When voters step into the booth today, they’ll see the names of nine MSU Board of Trustees candidates, each with a party affiliation next to his or her name. However, many board members said party politics dissolve once the election is over and they’re in the board room.
If students have a long to-do list today, voting could make it even longer with record turnout expected at the polls. The city of East Lansing received about 10,000 new voter registrations this year, City Clerk Nicole Evans said. The influx of voters has led to at least a 50 percent increase in some campus precincts, she said. To avoid long lines, Evans suggested voting as soon as the polls open. “If you really want to be able to vote, you want to try voting at off-peak hours and for campus, that’s right when polls open at 7 a.m.,” she said.
East Lansing residents who were petitioning for the right to vote on financing the public portion of the City Center II project through municipal bonds fell short of their goal by 98 percent, said Ted Staton, East Lansing city manager.
A visiting MSU research associate was sentenced Monday to between one and 20 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for illegal use of the Internet.
Four MSU students took first place Sunday at the International Design Competition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mechanical engineering seniors Emily Duszynski and Jonathan Luckhardt, operational engineering graduate student Kyle Koepf and MSU alumnus Joshua Thomet won the competition with a robot that washes windows.
Recent nationwide raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to apprehend immigrants illegally working in the U.S. have prompted immigrant rights groups across the nation to take a stand.
A 19-year-old man with no MSU affiliation was sentenced Monday to six months probation for his involvement in April’s Cedar Fest riot.
With candidates facing issues of health care, minimum wage and small business taxes, local small business owners said they’ll be glad when they actually see action.
A 21-year-old student was arrested Oct. 27 for delivering marijuana, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
For about two minutes Saturday afternoon in Spartan Stadium, all eyes were on junior kicker Brett Swenson.
Three people involved in April’s Cedar Fest riot were sentenced Friday to 80 hours of community service and 24 months probation.
The sunlight that greets people through the window every morning is capable of powering local businesses in a cost-effective way, experts on solar energy said.
Someday, students might not have to fear being slapped with a minor in possession ticket when helping an injured or inebriated student.
MSU students interested in careers at advertising agencies are invited to a career fair at 7 p.m. today in Union Ballrooms A, B and C. The fair is hosted by the MSU Advertising Association, or MSUAA.
With its youngest dormitory building turning 52 years old this year, the Brody Complex could use a 21st century update.
Six MSU students and one MSU alumnus have been nominated for Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell and Churchill scholarships, prestigious nationwide awards for continuing education.
An MSU graduate has joined forces with his brother to produce a cookbook for hopeful college chefs at MSU and across the country.
MSU soccer head coach Joe Baum’s last home game, the No. 25 Spartans have the opportunity to do something that has never been done in the program’s history.
Bryce Colquitt stands over his North Case Hall dorm room futon, ironing a white T-shirt. The home to residential James Madison College, Case Hall houses many politically active students. As the political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore meticulously runs the iron over his T-shirt, he talks about the campaign he volunteers for.
Halloween decorating became less festive when an 18-year-old student found a metal nail wedged into her cake Oct. 24 in the Wilson Hall cafeteria, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.