As a state representative for the Lansing area, I have to disagree with the position The State News editorial board took in its editorial Smoking ban should be decided by restaurants (SN 2/16). The editorial board missed the main point of smoke-free legislation: Keeping workers healthy, plain and simple.
After 52 people were arrested in connection with last year’s Cedar Fest riot, the East Lansing City Council took steps Tuesday to clarify what constitutes unlawful behavior during a riot.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly created a parliamentarian officer position who will assume the duties of the internal vice chairperson Tuesday. The position was created to decrease the workload of assembly chairperson pro-tempore Brad McDonald, who had taken on the duties of chairperson after Christopher Kulesza resigned from the position Feb. 17.
Two female roommates returned from spring break to find their Case Hall room was broken into, apparently so the intruders could smoke marijuana, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Hurling beer cans at police and similar actions during a riot have now been defined as prosecutable acts after the East Lansing City Council on Tuesday night approved an ordinance that clarifies riot conduct.
Along with Wall Street executives and employees, the business schools that trained them are now under fire for their failure to avert a near-collapse of the economy. Instead of feeling burned, however, schools are using the recent meltdown as an example to teach students to avoid similar mistakes in the future.
Following the lifting of a ban on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research last week, MSU researchers could receive federal funding for their work for the first time in eight years.
East Lansing business owner Richard Hall has seen many businesses come and go during his 30 years in town. Lately, he’s seen a few more going than coming along Grand River Avenue. Hall, a co-owner of Campus Barbers Inc., 621 E. Grand River Ave., said he doesn’t believe the vacancies are caused purely by poor economic conditions.
Police received fewer reports of spring break home invasions and burglaries this year for the fourth consecutive year, according to numbers released by the East Lansing Police Department.
MSU researchers, as part of a new partnership with Michigan Children’s Trust Fund, or CTF, will examine the media’s effect on child abuse in today’s society. The CTF — a statewide child abuse prevention foundation — will work with MSU’s Children’s Central, a program that is part of the university’s Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Retailing.
There could be one benefit to the down economy this summer — low gas prices. The traditional summer spike in gas prices that contributed to last year’s $4 per gallon peak might be weathered in 2009 because of the global recession.
Take a 60-minute lecture and cut it down to 60 seconds. Remove some details, excess verbiage and anecdotes. Only the key concepts remain.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and his perspective of his new frontier.
Mystical warlocks, dark dungeon masters, ghoulish trolls. Every time a customer steps into Fortress Comics & Games, they are transported to a world of trading cards and classic comic books.
Walking into Replay Entertainment Exchange on a Thursday night might be a shocking experience if you don’t know what to expect. The resale shop, which buys and sells used video games, CDs and movies, takes a break from business as usual to pop popcorn, crack open a few cans of Mountain Dew, and watch an awful movie with a crowd of its closest friends and customers who hurl insults at the screen.
In the more than 40 years since it was founded, BoarsHead Theater has become a community staple. Actors know the theater, directors know the theater and local theater patrons know the theater.
In response to Joshua A. Kaplan’s letter Think about current lives, hardships of many Israelis (SN 3/17): If you need a title from me, “What about Palestine?” could work.
MSU employee Charlotte Wilks knows firsthand that railroad crossings can be dangerous. She once saw a fellow employee climb between the cars of a stopped train near her laboratory in the Life Sciences Building. The employee’s daughter had gotten sick while in day care on the other side of the tracks.
Everyone across the country is telling Michigan the same thing: Sacrifices must be made. Michigan has been portrayed as Uncle Sam’s disobedient, immature, thumb-sucking nephew. The other 49 nephews and nieces are stubborn, going through the growing pains of a degenerating superpower.
Taking a year off before enrolling in college can be viewed as either a significant challenge or an opportunity depending on how the student plans to spend the year. However, a recent proposal by President Barack Obama could give students added incentive to wait.