Welfare-limiting legislation approved by the state Legislature last week has some worried the safety net currently in place to protect Michigan residents — including people with disabilities, victims of domestic violence, children and recent college graduates — no longer will be there to catch them when their income falls.
Storefronts in downtown East Lansing opened their doors to customers this weekend, offering deals and specials as part of East Lansing’s annual sidewalk sales.
More than 250 agricultural vendors will flock to campus starting Tuesday for the 32nd annual Michigan Ag Expo. The three-day event — held in and around MSU’s South Campus farm — is expected to draw upwards of 15,000 visitors, nearly all members of the state’s farming industry.
MSU alumna Elizabeth Marazita and her husband Michael Spano opened Wanderer’s Teahouse and Café on Grand River Avenue in October 2010 when they moved back to the Lansing area from Switzerland.
As a rematch from last season, the MSU women’s basketball team will play Texas on Dec. 10 in Austin, Texas, for the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge, the conferences announced Thursday.
Tied for most in the conference, MSU had 68 student-athletes presented with the 2010-11 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award, the conference announced Thursday. Along with Minnesota, the Spartans sit at the top of the conference, which recognized 534 total athletes.
Although actor Jack Black wasn’t in attendance to share a timely AC/DC lyric, the School of Rock was in session Friday at the Common Ground Music Festival. Through a partnership with MSU’s Community Music School, or MSU CMS, and under the direction of Grand Rapids-based rock band, The Outer Vibe, more than 50 students took part in Rock Camp, a weeklong summer program for students ages 12-19.
Michigan-based Arabic fusion band Wisaal will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., along with The Anatomy of Frank and MSU alumnus Nate Bliton.
I picked up the most recent edition of The Black Sheep, a student newspaper that claims to be “actually about college.” In its recent “Best and worst of summer” newspaper edition, it highlights some of the best and worst things around town.
If there is anything I have learned as a student of public policy, it is that most large problems have complicated solutions. There are many independent variables that not only interact with a dependent variable but also play off themselves. We sometimes forget that when we hear the one-liners used in political campaigns.
Last session, the East Lansing City Council did a great job protecting children from the dangers of alcohol. Unfortunately, no one told them that the children are already well protected in that respect. By a 3-2 vote, the council decided to deny an application that would have allowed the East Lansing BP gas station, 504 Michigan Ave., to sell packaged beer, wine and spirits.
Last session, the East Lansing City Council did a great job protecting children from the dangers of alcohol. Unfortunately, no one told them that the children are already well protected in that respect. By a 3-2 vote, the council decided to deny an application that would have allowed the East Lansing BP gas station, 504 Michigan Ave., to sell packaged beer, wine and spirits.
As the sun set and opening act Blackberry Smoke moved off the main stage at the 12th annual Common Ground Music Festival, legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd took the stage Thursday night and rocked the thousands of people sitting in Adado Riverfront Park.
More than 10 years ago, 24-year-old Brandon D’Annunzio died in Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital from blunt force trauma to the head. After years of investigation, a tipster helped police identify a potential suspect last winter.
Systemic problems within the Detroit Police Department have led MSU professor and sexual assault researcher Rebecca Campbell to work with authorities on a new system of increased efficiency for response to sexual assault. After 10,559 untested sexual assault kits, also known as rape kits, dating back to the 1980s were discovered, the Department of Justice funded a project in which Campbell is serving as an independent evaluator of the kits with the hopes of forming a new protocol for sexual assault response that could become the national standard.
Nearly 10 months after ground was first broken at the site, construction progress continues as expected at the Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research, university officials said yesterday. The foundation at the site is in the process of being poured, and the building should be ready for occupation in October 2012, university engineer Bob Nestle said. Upon completion, the $17.6 million facility is expected to provide additional space for programs related to MSU’s College of Nursing operations.
The two individuals involved in the accident on I-96 West that left one dead and one in critical condition at about 9 p.m.
The Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee announced plans to review the state’s statute of limitations concerning crimes such as kidnapping, assault with intent to commit murder, attempted murder and manslaughter.
One woman was killed in a car accident on I-96 West near the Okemos, Mason 110 exit at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, Michigan State Police Sgt.
At midnight on Friday, movie theaters in East Lansing and across the nation will dim their lights and flick on their projectors, beginning the end of an era for the Harry Potter series.