Five people, including two former MSU students, could be held liable for providing alcohol to a minor who was convicted of stealing an MSU service vehicle, operating it under the influence and killing an Okemos man in a March 18, 2005, crash.
Melting Moments, 313 Grand River Ave., plans to celebrate 25 years of business by hosting an anniversary party from 3-6 p.m. Sunday.
No LOLing, txting habits could b harmful 2 ur health. Teenagers in the United States sent and received about 2,300 text messages per month in 2008’s fourth quarter, an average of almost 80 messages per day, according to a recent Nielsen study. The 80 texts per day represented a more than 50 percent increase from the same time in 2007.
Although learning a foreign language can be a time-consuming endeavor, Ibro Chekaraou, an MSU African languages coordinator, said one could become proficient in Hausa, a language spoken primarily in West Africa, in eight weeks. Chekaraou will serve as director of the Summer Cooperative African Language Institute, a federally funded program held at MSU from June 15 to Aug.
Travelers thinking about heading to Canada this summer might have to put their plans on hold because of tighter restrictions at the border. New border crossing rules went into effect Monday as part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. All U.S. citizens are now required to show an Enhanced Driver’s License, passport or passport card when entering or exiting the country.
The MSU Community Music School will host the seventh annual Eric ‘RicStar’ Winter Music Therapy Camp next week for individuals of special needs as well as their siblings.
msu Great Lakes web site ranked no. 2 The Great Lakes Echo Web site, produced by the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at MSU, was named the No.
MSU will receive almost $400,000 in stimulus money for health-care research and training, according to a press release from U.S.
James Pivarnik, an MSU professor of epidemiology, added a line to his résumé last week when he took over as president of the American College of Sports Medicine, the world’s largest exercise medicine organization, at an annual conference in Seattle.
It started with a question the Monday after daylight-saving time in April 2008: How did you like your short night of sleep? For MSU doctoral students Christopher Barnes and David Wagner, finding the answer to that question led to a research project and an article that will be published in the September issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Luther Brown Sr. knows how to bring people together. He’s made a living doing just that for about 24 years. Mr. Party, as he’s more commonly known, picked up his name from friends growing up in Lansing. As an adult, he decided to start a business to capitalize on his unusual talents.
Students will have to show a passport, Enhanced Driver’s License, or passport card when crossing the border after new travel rules go into effect today.
Nicole Beckford never thought she’d be homeless, but after a fire destroyed her home in Lansing, she found herself at Haven House, 121 Whitehills Drive, a temporary shelter for homeless families.
Overcast skies and sporadic rainfall Saturday couldn’t dampen the spirits of 7-year-old Andrew Ferdig of Eaton Rapids, who ran a mile in seven-and-a-half minutes around Lansing’s Oldsmobile Park, 505 E. Michigan Ave.
Grills, shovels, bikes and computers were some of the items piled Saturday in the parking lot of Abbott Center, 1400-1500 Abbot Road, during Project Pride, the city of East Lansing’s 14th annual neighborhood recycling and cleanup project.
To his colleagues, friends and students, Aimé Ellis was an ambitious, intelligent, kindhearted and creative man, with a knack for engaging his students and challenging their preconceived notions of the world.
Jurors adjourned for the day after deliberating for about two hours Wednesday in the murder trial of Troy Brake, who is charged with killing MSU student Katherine A. Brown and three others.
Michigan is heading into the national spotlight this summer as millions of dollars are poured into advertising campaigns and promotions to spark tourism in the state. It may not be Florida or California, but Michigan is taking strides to compete with leading tourism industries across the country and, according to officials in the state, it’s standing on its own.
The National Weather Service reported the Lansing area had received about three inches of rainfall by 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, causing headaches for East Lansing residents and drivers.
From Friday until Sunday, the MSU Pavilion will host the Half Arabian Association of Michigan horse show. The Half Arabian Association of Michigan is a state-wide horse club that promotes the breeding, showing and use of half-Arabian horses, said John Schauer, show manager for this year’s show and association treasurer.