Kinesiology senior Kelly Montgomery has been battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma on and off for seven years. Montgomery was diagnosed at 16, and after six rounds of chemotherapy and two rounds of radiation, she went into remission hoping to live her life cancer-free.
Putting criminals on the street might make Michigan more economically sound, state officials said. A state House bill passed last week will aim to revise the state’s current policy regarding criminal eligibility for community corrections programs.
There are few hard feelings from Michigan residents toward state and local governments despite the tough economic atmosphere, according to results of the MSU State of the State Survey released Monday.
What started out as a passion turned into an unexpected business for Luther Kurtz, owner of Capital City Skydiving. There are locations in Miami, San Diego, Los Angeles, Harbor Springs, Mich., and Fowlerville, Mich.
I think the comments at statenews.com about the article Got protection? Study finds pulling out effective (SN 6/8) speak for themselves: The withdrawal method is not newsworthy and students still do not feel that it is an effective form of birth control.
On May 21, I rode my bike to the MSU Veterinary Medical Center. After a long day, I walked outside to discover that someone had stolen my bike! I walked inside the clinic to get the number of the campus police from the receptionist, only to find out that she had seen an MSU truck with numerous bikes on a trailer pass by.
There’s a lot of people in this world I don’t like. The list gets bigger almost every day. If I bothered to keep track, it would probably be in the thousands by now. No person — no matter how unimportant — is exempt from appearing as part of my running tally.
It’s one of the many unfair aspects of life, but the people with the best connections tend to get the best treatment. The University of Illinois is no different. The university has suspended its controversial Category I admissions process in wake of a Chicago Tribune report that the school gave preferential treatment to applicants with more clout.
The East Lansing Police Department is investigating what police said appears to be a man-made explosion. The explosion occurred at about 11:47 a.m. Tuesday in the parking lot shared by Harrison Roadhouse and Cron Management on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Center Street.
Two laptops, valued at $250 each, were reported stolen between 5 p.m. Thursday and 9:45 a.m. Friday from the Club Spartan Room in Case Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Your old beater sitting in the driveway might be worth more than you thought. Clunker cars might soon generate thousands in cash for those willing to trade them in for fuel-efficient models.
A $116 million redevelopment project will be up for its fourth extension at tonight’s East Lansing City Council work session. The City Center II project, which is a mixed-use project slated for the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue, is scheduled to be discussed at the 7 p.m. meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Big Blue got a dose of green and white as the first group of MSU graduates started work at the new IBM facility in East Lansing this past Monday. Of the 36 people hired, 15 are related to MSU, with nine being 2009 graduates and six being past graduates, said Garth Motschenbacher, director of employer relations in MSU’s College of Engineering.
Posting on someone’s wall or adding pictures from the latest bash is more than Facebook fun — it’s a field of study for a team of MSU researchers. The university has one of the largest research teams studying Facebook use in the Big Ten.
With a statewide average of $2.93 per gallon, gas prices in Michigan were the highest in the country Monday, said Jim Rink, a spokesman for AAA Michigan. One month ago, gas prices in Michigan averaged $2.25 per gallon, according to AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
One of the first milestones on the road to bring the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to MSU was announced Monday. MSU and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a cooperative agreement that will allow the DOE Office of Science to begin funding the project, according to a statement from MSU.
We have problems. I don’t think a single person currently living in Michigan, or even the U.S., could deny that fact. The real question, one that will probably be debated for years, is where exactly do the origins of our current problems lay?
Mayor Virg Bernero and the city of Lansing are doing their best to welcome young professionals to the city by starting a promotion that should help them get to meet potential employers.
The Lansing area will be under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. tonight, said Jim Geyer, a meteorologist for WLNS Channel 6. A tornado watch means conditions are right for tornados to develop, but none have been spotted. “There’s a batch of severe thunderstorms coming out of Chicago and heading for us,” Geyer said.