Lyman Briggs freshman Humphrey Petersen-Jones was released from the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, according to hospital officials.
MSU Trustee Faylene Owen remains listed in fair condition at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital while her husband, Larry, has been upgraded from serious to fair condition as of Wednesday evening, according to a representative at Sparrow.
With dozens of election campaign signs and a pig roasting in the front yard of her East Lansing home, interior design senior Brandi Dunkel explained why she spent the day on campus persuading students to look beyond their lives at MSU.
Michigan voters are slated to keep the state constitution untouched, as of press time Tuesday. As of press time, 31 percent of precincts showed 68 percent of voters turned down Proposal 10-1, which would allow a constitutional convention to write the fifth constitution in Michigan’s history.
A state proposal to prohibit certain felons from holding elective office and other public employment positions was projected to pass by a four to one margin as of press time Tuesday night.
The Ingham County proposal to renew a millage to fund Potter Park Zoo and Potter Park was passing with about 22 percent of votes representing Ingham County as of press time Tuesday night.
MSU Trustee Faylene Owen and her husband, Larry, are in Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital following a car accident Monday afternoon near Williamston, Mich.
The East Lansing City Council is expected to continue discussion about a research study looking at plans for transportation routes along Grand River and Michigan avenues at its meeting tonight.
An update on the SIRS summer pilot study and a follow-up on a proposal for the merger of language departments was discussed by the Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, on Tuesday.
Like some high school students, Mason High School senior Myah VanWormer said understanding the works of William Shakespeare often is difficult. However, that hasn’t stopped her from participating in the Shakespeare Immersion Project held this week at MSU. The Shakespeare Immersion Project, put on by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, located in Stratford, Ontario, selected 24 students from area high schools to participate in a weeklong Shakespeare workshop, said Edward Daranyi, resident teaching artist for the festival.
On Monday afternoon, Fran Dean sat in the lobby of her retirement home and listened to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder speak to the assembled crowd.
Papel picados — traditional decorations of colorful paper cut into different designs — brightened a local church where students and community members gathered in celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
Although East Lansing was a safer city this Halloween compared to last year, two accounts of criminal sexual conduct and one armed robbery were reported on MSU’s campus.
Tuition increased by an average of $555 since last year at public four-year colleges, on track with the trend of the past decade and hitting students where it counts — the checkbook.
Since the organization’s founding, student interest and international demand has helped the number of MSU Peace Corps volunteers increase throughout the years. About 86 MSU alumni currently serve overseas with Peace Corps.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is expected to make recommendations about graduate student health care at its Wednesday night meeting.
The East Lansing City Council meeting normally scheduled on Tuesdays will take place Wednesday to accommodate an increased use of City Hall during Election Day.
The thermometer was just reaching 50 degrees Saturday morning as Nathaniel Ellsworth broke through the red ribbon at the finish line to win the Spartan Sprint. About 25 racers participated in the 5K race sponsored by the Residence Halls Association, or RHA.
The East Lansing Farmer’s Market is harvesting the success of a growing interest in the market, which ended its second season Sunday.
President Barack Obama’s administration officials released a set of guidelines Thursday to strengthen aid eligibility — including an academic progress baseline and providing an easier Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.