After advancing beyond the NCAA opening rounds, seven members of the MSU track and field team will compete at the NCAA Championships, which begin Wednesday in Des Moines, Iowa.
The time has come yet again for the Detroit Pistons to hire another head coach. After two lackluster seasons of leading a group of mismatched veteran players and misguided young talent, John Kuester was the latest to be fired in the Pistons’ semi-annual coaching carousel. Kuester finished with a record of 57-107 in his two seasons in Detroit and failed to make the postseason both years, the first time that has happened since the mid-90s.
I always have felt there was a lack of things to do in East Lansing. I don’t know whether that stems from having lived here for a decent amount of time, or if I’m not looking hard enough, but it seems the city simply lacks a strong (nonstudent/MSU) culture.
With the elimination of the Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit and the release of a study from the Basic Economic Security Tables for Michigan that shows minimum wage isn’t enough to live off of, low-income individuals and families have had little reason to be positive recently.
More than one million farmers in the African nation of Malawi could see improved harvests in the coming years as a result of research conducted by an MSU professor. Sieg Snapp — an associate professor of crop and soil sciences and a researcher at MSU’s W.K.
Two days after he was diagnosed with brain cancer in January 2010, Shawn Koch was in surgery, and he has since been in chemotherapy and had radiation treatments.
Beginning with “I solemnly swear,” former East Lansing police Lt. Bill Mitchell’s career as a captain with the East Lansing Police Department was launched Thursday. Students and residents can expect Mitchell to continue to prioritize drunk driving enforcement, provide youth services and use new technology to serve the community, Mitchell said.
An MSU alumnus turned high-level Iraqi official visited campus Saturday, personally extending an invitation to Michigan businesses to profit from Iraq’s postwar reconstruction efforts. Sami Al-Araji, a 1967 graduate and now the chairman of the Republic of Iraq National Investment Commission, addressed a small audience of Michigan business leaders at Kellogg Center Saturday afternoon, calling for the creation of a Michigan delegation of businesses to help rebuild Iraq’s infrastructure. The delegation’s first project and major focus would be a $5.5 billion to $6 billion construction project that would create 100,000 housing units in the country, housing around 600,000 people, Al-Araji said. The opportunity would create jobs on both sides of the aisle, Al-Araji said, benefitting Michigan manufacturing companies while boosting Iraqi businesses. “We feel that we can benefit from whatever capabilities (are) available and, at the same time, benefit the state of Michigan,” Al-Araji said.
A Michigan corporation is sponsoring a competition that will give college students real-world legislative experience while providing the real world with a solution to a political problem. The Students Reinventing Michigan Corporation is asking undergraduate college students to submit proposals detailing how the state Legislature can best improve Michigan’s infrastructure with public support during the current tough economic times.
A 39-year-old female student reported her bicycle stolen between noon on May 3 and 1 p.m. May 12 at the south side of South Hubbard Hall, MSU police Sgt.
People in the market to purchase a house in Greater Lansing are in luck as prices for homes have dropped significantly over the past few years. A CNN Money report recently listed Lansing at number two on their list of 10 “dirt-cheap” housing markets in the U.S.
Peggy Lovejoy saw the culmination of her artistic ability come together as her exhibit, Close Observation of Everyday Beauty, opened Sunday at Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
Jill Jack and her band joined several other musicians Saturday to play at East Lansing’s second annual Pumpstock at East Lansing Bailey Community Center park, 300 Bailey St.
Though few people are aware of it, Lansing sits atop a legend. Nearly two decades ago, a foreigner allegedly stepped off a plane in Lansing, hailed a cab and asked what there was to do in the area. The cab driver, a longtime Lansing resident, replied that there was nothing to do, and the visitor should turn around and go home.
In celebration of Earth Month, MSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability hosted the fourth annual Dim Down this past April. Lauren Olson, project coordinator in the Office of Campus Sustainability, said Dim Down is designed to bring about awareness of the amount of electronics people have on during the day, especially those they might not need.
Sangat is an important concept in Sikhism. In English, it roughly translates to “company.” From an early age, a line from my first morning prayer stuck out: Japji Sahib. Those who surround themselves with sangat stay true to their values.
Students and the fire department have a love-hate relationship: Students love it when the fire department arrives but hate that something went so wrong they had to call the fire department. Students and police traditionally have a contentious relationship because the police bust parties, and students like parties.
On Saturday, Lansing will kick off the 2011 summer tourism season with the Be a Tourist in Your Own Town annual event. Tracy Padot, vice president of marketing for Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau, said she expects more than 12,000 people will tour Greater Lansing on Saturday, when local business open their doors to people from around the area. For a $1 passport, visitors will have access to more than 60 venues in the Lansing area, including pontoon boat rides on the Grand River, an instrument petting zoo at the MSU Community Music School and even the opportunity to rappel down the 23-story Boji Tower in downtown Lansing. “We really hope that we’re educating (people) about all the great offerings we have,” Padot said.
Three provisions in The Patriot Act, which have had some citizens worried about the violation of their First Amendment freedoms, have been extended for four more years. After legislation to extend the provisions was passed in the U.S.
21-year-old female student reported her cell phone stolen between 11:30 p.m. May 19 and 8:30 a.m. May 20 in the basement of North Hubbard Hall, MSU police Sgt.