An international attempt at creating worldwide peace has been brought local as part of the Words and Music event Wednesday night at the East Lansing Public Library. The event was part of Words of Peace, a worldwide movement that has organized groups of volunteers to create events in their local areas in recognition of peace.
The East Lansing Family Aquatic Center, 6400 Abbot Rd., will open to the public on June 4. The center will have its doors open until September 6.
A local group is beginning a project that could change the appearance of an iconic East Lansing structure. Members of an East Lansing law firm have started an exploratory petition to change the color of the Lot 10 Colorful Garage, on Division Street between E. Grand River Avenue and Albert Street, from the current orange and green color scheme to a more MSU-centric green and white.
Recent scientific advancements of biofuels by MSU researchers could pave the way for both new fuels and low-calorie foods. Timothy Durrett, an MSU plant biology research associate, along with visiting professor of plant biology Michael Pollard and university distinguished professor of plant biology John Ohlrogge, discovered a technique of isolating a gene responsible for the synthesis of an oil in the seeds of the Euonymus alatus — or burning bush.
As students sweated out the summer heat with temperatures reaching 85 degrees Wednesday, the National Weather Service was promoting how to stay cool for Heat Awareness Day. The day was established to draw attention to how dangerous heat can be in the summer months.
State Sen. Valde Garcia, R-Howell, a U.S. Army and National Guard veteran of Operation Desert Storm, will preside over the 16th annual Memorial Day Service at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Michigan Senate Chamber at the Capitol Building.
After 17 years, the antics of the Phantom terrorizing opera houses in theaters across the country are soon coming to an end. However, there is more than just rehearsals and theatrics that allow the star of the show to carry on his performance.
Just as director Walt Drenth said he had hoped, the improvement of MSU track and field has continued, as 26 Spartans will make their way to Greensboro, N.C., this weekend to compete in the opening rounds of the NCAA Regionals.
The MSU women’s rowing team starts action in the NCAA National Championship Regatta on Friday in Sacramento, Calif. For the 12th time in the last 13 years, the Spartans will be competing in the sport’s national championship and will look to improve on their sixth place finish each of the last two years.
The Big Ten recently announced its all-conference teams. The seven MSU players earning a spot on All-Big Ten teams is tied for the second most in MSU history and the most since 1968.
Summer is a time to relax and let the mind open up to something other than 15 credits or a mass of responsibilities. Perhaps it also is the right moment to think about what a university should be fostering in its students, faculty and staff.
Now, the university is performing an informational study that gauges how prepared students are for a potential switch to e-books and other digital courseware. It makes sense from an environmental standpoint to utilize advances in digital technology to reduce paper waste. Moneywise, it wouldn’t hurt to find an alternative to the fleecing students receive when they purchase course textbooks.
Three of the five Republican gubernatorial candidates focused on education funding cuts and keeping graduates in Michigan during a GOP debate held Monday in Grand Rapids as part of the Great Debates 2010 series.
An Illinois man allegedly connected to an on-campus sexual assault in February was sentenced Wednesday in 54B District Court to 120 days in jail. In addition to a prison sentence, Montague Stanford, of Naperville, Ill., received 24 months probation and must pay a total of $3,666 in court fees after pleading guilty to one count of indecent exposure April 30.
East Lansing’s landscape likely changed with an approval by the city council at Tuesday night’s City Council work session. At the meeting, the council authorized the placement of a new sculpture on the new plaza being constructed on the east side of the East Lansing Marriott at University Place.
A recent compromise between lawmakers and the Department of Defense has put the U.S. one step closer to repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Good for us.
Michigan was awarded a more than $10 million grant as part of the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program, or SLDS, which aids states in gathering data to improve schools by tracking students’ progress throughout their educational career. All 50 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, applied for the grant money, but Michigan was one of only 20 states to earn a portion of the $250 million.
A 36-year-old male MSU professor reported his digital clock missing from a windowsill Friday morning at the Engineering Building, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The man left his office last Wednesday and returned Friday morning to find the clock missing.
For the past 10 years, the only thing more predictable than MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo making the Final Four about every other season is his name being thrown into the mix as a candidate for every high-profile coaching job in the country. So, if no school or franchise has been able to lure the Iron Mountain, Mich. native away from Spartan Country before, why would this time be any different?
There are only a handful of things in life you can really depend on. Driving somewhere always takes longer than driving back, drinking beer before liquor will give you a hangover, puppies will always be cute and The National will always release a stellar album.