An MSU committee is discussing options including lowering prescription drug costs and implementing wellness programs for faculty in an attempt to curb rising health care costs. The Health Care Strategy Advisory Committee was formed in February to find ways to make MSU’s health care system more efficient.
Students might be forced to put their cigarettes out if a proposal approved last week by a state House committee becomes law. The ban would prohibit smoking in workplaces such as restaurants and bars, with the exception of smoke shops and gaming floors in commercial casinos.
The regular season didn’t end the way the MSU baseball team wanted it to, as the Spartans were eliminated from the Big Ten Conference Tournament on Thursday. But then again, not a lot of things happened as expected this year for the Spartans, who finished fifth in the conference with a 13-11 conference record and 23-31 overall record.
The past few years have obviously been bad ones for Michigan. Thousands of auto-related jobs have been and continue to be eliminated, the financial crisis poured salt in our wounds and our largest city is giving Chicago a run for its money in the competition for the most corrupt city government award.
President Barack Obama signed a bill Friday that is going to change the way the credit card industry treats young people. The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, or CARD Act, is a bill introduced by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., that will bring protection to students seeking their first credit card, among others.
Troy Brake has not seen Danny Butts, the friend whose home he and girlfriend Tarah VanDyke said he was visiting the night of the Zimmer and Brown murders, since April 2008, Butts said Friday in his testimony at Brake’s trial.
Grand Haven — Troy Brake’s girlfriend, Tarah VanDyke, said she assumed he was “with some girl” when he didn’t return home after visiting a friend Sept. 28, 2008, during Brakes trial Friday in Ottawa County’s 20th Circuit Court.
When Wacousta, Mich., resident Kathy Bender went to NCG Cinemas, 2500 Showtime Drive, in Lansing, Wednesday night to catch a movie, she wasn’t just paying for a ticket — she was paying for a physics lesson. Bender and a crowd of about 100 others were taken on a tour of the building blocks of life following a showing of “Angels & Demons” with MSU physics professor Raymond Brock acting as the tour guide.
The 1.1 million Michiganians hitting the road for the Memorial Day weekend will probably see fewer construction delays, according to a press release from the Michigan Department of Transportation. AAA Michigan estimated about a 1 percent increase in Memorial Day weekend drivers from last year.
The Obama administration wants to give the Great Lakes region a boost in the form of $475 million for Great Lakes cleanup, something state officials said might bolster Michigan’s floundering tourism and economy. The money, proposed as part of the 2010 federal budget, would be spent in different ways, such as pollution prevention, the removal of invasive species, cleanup in rivers and streams and habitat and wildlife protection.
Investigators followed more than 250 tips and came to MSU in an attempt to consider all motives behind a the slayings of four people, including MSU student Katherine A. Brown.
On Wednesday evening, a slow and silent procession of cyclists rode through the streets of campus. Making their way through downtown East Lansing, the riders turned on Michigan Avenue and rode into Lansing, stopping at the foot of the Capitol building as the sun slowly set. Here they parked their bikes, and for the first time since departing, they spoke.
The warm weather, flip-flops and sun of an East Lansing summer have remaining MSU students shaking off the previous months’ cold and taking to the outdoors, whether they’re enrolled in classes, working or laying out in their front yards.
East Lansing city officials plan to maintain the quality of the city’s recreational programs during the coming fiscal year, despite budget cuts in other city departments and community programs.
MSU must hand over police documents regarding a 2006 campus assault to The State News, which requested the information under the Freedom of Information Act, an Ingham County Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday.
On Sept. 29, 2008, hours after the Zimmer family reportedly enjoyed a meal with friends in their Wright Township home near Grand Rapids, investigators arrived to find the home ablaze and the bodies of four victims, including MSU student Katherine A. Brown.
The saying goes, “When it rains, it pours.” That was the case Wednesday as the No. 4-seed Illinois baseball team smacked No. 5-seed MSU in a 16-5 trouncing in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio.
The hot, muggy days of summer call for looser fabrics, shorter hemlines and other design tricks to help beat the heat. Summer dressing presents unique challenges and opportunities because it’s the best time of year to try different looks. The goal is to look cute and stylish without sweating to death.
It started with a vision. Thirty years ago, Peter Jubeck looked at the Union Depot in Lansing and saw a place that had potential. By taking a risk, Jubeck turned the 100-year-old building into Clara’s Lansing Station, 637 E. Michigan Ave.
Have you begun to worry about how you’ll pay for health insurance after you graduate from college?