Just because something can be done definitely does not mean it should be. The Mackinac Center’s recent request for MSU employees’ email including political terms is a misuse of the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA.
With the transition of seasons, melting snow has unveiled heaps of trash that have accumulated during the winter months, resulting in a plethora of the all-too-familiar pink warning slips on doors throughout East Lansing. LCC student Chaen Mercer’s co-op was one East Lansing residencies recently tagged with such a warning for having excessive litter.
After three weeks of meetings between ASMSU officials and university administrators, ASMSU’s accounts have been unfrozen. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. Denise Maybank, senior associate vice president of Student Affairs and Services, said she issued a memo to ASMSU on Friday afternoon indicating it had come back into compliance with the accountability measures. “Their accounts, as far as the accountability measures, the freeze and the suspension have been removed with the correspondence I just sent them,” she said. Maybank said she unfroze the accounts because ASMSU had taken steps to address concerns administrators had about ASMSU’s relationship with the university.
Although a small crowd gathered in Cedar Village on Saturday, police dispersed of festivities during the NCAA Final Four Tournament weekend. Crowds who gathered on the sidewalks were told to move along by the East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, and members of DTN Management Co., owners of Cedar Village Apartments.
The MSU Air Force ROTC honored a distinguished member at a retirement ceremony held at the Demonstration Hall ballroom. Maj.
A 34-year-old MSU employee reported an alleged theft of university property between 2-7 a.m. March 20 from the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, MSU police Sgt.
For Maggie Page, reading has been her passion since she was a little girl.
On Saturday, about 75 MSU students felt the pain of Ethan Fox. As a baby, Fox was diagnosed with epidermolysis bullosa, a disease that causes the skin to blister easily under friction or stress, which means an action as simple as walking can lead to pain.
The music of Marvin Gaye might have helped MSU students bring national attention to their video submission to the RecycleMania video contest, part of the RecycleMania Tournament, a nationwide competition between colleges and universities to increase their recycling efforts.
In a few weeks, MSU Chinese students tuning into the radio could find a familiar sound — a broadcast in Mandarin Chinese.
Dietetics senior Tina Niemann was one of 68 students and community members who lined up in front of the Auditorium for the Trot for the Troops 5K run Saturday morning.
Celebrating black hair in a big way, many people gathered for “Limitless,” the ninth annual hair and fashion show hosted by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. on Friday at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
Lauren LoGrasso wasn’t saying goodbye to a character she played — she was saying goodbye to a companion on Saturday. The theatre senior parted ways with Nina Acropolis, the slightly offensive but well-intentioned college girl in “The ShoW,” the longest-running college sitcom in the country. “The ShoW” shot its 80th and final episode of the semester Saturday in front of a live audience of family, friends and MSU alumni.
There has been a long tradition of historians arguing over the justifications for expansive executive power. Among the main reasons is the idea that during the uncertainty of an emergency, a chief magistrate must carry out certain necessary actions to preserve the nation.
The East Lansing City Council finally has planted the medical marijuana ordinance seed and residents should let it sprout before attempting to prune it.
In its only home meet of the season, the MSU men and women’s track and field program hosted the Spartan Invitational at Ralph Young Field Saturday afternoon.
The MSU softball team opened the brand new Secchia Stadium with an 8-0 win Saturday.
The MSU baseball team opened up Big Ten play by taking two out of three games against Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, this weekend.
The MSU gymnastics team’s season ended Saturday in Corvallis, Ore., with the Spartans finishing third in the NCAA Corvallis Regional.
The MSU softball team hopes Saturday’s game at the new Secchia Stadium is a beginning of things to come.