An MSU study, commissioned by AT&T Corp., has discovered companies who don't get their supplies from other companies, could be in trouble if their main supplier goes out of business.
On the evening of a blazing East Lansing summer, follow the Red Cedar east, winding through the bramble, and weaving past the low ash branches until you reach a small clearing just past city limits.
Campus is on orange alert. Brightly colored orange stickers have sprung up everywhere attached to unregistered bicycles because they are in violation of MSU Board of Trustees Ordinance 33.
Although construction of the Mackinac Bridge began 50 years ago, Margaret Halava remembers the details of the bridge as if it was built yesterday. The bridge, which celebrated its 50th anniversary marking the beginning of construction this month, sways above the Straits of Mackinac with two main white towers, and nearly five miles of roadway. Halava, 86, of Okemos, worked as the administrative assistant to Prentiss M.
Support by lawmakers of a move allowing scholarships for theology students has scholars singing praises. The State Senate unanimously voted in favor of a bill last week to approve scholarship funding for theological studies Initial hesitation for the measure was prompted by the fear of dispute regarding the separation of church and state. However, laws that would deny scholarships for those who choose to study theology are essentially discriminatory.
East Lansing city officials are not getting the return investment expected from two of the city's parks and recreation programs. In the midst of another budget crunch, officials are looking at alternative ways to increase revenue with the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, and Active Living For Adults, the city's adult daycare program. The city's annual budget this year will contribute almost $1.2 million from its general fund to the Parks and Recreation Department.
The possibility of a Big Ten title was on the line this weekend, if the MSU baseball team could sweep its home series against Northwestern. The Spartans, however stumbled, splitting the four-game series 2-2 to finish fourth in the Big Ten.
The City of East Lansing will host the community forum, "Take a Stand: Lend a Hand: Moving Toward Action," 7 p.m.
The East Lansing City Council's work session Tuesday is canceled. The council will also not hold a regular council meeting on June 1, after Memorial Day.
Lansing - Michigan students and lawmakers are overwhelmingly supportive of a measure that would make students studying theology eligible for scholarships previously unavailable to them under state law. A six-bill package awaits Gov.
Local rock trio Millenary's latest album, "Feel the Heat" is on fire from the opening drum beats to the very last guitar chord. Singer and guitarist Sarah Stollack beautifies the simple energetic music with her soft, pleasing vocals.
Tax evaders beware: You are unpatriotic. April 15 has come and gone. What a relief to millions of private Americans, and also to public corporations, which have a whole year to talk to their lawyers and accountants and plan how to avoid taxes in 2005.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em, Michigan. Your worst fears of hefty state taxes on cigarettes are quashed, and we're so happy that we could cough up a lung. Not on the merit that smoking is a positive activity, of course.
A proposed law allowing higher retail liquor prices may give your alcohol budget a sobering buzz. The bill, if passed through the state Senate and subsequently approved by Gov.
"In some awful, strange, paradoxical way, atheists tend to take religion more seriously than the practitioners." That quote, attributed to Jonathon Miller, seems true for many atheists these days.
The first executive director of the Wharton Center, Ken Beachler, will speak at noon on Thursday at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road. The speech will include Beachler's memories about Wharton Center headliners he encountered, including Duke Ellington and Tony Bennett. Lou and Harry's Five-Star Deli, 245 Ann St., will cater the day's lunch, reservations are required and tickets are $10. Call (517) 337-1113 for more information.
Increasing congestion on Michigan highways could cost businesses and commuters in the state hundreds of millions of dollars a year if something isn't done to relieve it, state transportation officials say. The statements come in response to a federal highway spending reauthorization bill that has spent months stagnating because the White House is refusing to accept two proposed versions.
The unemployment rate in Michigan has historically been higher than the U.S. rate, and has caused many of the state's college graduates to fear for their future or to look elsewhere for employment opportunities. However, with an announcement by Gov.
Severe weather blew through the Lansing area for a third day Sunday, triggering a funnel cloud near Williamston and flash floods throughout major local thoroughfares. Lansing was splashed with 1.89 inches of rain yesterday, as of 8:30 p.m.