East Lansing’s population grew by about 2,000 since 2000, according to data from the U.S. 2010 Census revealed Tuesday. The data shows a jump to 48,579 from 46,603 between 2000 and last year, a 4.2 percent increase.
For Ben Richards, the medical marijuana ordinance passed by the East Lansing City Council last week was more than just a routine decision. Richards, a human biology junior, said chronic back pain from a spinal fusion surgery in 2007 is the clinical reason behind his medical marijuana use.
What has become an iconic landmark at MSU will go missing this summer from the Shaw Lane skyline. MSU administrators decided to move forward with plans to dismantle the MSC smokestack, but demolition crews will save as many of the white bricks that make up the letters as possible, university spokesman Kent Cassella said. “We’re going to save them until the appropriate commemoration opportunity presents itself,” he said. The MSC letters represent Michigan State College, the former name of MSU. The mortar that holds together the bricks of the top 75 feet of the smokestack is “severely deteriorated” and a metal fence at the top is the only thing holding some of the structure in place, university engineer Bob Nestle said. “That condition is going to continue to get worse,” he said.
A week after the decision was made by the university to freeze ASMSU’s accounts and several meetings later, the status of ASMSU’s funding freeze remains uncertain. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. Officials from ASMSU said Monday they currently are awaiting a response from Denise Maybank, senior associate vice president for Student Affairs and Services, this week with clarification that the association’s accounts have been unfrozen. “We’re extremely optimistic,” said Chris Schotten, chairperson of ASMSU’s Student Assembly.
Local state governments would be required to institute a number of transparency measures and collaborate with one another at least partially to stave off state funding reductions under a plan unveiled Monday by Gov.
Wichita, Kan. — Sixteen teams have entered the women’s NCAA Tournament with at least 30 wins and no more than one loss – including Green Bay and Connecticut this season.
A white 2008 GMC Envoy Denali in Lot 5 had its rear window broken out between 6:30-7:30 p.m. March 15, MSU police Sgt.
A request for a grant to use state money to clear up chemicals on a future redevelopment site is scheduled to be discussed by the East Lansing City Council at its work session at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Four thousand seven hundred fifty-eight is a number the Michigan State College Libertarians doesn’t want to see go up — and it’s a number they wish hadn’t gotten so high to begin with.
Whether East Lansing resident Carol McEllhiney-Luster is getting her oil changed, shopping at the grocery store or going to church, she constantly is greeted by people, she said.
MSU lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender student groups and officials are in the planning stages for the Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Ally College Conference, or the MBLGTACC, in the spring semester of 2013.
Raeuf Roushangar came to MSU for his first semester last fall, ready to help those less fortunate than himself. Roushangar, a biochemistry junior, is the founder of Generate Help 2 Heal Generations, or GH2HG.
One student’s internship opportunity has taken her from the routine of college life to the fast-paced setting of Washington, D.C.
Players and Wichita are learning what it takes to be successful in the NCAA Tournament.
Census data for Michigan municipalities is expected to be released this afternoon, state officials announced via e-mail Monday.
ASMSU’s former Academic Assembly Chairperson Justin Epstein announced his official resignation to ASMSU officials on March 16.
Offering sweets in place of the bitter taste domestic violence might leave behind, the members of Successful Black Women, or SBW, will host a bake sale Tuesday in promotion of the Relationship Violence … Let’s Talk program.
Extras from the MSU women’s basketball team’s victory against Northern Iowa in the NCAA Tournament.
Big Ten athletic directors suggest Big Ten hockey conference.
It’s been an eventful weekend in the Middle East. The United Nations passed a resolution permitting the use of force in Libya, where Bahraini protesters were bullied, bloodied and butchered by government forces.