What a difference eight years makes. As President Clinton was leaving office in 2001, the federal budget surplus was the largest in U.S. history at $236 billion. A year earlier, Clinton offered a plan to pay off the national debt by 2015.
The editorial Focus on economy first, then renewable energy (SN 9/24) claimed Michigan must revitalize its economy before developing renewable energy. This editorial suggests that a renewable portfolio standard, or RPS, and Michigan’s economy cannot be developed concurrently; this claim is illogical and is not founded on fact. An RPS will help pull Michigan out of this economic crisis and will perpetuate future economic growth.
After hours of uncertainty, the show did go on. On Friday night in Oxford, Miss., presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama met for the first of three scheduled presidential debates. Most commentators seem to have declared Obama the night’s victor, but that doesn’t mean those who consider McCain as the winner are wrong.
With a record crowd supporting them, the MSU volleyball team upset No. 21 Michigan on Saturday at Breslin Center 3-1.
Bloomington, Ind. — It could have been the back breaker that brought out those dreaded words: Same Old Spartans. MSU had pinned the Indiana Hoosiers inside their own five. The down was third-and-seven. The Spartan defense was hungry for a safety, already leading 34-29 late in the third quarter.
The MSU volleyball team started off the Big Ten season with a win Friday, beating Ohio State 3-1 at Breslin Center.
The Michigan Department of Community Health has targeted bagged lettuce from a Detroit-based produce distributor as a possible cause of the E. coli outbreak that has affected 26 people in the state.
It started innocently enough: with a miserable, annoying cold. But soon, the fourth-grader was losing weight and having a hard time breathing. She missed two weeks of school, getting weaker all the while.
He’ll be 70 years old in a little more than a month, but Gordon Lightfoot is still belting out tunes and playing his guitar.
A 45-year-old Lansing man was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly stealing copper wire, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Bailiff: All rise for the Honorable Jacob Carpenter, chief judge of the Football Supreme Court. (Everyone stands, some bow down)
It’s not the way any athlete wants to get on the field. But when a teammate goes down with an injury and is unable to perform, it provides an opportunity for someone else to step in and prove to teammates, coaches and fans that all is not lost.
With the conference schedule set to begin, State News football reporters Jacob Carpenter and Cash Kruth evaluate and predict how each team will fare.
The Alliance of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Students will be hosting a community discussion at 7 p.m. on Sunday in 103 Erickson Hall.
A 29-year-old man was arraigned in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court Thursday on counts of possessing marijuana with the intent to deliver, manufacturing marijuana and maintaining a drug house.
The entire Democratic presidential ticket, plus former contender Hillary Clinton, will be in Michigan this weekend.
A protest held on the median of Grand River Avenue Thursday was part of a national demonstration opposing President Bush’s proposed $700 billion bailout plan for the financial industry.
MSU officials are asking students living in East Complex — Akers, McDonel, Hubbard and Holmes halls — to help the state solve the ongoing E. coli outbreak that has affected 29 MSU students and 17 others in Michigan.
From a woman in a 19th-century dress and wig to students being quizzed on the MSU Fight Song, the 2008 Fall Study Abroad Fair offered a taste of what to expect in a Study Abroad program.
Apparel and textile design junior Kyle Klopf and advertising junior Erik Schneider met through a mutual friend their freshman year. Now they are stylish best friends and roommates.