Okemos has found a new way to celebrate Native-American heritage.The first Nokomis Fall Festival, held Saturday at the Nokomis Learning Center, 5153 Marsh Road in Okemos, helped raise money for the learning center while educating people on various Native-American traditions.
This flu season, cough drops might be mistaken for Listerine Pocket Packs, and a digital doctor may diagnose whether patients should make the trip to Olin Health Center.Throat lozenges in the form of wafer-thin strips and Olin's online doctor are two innovations on the centuries-old illness this year, and experts are hoping they'll have a better handle on the disease than in recent years.Chloraseptic Sore Throat Relief Strips appeared on the shelves of Walgreens, 410 E.
When MSU President M. Peter McPherson left East Lansing to help establish a stable economy in Iraq, the university had endured one of the most tumultuous years in its history.
There are too many people that speed down the streets of East Lansing. I think it's time to wake people up and do something about it.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson is on his way home. McPherson confirmed via telephone on Friday that he would be returning from Iraq by the end of the week. "Tonight's my last night in Baghdad," he told a crowd of administrators, university donors and volunteers at the President's Cabinet meeting at the James B.
Poor Kris Colpean, your life is falling apart ("Students shunned by E.L.
East Lansing officials are warning that a company is trying to scare residents into paying them to paint reflective addresses on curbs in front of their homes. The unnamed company is leaving fliers with large letters that say "Public Safety Notice" at the doors of homes in the city.
Loud laughter resonated from the Pasant Theatre Thursday night as a series of comedic skits kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month on campus. ChUSMA, a comedy trio from California, performed a variety of skits aimed at adding humor into everyday problems.
Students and community members will be able to "Explore Other Worlds" in an interactive science fiction research workshop tonight. The debate and discussion, part of the One Book One Community series of events, will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
The No. 15 MSU volleyball team found its winning ways again, capturing the American Classic title over this past weekend in the nation's capital.Two wins on Saturday gave the Spartans a swing in recently lost momentum, as MSU lost two of three at a Nebraska tournament last weekend.
South Bend, Ind. - They took a 13-point lead into the final three minutes, and that's when the game veered off course. Like a recurring nightmare waiting to unfold, the MSU football team's opponent scored and set the Spartans up to field an onside kick.
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean will visit MSU in October to gain momentum in Michigan and with young voters. His visit is scheduled for Oct.
Two ASMSU representatives addressed the possibility of breaking ties with AMU, the Association of Michigan Universities, without the consent of ASMSU officials during a conference held Sept.
The fate of the wetlands on Abbott and Lake Lansing roads remains undecided, as the East Lansing City Council seeks more information on the unfamiliar permit topic. Mark Rysberg of Rysberg Holdings LLC requested a Wetland Use Permit from the city to build townhouses and retail space along Abbott Road and an office building on Lake Lansing Road.
This letter is intended as a response to Fred Sharp's letter "Liberalism doesn't support higher education". I will focus on "liberals and their anti-Americanism" and how the "left" is "anti-education." In the Soviet Union, dissidents were bitterly condemned as anti-Soviet because they condemned their state's crimes instead of marching in parades denouncing the crimes of official enemies.
Okemos residents Tom and Anne Woiwode have gotten used to visitors climbing through their second-floor bathroom window to stand on their roof. Six hundred square feet of their roof is inhabited by plants, making it the first green roof in Mid-Michigan. "I'm willing to put up with it," Anne said with a laugh.
Peggy Papp, from the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy in New York, will present the lecture "The Power of Family Therapy" from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
College-age students are more likely to drive drugged than any other age group, a national survey released this week said. But among MSU students, officials say that might not be the case. According to a survey released Tuesday by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, 41 percent of young adults are not concerned about getting behind the wheel after using drugs.