Michigan is on track to meet federal government requirements for spending nearly $850 million in federal stimulus funds for road construction, the state’s transportation director said Wednesday, but East Lansing likely will get only a sliver of those funds for a single project.
Although it represents only about 6 percent of MSU’s $1.1 billion budget, energy and utility consumption is one area university officials are targeting to cut costs for next year in the face of decreased state support, possible layoffs and an increase in tuition.
Travelers could see less hassle crossing the Canadian border after Michigan’s enhanced driver’s license became available Tuesday, but some have voiced concern about the license infringing on personal privacy.
Each group sat around small tables carefully cutting and gluing brightly colored sheets of paper onto posters. This wasn’t an elementary classroom, but one at MSU. The students are getting ready to share information about Arbor Day with middle schoolers.
As Canadian ambassador to the United States, Michael Wilson spoke via satellite to a room full of scholars, business leaders and politicians Wednesday morning in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building. He advocated for strong Canada-U.S. relations, especially for border states such as Michigan.
We’ve finally reached the end of my 2009 mock draft. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Remember to compare my mock draft to the actual draft, which begins at 4 p.m. Saturday.
When the time came for Ronnie Hulewicz to decide where he wanted to play college tennis, he had no scarcity of options. An All-State, blue-chip recruit from Tequesta, Fla., Hulewicz had several elite schools knocking on his door, including Florida.
More than 2.1 million students between the ages of 18 and 21 drove under the influence of alcohol in 2006. College binge drinking continues to dominate college campuses in the U.S. and claims many lives.
A few months ago, I witnessed a homeless man being escorted out from under my apartment complex staircase by police. Drifting in and out of consciousness and struggling to stand up unassisted, the bearded traveler denied any and all accusations of drunkenness as the two officers apprehended him with blue latex gloves gripped around their hands.
Justice is a dish best served in another country. That’s the message state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-Salem, is sending with her proposed legislation to deport foreign inmates after they serve at least half of their minimum sentence in Michigan. Smith’s logic, however, does nobody justice.
The MSU men’s basketball team will take the floor with North Carolina for the third time in a calendar year and for the second consecutive year in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The two teams will meet in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Dec. 1 in the 11th rendition of the weeklong event that pits teams from each conference against one another.
A 20-year-old female student reported her backpack stolen during a cheerleading tryout at Jenison Field House, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Traffic on Hagadorn Road near Shaw Lane was blocked for more than an hour Tuesday evening after a motorcycle-vehicle accident.
The 18th session of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly elected its chairpersons Tuesday, filling leadership roles that will represent the student voice for the 2009-10 school year. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
The economy’s impact on city services was reflected in sections of the city’s budget, which was presented Tuesday to the East Lansing City Council. The city’s human services, parking fund and capital improvement received little or no increase in funding, due in part to difficult economic times, council members said.
Here’s what MSU students had to say about the University of Michigan’s smoking ban.
Known as a man dedicated to developing MSU medical students into strong people — as well as doctors — longtime MSU professor David Kallen died Monday at his home in Grand Ledge. He was 79.
Like many aspects of life, the amount of financial aid available to MSU students is a process of give and take. How much money goes to help students pay for college? And how much goes to fund the classes themselves?
Although MSU campus buildings went smoke free in fall 2008, University of Michigan officials took smoking bans a step further in their decision to push smoking off campus grounds.
As a child, Deborah Allen always loved to dress up and be a princess. Now, she offers other young girls the chance to do the same: becoming a princess, movie star, fairy or glam girl for the day at Sweet Little Party Palace, 1134-B N. Washington Ave., in Lansing.