I’m glad to hear that the good folks over at the Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care finally collected enough signatures to get the legalization of medical marijuana on the ballot in November.
To most Americans, military enlistment is admirable service to one’s country – no questions asked. Military members are praised with such fervor that questioning this automatic gratitude and approval is met with outright hostility.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will be in Detroit on Monday to celebrate Labor Day, Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer said Wednesday morning.
The new DeMartin Soccer Complex will see its first action from the Spartans this weekend as they host the MSU/Radisson Fall Classic.
An 18-year-old male MSU student was assaulted between the Natural Science Building and Agriculture Hall at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
History was made in Denver on Wednesday when Illinois Sen. Barack Obama officially secured the Democratic presidential nomination through intervention from his former rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. In a surprise move, Obama appeared with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., later that night. Biden had just accepted the Democratic bid for the vice presidency.
Bikes are gaining ground across campus as more students are trading in their car keys for a new set of wheels. The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety reported that since 2003, bike registration increased 273 percent on campus.
Drinking laws in the U.S. don’t make sense to pre-law senior Stephanie Schnelz. “It goes back to the whole thing with Vietnam,” she said. “People can go to war, die for their country, get enlisted in the draft and they can’t have a beer.”
Increased police patrols will scatter Michigan’s roads this weekend as part of a statewide initiative to crack down on drunken driving.
Kara Krebs knew she wanted to study abroad before graduation, but she had to decide which school would make her dream come true.
From now on, a clearer picture will greet students on campus when they turn on their TVs. MSU began implementing a new cable system Wednesday, and students on campus or in university apartments should already start to see its effects.
Students and permanent residents of East Lansing’s Bailey neighborhood were introduced to each other at a block party Wednesday evening.
Dr. Tevi Troy, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, had a chance to witness some of the Midwest’s most cutting-edge medical facilities firsthand Wednesday as a guest of Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton.
The city of East Lansing, along with other partners, in October, will open the Technology Innovation Center above Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Grand River Avenue, according to a press release.
Students dressed in everything from jeans and a T-shirt to full business attire made their way to Student Services on Wednesday afternoon to explore and search for local internships and jobs.
MSU and The State News met in their latest contest at the Ingham County Circuit Court on Wednesday, when an effort to disqualify its two-and-a-half-year-old case was denied.
Thursday nights usually bring free bowling and billiards at the Union, but students can expect some added fun tonight.
The resounding theme of the offseason for the MSU volleyball team has been youth. In the offseason, the team brought in the No. 7 recruiting class in the nation according to PrepVolleyball.com, a major collegiate volleyball recruiting site. Every one of those players will have to contribute to a squad with only three upperclassmen.
Abortion is a hot topic in our society, but it basically boils down to one question: When does an embryo or fetus deserve basic human rights? People who are pro-choice believe that this change comes later in the pregnancy or at birth, while those who are pro-life believe that this important change comes at conception.
Forty-five years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech. The success of King’s speech, however, was ironic. At the end of his allotted eight minutes, the minister improvised. The memorable lines, “I have a dream” and “let freedom ring,” came spontaneously. The prepared text was adequate, the improvised remarks inspiring. Woven together, the two parts of the speech were powerful.