Are you ready to vote? Don’t worry. This isn’t part of the mountain of editorials and columns begging you to go out and register to vote — although you should be registered, and those exhortations are coming.
Politics has gone away from the days when it meant something. It has gone away from the days when politicians spoke about the truth, about the issues and about what they believe in.
In recent weeks, the U.S. economy has suffered a heart attack. And as with any heart attack, time is needed to heal. Yet Michigan legislators are still arguing over how high a percentage of electricity should come from renewable energy sources, otherwise known as the renewable portfolio standard, or RPS.
Jordan Hindenach spent his first night in Emmons Hall with an uninvited guest. Hindenach’s two-person room included a third roommate for one night after 300 more freshmen came to MSU this fall than expected.
An 18-year-old student had surgery Monday at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital after falling down about three flights of stairs Thursday in East Holmes Hall.
About $60 of metal wire was stolen from the 1400 block of Spartan Village, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has focused on the youth vote during his campaign, and his wife, Michelle, is doing the same.
With the potential for hundreds of new jobs and $1 billion in economic activity for the state, advertising senior Monica Fineis realizes how important the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams would be for MSU. The facility, known as FRIB, is a U.S. Department of Energy-funded program that, if won, would update the university’s Cyclotron and give Michigan $1 billion in economic stimulus during the next 20 years.
What kind of HD TV do you have, and what do you like or dislike about it?
After living in Landon Hall for three years, Erika Fifelski has mastered the art of eating in on-campus cafeterias, despite her lactose intolerance.
The number of illnesses due to a probable infectious E. coli strain on campus are on the rise. Unfortunately, several students have fallen victim to the infectious E. coli strain that still has no known source. Here are some tips to keep out of harm’s way and to avoid bloody diarrhea.
MSU’s dining halls might not provide the finest meals ever critiqued, but they certainly aren’t the worst. But which cafeteria provides the best dining experience for students? The State News sampled the menus offered by six dining halls — Shaw, Holden, Landon, Snyder-Phillips, Brody and Hubbard — to find out which complex was the best, based on opinions from students and a general review.
If you didn’t know it by now, I love scatological questions because if there is one thing this society has a hang-up about, it is about the process of elimination. Besides, this type of question is just “ripe” for puns.
The MSU Student Organic Farm wants students to eat more greens, and they’re starting with West Circle Complex.
For possibly the last time, the East Lansing City Council will revisit the issue of conditionally rezoning 0.55 acres of vacant land as part of the West Village project at its work session tonight.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and spokesmen from Lansing corporations recognized more than 50 local businesses and organizations at a reception Monday at Oldsmobile Park in Lansing.
MSU students will have the chance to learn about recycling opportunities on campus and in East Lansing at a public forum held today and Wednesday.
An 18-year-old with no MSU affiliation was sentenced Monday to 30 days in the Ingham County Jail for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.
A memorial service in honor of Katrina Tagget will be held at 3 p.m. today in Alumni Memorial Chapel.