MSU police are following a flow of information regarding two leads in a series of thefts from feminine-hygiene product dispensers, MSU police Detective Steven Beard said.
An East Lansing-based development company owes about $140,000 in back taxes for a major downtown development. Delinquent property taxes forced Strathmore Development Company to go into temporary foreclosure for the properties involved in the City Center II project, said Eric Sanko, vice president of special assets at Huntington National Bank.
MSU and other universities in the state are feeling the pressure from a potential cut in state funding. MSU ranks second in state appropriations only to the University of Michigan out of the 15 public universities, according to data from the state Senate Fiscal Agency.
After Walter Cronkite, one of the most recognizable names in U.S. broadcast journalism, died Friday at the age of 92, MSU faculty and students agreed his work help set the standard for present-day journalists to follow.
It was the grace exercised while walking the line between the satirical and the offensive that made 2006’s “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” a success and main actor Sacha Baron Cohen a star.
Forty years after Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” on the moon, the Apollo 11 mission remains a giant accomplishment in American history. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon. MSU professors said the landing restored national pride after the turmoil of the 1960s and had implications for how the solar system formed.
In a world filled with plenty of indoor entertainment for children, workers at the Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road in Okemos, are offering elementary school children the opportunity to learn about the outdoors. The camps run from Monday through Thursday this week for a fee of $90 for all campers.
President Barack Obama stopped in Warren, Mich., last week to pitch an initiative to enhance community college training programs in order to secure an additional 5 million American degrees. This might have had a familiar ring in places such as Greenville, Mich.
ABC News recently had a special called “Earth 2100,” which was part fictional, animated documentary of the future, part interviews with climate change experts. The majority of the special focused on the real effects that could occur if humanity does not work together to save its future.
Now that the silence has ended and a temporary journalism director has been chosen, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences and its dean Pamela Whitten likely are ready to move on to the next matter of business. But Whitten shouldn’t be too hasty before she takes on another task, because there’s a lot that could have been done differently during this saga.
Kiwanis Club of East Lansing member Dave Regan knows a thing about chicken.
After a long day at work, being greeted at the door by a small furry animal might warm the heart and put a smile on your face.
A series of obscene phone calls were reported by a Wharton Center employee, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Michigan Lt. Gov. John Cherry was on campus Wednesday to speak in support of the Michigan Promise Scholarship, a merit-based student grant that provides up to $4,000 to students who complete up to two years of post-secondary education in the state.
After weeks of uncertainty among faculty and students, Lucinda Davenport, an MSU professor of journalism, was announced Wednesday as the interim director of the MSU School of Journalism.
A notice of foreclosure that was published July 9 regarding a large-scale downtown development project was an error, said Eric Sanko, vice president of special assets at Huntington National Bank.
Although “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” did not play until 12:05 a.m. Wednesday, Carina Teoh arrived early to make sure she was the first in line. “We got here at 9:15 in the morning, before the doors opened,” Teoh said.
MSU could become a partner in the creation of a new state center aimed at promoting a knowledge-based economy through technology, entrepreneurship and science. Proposed Monday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, the Michigan Center for Innovation and Reinvention (MCIR) would replace the Michigan Library and Historical Center in Lansing.
As fall inches closer, MSU and Ingham County health officials are gearing up to ward off the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. President Barack Obama issued a statement July 9 warning citizens to be prepared for a return of the virus in the fall. The Obama administration announced its plans to help state governments financially to begin vaccinations in the fall.
In the eight months since the presidential election, news coverage of top ranking officials on all levels of the Republican Party has been mixed. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, for instance, has faced numerous ethics complaints, mounting legal fees as a result of those complaints and announced earlier this month that she will step down from her role before the official end of her term.