More than three decades after the first Black Power Rally at MSU, members of the black community are still asking, "Are We Free?"That question is the theme of this year's rally, which begins at 7 p.m.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed an order Tuesday requiring state departments to try to locate new state facilities in urban areas.The order requires state officials to consider the adaptive use of historic buildings or reuse of existing buildings in urban areas.
Welcome to the home stretch. It's week 12 - time to make the final push to reach the playoffs.
This letter is in response to C.G. Caro's letter "E.L.
More than 150 years separate Charles Darwin's evolutionary research efforts from an MSU plant biology professor's, but in many ways, the debate is the same as Darwin left it. Creationists - those who believe that a god created life - and evolutionists have yet to reach a consensus on the theories. And Doug Schemske's research then goes on to differ from those theories.
Downtown Lansing will be lit up from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday as the city hosts the Silver Bells in the City celebration.The festival, in its 19th year, is designed to welcome the upcoming holidays.
Jazzy tunes and fast beats are for more than just listening pleasure - they're also designed to influence consumer spending habits, according to music distributors and business owners. PlayNetwork spokesman Ryan Risenmay said there's definitely a connection between music and consumer behavior, based on informal observations from retailers. PlayNetwork, a company based in Redmond, Wash., distributes thousands of songs from jazz to pop to retailers, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Cosí, Finish Line and Starbucks. "Research found that some softer music can put people at ease and some faster pace music can pick up the pace of the shopping experience," Risenmay said.
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, b, a, start.It was an afternoon of alien slaughtering with a friend when you first figured out that cheat code.And people still are blowing aliens away or climbing construction sites to stop an oversized gorilla with a penchant for blondes with their Nintendo Entertainment System games, or just firing up the long-forgotten Sega Genesis for a hot game of "Battletoads."It's a resurgence in the retro gaming field, and some companies are capitalizing on the boom."We certainly recognize certain nostalgia values," said Nintendo spokes woman Beth Llewelyn.
If you've got a hankerin' for honky-tonk music, head out and walk the floor tonight with Lansing's own Honest D and the Steel Reserve.The four-piece group, which draws its sound heavily from the swinging country style of the 1930s and '40s, will perform at 9 p.m.
I'm a recent graduate who's now living and working in Madison, Wis. Last Saturday was a game I'd been looking forward to all year.
The Great North continues to be kind to the MSU football team.Tom Kaczmarek, a 6-foot-5-inch, 250-pound defensive lineman from London, Ontario's Catholic Central High School, gave an oral commitment to the Spartans' football program last weekend.
Conservationist and television personality Jeff Corwin brought his charm and expertise to MSU, speaking in front of a packed Auditorium on Tuesday night.The lecture is this year's second installment of the M.
School of Journalism Associate Professor Folu Ogundimu will host a forum titled, "Freedom of Speech, The Media and Democracy in Africa," on Thursday.Ogundimu was an award-winning journalist with Nigeria's WNBC and the Nigerian Television Authority.
Two bills recently introduced in the U.S. House hope to curb increased tuition hikes at higher-level institutions. The College Affordability and Accountability Act introduced Tuesday by U.S.
James Spaniolo, MSU's dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, has been named the seventh president of the University of Texas at Arlington.Spaniolo confirmed the decision Wednesday evening via a telephone conversation from Texas."I felt very honored and excited about this opportunity," Spaniolo said.
Perhaps Byron and I have spurred you on to invest in a retro video game system. So, if you're ready to do the Goomba shuffle, pay attention, and let us entice you into picking up 11 games to start (or re-start) your Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System or Super Nintendo Entertainment System collection."DuckTales 2," NES:Scrooge McDuck is back in the follow-up to the highly successful first game.
The English Language Center is hosting a meeting for provisionally admitted international students interested in admission to a U.S.
New York Times best-selling author and columnist Mitch Albom will visit Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 333 E.
Residents wishing to receive information regarding identity theft are invited to attend a free seminar at the MSU Federal Credit Union, 600 E.
As humans, we should all have the same basic rights. Sexual orientation shouldn't hold any basis for how people are treated.