Archaeologists and construction workers both spend a lot of time in the dirt, but as construction crews dig foot by foot, Chris Stawski would prefer to use a trowel and dig inch by inch.
Presumptive presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., paid a visit to Wayne County on Thursday in what may have been a bid to win over the votes of Michigan’s large and primarily Democratic voting population of unionized workers.
Speculation now surrounds raw jalapeno peppers and cilantro, in addition to previously suspected tomatoes, as causes of the nationwide salmonella outbreak that first began in April.
Michigan residents who plan on spending time outdoors during the hot summer months are being encouraged to keep an eye out for marijuana.
Offensive lineman Nate Klatt accepted an offer Monday to play for MSU, making him the 10th high school senior to verbally commit to the Spartans, according to Rivals.com
MSU head coach Rick Comley announced the Spartans hockey schedule for the 2008-09 season on Wednesday.
Kids, kids, kids. They’re everywhere. More than 73.7 million in the United States in 2006. We call children our future, our little bundles of joy. But is our cultural obsession with our own children really helping us as a society?
Wouldn’t it be great if some of the most debilitating diseases could be cured at the touch of a button? Unfortunately that’s not possible, so some special interest groups are pushing to lift Michigan’s ban on stem cell research so that dream can become somewhat attainable. Voters will have the opportunity to approve the proposal to allow stem cell research come November.
A fire extinguisher was reported missing from Snyder-Phillips Hall last Thursday at 10:30 a.m., MSU police Lt. Jennifer Brown said.
Michigan became the eighth and final state to ratify the Great Lakes Compact on Wednesday after Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a package of water use legislation which included the compact.
Lansing-area Steve & Barry’s outlets face a questionable future as the nationwide chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday.
Biggby Coffee, a coffee store that never originally intended to franchise, is going to celebrate the opening of its 100th store on Tuesday by giving out free drinks.
Lansing residents Alyshia and Verlinda Roberson have camped out for seven nights straight in front of the opening gates at Lansing’s Common Ground Music Festival since it began nine years ago. Each year, the mother-daughter duo has taken what they call a “vacation” from work and slept in folding chairs just to be the first ones to enter the summer music festival.
Cell phones, e-mail, research — just some of the pressures facing students and faculty outside of class and personal life.
Members of the East Lansing Police Department are using alternative programs aimed toward safety education as part of an ongoing effort to maintain positive contact with students and residents of the city.
Northwest Airlines Corp. announced Wednesday it would be cutting 2,500 jobs nationwide due to high fuel prices.
Therapy dogs were the stars of the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, on Wednesday morning as children were lined up out the door for their chance to read to the dogs.
Ever heard of a guy named T. Boone Pickens? If you haven’t, it might become a household name if he follows through with his multibillion-dollar plan to help solve America’s energy problems.
For all of its intentions to the contrary, the phrase “politically correct” has stirred quite a bit of ill feeling for itself. This is a complex matter with many strong emotions attached to it, and it is certainly too broad to discuss in 700 words, but I would like to set down some general thoughts on this postmodern phenomenon.
The imposition of the Common Ground Music Festival on the Lansing City Market’s vendors and customers is uncompensated and barely acknowledged. More than 60 percent of on-site parking and access to the market has been overtaken by festival personnel and barricades.