MSU Trustee Faylene Owen and her husband, Larry, are in Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital following a car accident Monday afternoon near Williamston, Mich.
The East Lansing City Council is expected to continue discussion about a research study looking at plans for transportation routes along Grand River and Michigan avenues at its meeting tonight.
An update on the SIRS summer pilot study and a follow-up on a proposal for the merger of language departments was discussed by the Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, on Tuesday.
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday he wouldn’t have changed anything about the timing of his reinstatement of senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker.
After opening the season with three series in the friendly confines of Munn Ice Arena, the No. 12 MSU hockey team travels to Western Michigan for the first road trip of the year this weekend.
Joel Sparks did make some good points in his article, “Zoology students’ letter was misleading, accusatory” (SN 11/1). However, he never mentioned why farm animals need antibiotics to stay alive. Virtually all farm animals live out their lives on what are considered factory farms.
I was deeply saddened and shocked to read Mitch Goldsmith’s rail against our local public zoo in Tuesday’s paper (“Vote ‘no’ on zoo millage extension” SN 11/2). As a zoology student — with the goal of becoming a zookeeper in just such a zoo — I hate to think this is the image the general public holds about these facilities.
Arizona’s infamous new immigration law was written and paid for by private prison corporations. The law — SB 1070 — requires law enforcement officials in Arizona to detain anyone who cannot prove his or her citizenship.
The stiffer penalties for those who drive with a blood alcohol content, or BAC, of .17 or above are the kind of distinctions that are important when it comes to how our society deals with DUIs.
Some MSU students were turned away from the polls today because of a Michigan law requiring the information on drivers licenses to match voter registration cards.
As of 6:19 P.M., a total of 9,052 people have cast their votes in East Lansing, according to East Lansing City Clerk Nicole Evans. About 980 people voted in on-campus precincts.
MSU Trustee Faylene Owen and her husband, Larry, are in Sparrow Hospital after being injured Monday afternoon in a car accident near Williamston, Mich.
Women’s basketball freshman center Madison Williams will miss the 2010-11 season after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament, MSU announced today.
Today is Election Day. The State News has compiled a basic election guide to help you make a decision when you cast your ballot today. Don’t forget to vote!
In the flurry of midterms, term papers and MSU football, election day has snuck up on many students, and with it, the opportunity to elect a new governor and propel the state in a new direction. Haven’t had the chance to do your research? The State News compiled a quiz to help you find your political soulmate.
Forty-one percent of voters registered in East Lansing are expected to participate in today’s election, a city official said Monday. The estimate is slightly lower than with projections for voter turnout in Michigan as a whole.
An autopsy performed Monday on hospitality business senior Michael Wolcott, who died Saturday morning, did not reveal the cause of his death, Ingham County Medical Examiner Dean Sienko said.
Like some high school students, Mason High School senior Myah VanWormer said understanding the works of William Shakespeare often is difficult. However, that hasn’t stopped her from participating in the Shakespeare Immersion Project held this week at MSU. The Shakespeare Immersion Project, put on by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, located in Stratford, Ontario, selected 24 students from area high schools to participate in a weeklong Shakespeare workshop, said Edward Daranyi, resident teaching artist for the festival.
On Monday afternoon, Fran Dean sat in the lobby of her retirement home and listened to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder speak to the assembled crowd.