As part of a combined team of several Michigan chapters of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, MSU students landed first place at the 2004 Grand Conclave March Down biannual step-show competition Saturday in St.
Former MSU quarterback Jeff Smoker signed a three-year contract with the St. Louis Rams Tuesday, the day before the Rams' training camp was set to begin. The terms of the contract were not disclosed but Smoker said that he was happy with the deal and glad to be finished with negotiations. "It's kind of a relief to have the contract aspect finally complete," Smoker said.
Local officials and law enforcement officers said police are more vigilant about drunken driving, based on the results of a report released Monday showing arrests for alcohol-related offenses were up from a previous crackdown. Arrests increased during this year's "You Drink & Drive.
An enthusiastic Gov. Jennifer Granholm addressed the Democratic National Convention in Boston on Wednesday night, focusing her speech on job losses, education and hometown security. Granholm spoke for about 10 minutes shortly after 9 p.m.
MSU is considering upgrading criminal background checks before offering employment to new faculty members.
In 33 years as an employee of MSU, I have seen acting administrators sit in the seat of power for a few days and then decide that they were made for the job even though they said they had no ambitions for it.
So far, the biggest challenge facing the renovation crew at Spartan Stadium hasn't been the weather, late supply deliveries or unexpected soil conditions.
Former MSU women's golf, Stacy Snider (1999-2002) won the Michigan PGA Women's Open in Thompsonville, Mich.
Many neighborhoods in the Lansing area will lock their doors, turn on their lights and gather to learn how to prevent local crime on August 3rd for the 21st Annual "National Night Out". Area police departments are planning a variety of activities for the day.
Imagine the right-wing policies of the Bush administration in a second term when voters can no longer force them out.
Last fall, a noise ordinance that hoisted hefty fines and possible jail time for party throwers really cramped some students' style.
A new MSU intellectual integrity officer stepped into position Wednesday to replace David Wright, the former administrator who resigned June 18 in protest of Provost Lou Anna Simon's selection as MSU's next president. Loran Bieber, who retired from MSU in 2002, is an internationally renowned MSU professor emeritus and biochemist who started at MSU in 1965 and served for 18 years as associate dean for research in the College of Human Medicine.
The multi-purpose room of the Hope Borbas Okemos Library is home to a charitable cause during the summer Wednesday afternoons. Once a week, area preteens and teens come out to the library from 1-3 p.m.
Tipton, Mich. - Every year, thousands of Catholics travel to Italy to worship at the Vatican.
Amber Morris, let's get married. And then maybe, um, we could have children? What do you say?
Though a developer would like MSU officials to consider his Grand Rapids property for the expansion of the university's medical school into the city, city planning officials there say major changes would be needed if the site was chosen. MSU officials say they have not looked at specific sites since May, when the MSU Board of Trustees voted to move the majority of the College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids.
One begins with an "f." The others begin with "s" and "c." They are the three four-letter words that still get a rise out of the American people.
Screaming guitars, strange lyrics and mellow magnificence make up Wilco's latest album, "A Ghost Is Born." As a friend of mine said after hearing "A Ghost is Born" for the first time: If Neil Young and Beck were to have a love child - the result would be Wilco. As with Beck, sometimes Wilco's lyrics don't make any sense at all.
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the current schedule of Michigan sports discriminates against female athletes. The ruling made by a three-judge panel said that the Michigan High School Athletic Association, based in East Lansing, violated the equal protection clause of the U.S.