Proponents and opponents of same-sex marriages in the Lansing area had mixed reactions to a Massachusetts Supreme Court decision Tuesday that ruled a ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.Seven same-sex couples brought the case before the court.
State cuts to the MSU Extension program and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station could decimate the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, officials said Tuesday.With the state facing a $920 million budget deficit, Gov.
The city of Lansing and the Wolverine Pipe Line Co. are awaiting a decision by the Michigan Supreme Court as to whether city approval is needed to build a 26-mile gasoline pipeline.The two sides argued their case before the court Thursday in what was the latest in the company's almost three-year struggle to construct the pipeline.
Mason - A judge ruled Tuesday that Bramlett Hamilton undergo a psychiatric examination to determine if he is competent to face charges that he killed his mother, an MSU professor.Hamilton, a 35-year-old MSU graduate, is likely to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, attorney Vincent Green told the court at the pretrial hearing at 55th District Court in Mason.Hamilton's mother, urban affairs professor Ruth Simms Hamilton, 66, was found dead in her Meridian Township home on Nov.
Junior place-kicker Dave Rayner is enjoying a career season. His point total for kicks is top in the Big Ten, and his foot has put the Spartans' special teams on the national stage.Too soon to think about a replacement?
With the holiday season approaching faster than the snot dripping from your nose to your lip, I think it's time to teach all of you greedy, poor college kids a little lesson in how to give and receive properly.You probably can see that I'm a little ticked off, but lately it seems that people have been stepping all over my niceness and willingness to do things out of the norm for them, and I'm near sick of it.
I would like to applaud Shawn Wozniak for his column "Life's a bunch of questions; here's some to ponder for a bit" (SN 11/14). It was very thought-provoking, disturbing and touching. We, at the bottom of our heart, know the answers to most of the questions, but we either are afraid to be ridiculed or just give in to the convenience of things.
Just as the story of David taking on Goliath, some MSU researchers are stepping up to fight global hunger and malnutrition.
MSU-DCL College of Law officials elected a new member to the MSU-DCL board of trustees. Louis Kasischke is a nationally recognized lawyer, businessman and mountaineer.
MSU field hockey team members received individual postseason honors Monday after the team won two championships in 2003.
Among the big budget movies - the ones sporting huge stars - there is a small film that explores friendship.
An MSU football player with a troubled past, Robert Flagg, is in the cross hairs of the law and facing marijuana charges.
The MSU men's soccer team did not receive a phone call from the NCAA championship committee Monday for an invite to the NCAA championship.The Spartans (11-5-2) lost to Penn State during the first round of the Big Ten tournament last Thursday, 2-1.Indiana defeated Penn State to win the Big Ten Tournament Sunday in Bloomington, Ind.
MSU sent more undergraduate students abroad last year than any other U.S. institution, according to a report released Monday.A total of 235 institutions responded to the survey, which was conducted from Oct.
Some of life's best lessons are learned beyond classroom walls - and MSU's study-abroad program is continuing to prove this. MSU's commitment to leadership in international study programs recently has been marked by growing student interest in programs such as the College of Engineering's session in Russia.
The MSU men's tennis team's fall season closed Monday at the Big Ten Singles Indoor Championships.
State House Democrats unveiled an eight-bill package aimed at protecting and creating jobs on Monday.The Michigan Jobs and Opportunity Bring Success Act comes in light of the $920 million state budget shortfall and three weeks after Republicans introduced their jobs package.The Democrats say the plan improves the Republican plan by being revenue-neutral, addressing rising costs of heath care and prescription drugs and supporting the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Economic Growth Authority."We need to jump-start this economy, because nationally we're getting no help," said House Democratic Leader Dianne Byrum, D-Onondaga.
Proposal A needs to be tweaked to preserve revenue for Michigan schools, a report released Monday concludes.David Plank and David Arsen, co-directors of MSU's Education Policy Center, released the findings of the report Monday at the Kellogg Center.
I was saddened and disappointed when I read Preeti Prasad's column "Right to abort between woman, doctor not her legislators" (SN 11/11). I feel she has misinterpreted abortion in her column.