MSU police were called after an 18-year-old male student kicked his 14-year-old girlfriend’s mother in the stomach at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday in North Case Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The East Lansing City Council voted Tuesday to modify the rules for approving off-site parking in the city at its meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road. The council voted to change the ordinance, which outlines requirements for businesses and multiple-family residencies where parking is not located on the property, to include more defined wording in the ordinance.
As the university hashes out a proposal to place urgent care centers in dorms as soon as next year, officials are weighing the possibility of foregoing staff doctors in favor of the cheaper services of nurse practitioners.
Plans to add more Friday classes to students’ schedules next fall are on hold. Provost Kim Wilcox announced Tuesday at an Executive Committee of Academic Council meeting that a scheduling change for classes held on Mondays and Wednesdays would not be implemented next year.
As an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan-Flint, Amber Cook paid her tuition and expenses on her own. While studying theater, Cook worked as many as three jobs and still relied heavily on financial aid to foot the bill.
An indoor sale featuring books, toys, holiday and household items will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 15 and 16 at First Christian Church, 1001 Chester Road, in Lansing.
A concert showcasing the bands Arms and Sleepers, RxGibbs and Host Echo is scheduled to be held Oct. 15 at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St.
The seventh biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference begins today at the Kellogg Center.
A review of MSU’s student government election processes was ordered Thursday by the University Committee on Academic Governance, or UCAG, following concerns regarding last spring’s elections. But one group is questioning the committee’s authority to look into the matter.
The streets of East Lansing were enhanced with 37 new trees last week, which were planted to make up for the city’s ash trees that have been destroyed.
An MSU medical school early acceptance program is expanding, allowing premedical students at two Upper Peninsula universities to breathe sighs of relief.
Six months after its introduction, Michigan’s enhanced driver’s license has attracted more than 80,000 applicants of the 7.1 million registered motorists in the state, despite the privacy concerns voiced by some.
Waiting in long lines can be an irritating, time-consuming thing to do when bar-hopping. LineScout.net is looking to change that. According to the company’s Web site, LineScout is a text message-based service for bar patrons to identify the potential line length at eight East Lansing bars.
Flying down the road at 60 miles per hour on roller blades, gripping the bumper of a car is dangerous. But people are doing it in East Lansing resident Elliot Morris’ living room.
With 11 freshmen who saw considerable ice time last year, one would think this year’s MSU hockey team would be experienced entering the season. But that’s not the case.
In its last tournament, the No. 10 MSU women’s golf team shot a program record 8-under-280 en route to a tie for second place at the Lady Northern Invitational.
Head coach Mark Dantonio stressed the importance of moving past the Michigan victory Tuesday at his weekly press conference. Dantonio, dressed in a Detroit Tigers jacket, talked about how the Spartans will have to maintain the intensity that came out of the victory against U-M.
Coming into this season, the No. 8 MSU field hockey team had a steady group of upperclassmen that was expected to lead the way to a promising season.
As we matriculate through the halls of MSU, it is almost assured that we will sit in a class taught by a teaching assistant, or TA. There is no doubt in our minds that TAs are invaluable resources. They free up time for professors to plan classes and pursue additional professional development opportunities.
In the past week, I’ve had a strong inclination to dust off my old copy of Roman Polanski’s 1974 classic, “Chinatown.” I’ll admit it — Polanski’s recent arrest has brought the film back to my immediate attention. But the film is still great. And the more I think about it, the more I’ve felt a recent kinship with the film’s protagonist, Detective Jake Gittes, played by Jack Nicholson.