan Athletics Director Dave Brandon teed off against one another in the B1G AD Golf Challenge Monday at Eagle Eye Golf Club, 15500 Chandler Road, in Bath, Mich.
Representing MSU and the high standards of ethical conduct, Athletics Director Mark Hollis was recently elected Chairperson of the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet.
Senior pitcher Tony Bucciferro and junior second baseman Ryan Jones have been selected to play in the 49th annual Cape Cod League All-Star Game on July 29 at Fenway Park in Boston.
The word “research” appears four times in MSU’s official mission statement. That’s twice as much as any other word, discounting common conjunctions, articles and prepositions. That’s significant.
What do you get when you blend inane ordinances with inert development projects? A conflict that restricts the actualization of further development near campus.
Not many international students attending MSU and other Michigan universities decide to stay after their graduation and set up shop in state, but Gov.
When then-Vermont Sen. Justin Smith Morrill proposed the idea of a series of industrial colleges in every state across the country in the 1850s, that legislation brought with it a host of unknown opportunities.
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., resident Jack Bahm and his son Jackson, 10, play with a marble stone rolling ball fountain Sunday afternoon in the The Frank’s Nursery and Crafts Rose Garden.
A group of East Lansing residents quietly are making preparations to run for city council this fall, pitting themselves against three one-term incumbents. East Lansing resident Don Power leads a coalition of three challenging candidates for the open positions, who are racing to get the 50 required petition signatures each before the Aug.
A 19-year-old male reported a cell phone and money stolen between 6:30-7:30 p.m. July 13 from IM Sports-West, MSU police Sgt.
For Cam Howie, firefighting has been a part of his life since childhood. His grandfather, the fire chief in Grand Traverse County, Mich., would let Howie ride in the back of his pickup truck when he went on calls.