Despite a crumbling national economy, a state budget crisis, rising employment rates and recession, East Lansing and Lansing officials said they have a plan for recovery.
Spooky scarecrows are wanted, as the Potter Park Zoological Society is inviting members of the public to create animal-themed scarecrows for its first Scarecrow Alley Contest.
Locals looking for a safe place to celebrate Halloween can head to downtown Okemos on Oct. 31 for the “Pumpkins and Pottery” event.
Thousands of people go hungry every day in Michigan, but the Mid-Michigan Food Bank spent Oct. 6 trying to feed Lansing one bowl at a time.
An environmental assessment released earlier this month of a proposed high-speed rail connecting Detroit and Chicago details major renovations planned for the Battle Creek station, which links East Lansing to the rail.
The MSU Department of Theatre will premiere the play “Trojan Women” tonight. The play is a Greek tragedy set in ancient Greece and Troy in the fifth century B.C.
MSU professor Barbara Schneider is using a $1 million federal grant to change high schoolers’ career dreams into reality.
For Lisa Figlan, Homecoming is a time for MSU’s present to meet its past. “It’s one week of the year for students and alumni to get together and celebrate being an MSU student and celebrate Spartan pride,” said Figlan, a University Activities Board chairwoman.
After two days of defeating the nation’s top-ranked teams, a pair of MSU students claimed first place in the Henry Clay Debate tournament for the first time in 39 years.
In light of potential cuts to higher education funding and student financial aid, ASMSU is looking to create a need-based scholarship for students that could be available within the next year, group officials said Monday.
The East Lansing City Council will vote to approve two MSU students to the University Student Commission at its 7 p.m. meeting tonight at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
New York Times bestselling author and humorist David Sedaris will read his essays and short stories at 7 p.m. on Sunday at Wharton Center.
Detroit singer, songwriter and poet, BLAIR, will preform at 8 p.m. on Oct. 14 at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., as a continuation of the Spitfire Poetry Reading Series.
I consider myself a musical connoisseur of sorts. I grew up listening to oldies with my dad, classical rock with my mom and the musical stylings of Tupac and No Doubt, courtesy of my older sister.
After almost skipping the MTV “Making His Band” auditions in Detroit this past March, Thaddeus Dixon got the opportunity of a lifetime in competing for a drumming position for hip-hop mogul Diddy.
Following Sunday’s shutout against Central Michigan and Friday’s solid performance in the No. 8 MSU field hockey team’s win at Indiana, senior goalie Elissa Unger has been named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week.
MSU’s women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant never has watched the tape of the biggest win of her career — MSU’s 63-49 win against Duke in the second round of last season’s NCAA Tournament.
Brittney Thomas can’t help but get excited when thinking about how dangerous the point guard position will be for the MSU women’s basketball team this season.
When “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” screened at midnight Friday at The State Theater, human’s capacity for evil resonated through the streets of Ann Arbor.
I disagree with Eric Thieleman’s recent guest column, Service industry killing America (SN 10/8), on several points.