While some area smokers say Gov. Jennifer Granholm's June decision to give Michigan the nation's second-highest cigarette tax will be beneficial in helping them quit, businesses are bracing for the financial impact. Granholm signed the bill hours after the state Senate approved the 75 cent increase, 20-15.
The East Lansing City Council passed its $54 million budget in May, opting to fund library materials while street and sidewalk repairs faced cuts.
Whether you're heading back to MSU for your senior year or for the first time, you're going to need some good tunes to get your mind off of above-ground-pools and barbecues.
Nestled discreetly in a quiet suburban neighborhood in northern East Lansing lurks a man who calls himself "Dr. Evil." His office, not unlike the workstations used by other men of his kind, is discombobulated: Half-sheets of paper inscribed with random numbers decorate his desk between computer chips, circuit boards, a computer and other random paraphernalia.
Lansing - Grand Woods Park was once nothing more than open fields and telephone poles, but now it is home to a disc golf course that brings an average of 300-400 people every day when fall semester starts. Located in Lansing off of Interstate 496 to the Waverly exit and west on Willow Street, the course brings new players and seasoned veterans together.
Looking at the number of returning starters the MSU football team has - 15 - the group has experience.
The MSU women's golf team looks to build upon last season's success for the upcoming fall. After finishing third at the NCAA Regionals 21st at Nationals last year the team has to deal with losses of key players such as Allison Fouch, Sarah Martin and Ann Marie Kersten.
Students who enroll in MSU Professor Carrie Heeter's online telecommunication class can expect to view audio clips of her talking, participate in chatrooms to discuss their projects and do related exercises on the Web.
The soft hum of an air conditioner is the only sound filling the art gallery as bright lights are cast onto the heavy brushstrokes of an image of two figures entwined in thick gray and black oil paints. Twisted metal sculptures, ancient ceramic pieces and paintings such as this are only a small part of the works of art featured at the Kresge Art Museum, located on the campus of MSU.
East Lansing city officials are not getting the return investment expected from two of the city's parks and recreation programs.
In June, less than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the issue of affirmative action, MSU and University of Michigan officials said it was too soon to tell whether the decision has had a significant impact on the number of minority students at either college.
10. "How High" (2001) Just the idea of Method Man and Redman attending Harvard is enough to cause a laughter-induced hemorrhage.
The MSU men's basketball team is used to high expectations. The team knows it has to make some changes to stay competitive after being picked as high as No.
Lansing - More than 30 people either testified or submitted an opinion card on June 22 at the Commerce and Labor Senate Committee's public testimony on the proposed ban on smoking in public restaurants. Earlier in the year, committee chairman and state Sen.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that came down earlier this summer upheld a Nevada judgment, stating individuals who refuse to give their names to police can be arrested, even if they have done nothing wrong. Michigan was not one of about 20 states with similar statutes to the Nevada one that sparked the 5-4 Supreme Court decision, but local officials say although they now have the right to carry out the court's policy, students still have nothing to worry about.
Standing at the back of the line for Rick's American Café that stretches beyond the corner of Abbott Road and Albert Avenue, Larry L'Esperance sighs and looks at his watch that reads 11:35 p.m. It's Wednesday night, half-off night at the popular East Lansing bar on 224 Abbott Road, and L'Esperance waits patiently knowing that the long line could mean a good bar night is in store. "My friends and I go to Rick's every Wednesday night for half-off night," said L'Esperance, 22, a student at Lansing Community College.
The Wharton Center is making it easier for students to take advantage of the venue's musical and theater events - by making it cheaper.
Lansing - With Gov. Jennifer Granholm's announcement this summer that more than 8,600 jobs will be for hire in Michigan within the next few years, some MSU students are becoming more optimistic about their employment prospects.
Head into Woody's Oasis Bar and Grill, 211 E. Grand River Ave., on a Wednesday night and you'll find customers passing around an ornately decorated water pipe to smoke flavored tobacco called Hookah. "It's a cultural thing," said Jilnar Mansour, who is Lebanese and an employee at the restaurant. The pipe and Mediterranean food make Woody's one of downtown East Lansing's internationally-accented restaurants that might offer students a different taste than those they've grown up with.
MSU and medical officials say financial and logistical details for the medical school move to Grand Rapids are still being worked out, while Grand Rapids developers and MSU students are anxiously awaiting information. Intense public outcry preceded the unanimous decision on May 7 from the MSU Board of Trustees to move all but about 25 first- and second-year students to Grand Rapids.