It is a politician’s job to get elected every two to four years. Once elected, constituents re-elect incumbents overwhelmingly. Given that narrative in American politics, our politicians have very little incentive to take a detailed look at policy measures.
Coming into the season, MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley knew scoring would be a challenge for the team, but he didn’t expect scoring problems from so many of his forwards, only six of whom have scored this season.
With his No. 10 MSU football team off this week for the first time since the season began, head coach Mark Dantonio said he still will be watching football Saturday.
Former MSU kicker Dave Rayner was signed by the NFL’s Detroit Lions on Tuesday. Rayner will assume the kicking duties for the Lions while longtime kicker Jason Hanson is out with an injury.
Phillip Katzmann, a Bloomfield Hills, Mich., resident, finished a four-day, 73 mile walk from the Volunteers of America administration building in Southfield, Mich., down Grand River Avenue, through downtown East Lansing and to the Lansing shelter in order to raise money for the homeless.
The East Lansing City Council is expected to vote on implementing a second 90-day extension atop a current moratorium on medical marijuana ordinances.
MSU and Kansas State University have partnered with two Brazilian universities — Federal University of Para and Federal University of Bahia — to launch The Brazil Partnership Program, a multidisciplinary collaboration that will focus on global development, as well as economic, environmental and human health issues.
There are more than 2,400 Chinese international students at MSU this year, meaning numbers have increased more than 71 percent from about 1,400 students in 2009. The numbers also represent a more than 320 percent increase since 2005, according to recent statistics from the Office of International Students and Scholars, or OISS.
A man reported his $1,200 generator stolen from Lot 41 during Saturday’s football game, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
In its final tune-up game before the regular season tips off Friday, the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team defeated Nebraska-Omaha, 102-72, Monday in an exhibition game at Breslin Center.
For the first time since early September, the No. 10 MSU football team won’t be taking the field for a game this Saturday.
After extending its losing streak to six matches in its 3-1 loss to No. 9 Penn State on Saturday, the MSU volleyball team said it wants to improve on consistently serving tough.
With the passing of week nine, the initial shock of how the NFL season has shaped out thus far has started to subside and little comes as a surprise anymore.
During the past few years, Lansing and East Lansing residents have seen the rise and fall of several locally owned businesses.
Korean and English voices blended together and filled the room Monday night. when two acclaimed Korean authors read and discussed their works with students and community members. Two authors and a translator presented at “A Celebration of Korean Literature” with authors Hailji and Ch’on Un-yong at the International Center.
Students who get politically involved on Facebook also might get more involved in real world, an MSU doctoral student and her research team found. MSU doctoral student Jessica Vitak invited a random sample of 4,000 MSU undergraduate students to participate in a survey, and received 683 usable responses.
Kellogg Center was full of crystal stemware and some of the area’s chefs Monday night, all of them there to support babies.
Continuing to build his gubernatorial team, Governor-elect Rick Snyder announced Monday Democratic Speaker of the House and former gubernatorial candidate Andy Dillon, D-Redford, will serve as Michigan Treasurer.
MSU is leading in the 17th annual MSU-PSU Blood Challenge by about 164 units of blood, according to an e-mail from the Red Cross.
MSU SCOUT BANANA is looking for interested people to participate in a soccer tournament for charity from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Munn Field.