After two days of trial, six witnesses and almost three hours of deliberation Tuesday, a six-person jury delivered an assortment of decisions about a criminal justice sophomore’s participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.
Water from the Great Lakes most likely will remain in the region as the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Great Lakes compact on Tuesday by a 390-to-25 vote.
Former Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley knew Mark Meadows would spend his life in public service, ever since a young Meadows joined Kelley’s team of public lawyers straight out of law school. “Mark was always a good worker and any assignment he was ever given, he would perform well,” Kelley said. “The same characteristics that enabled him to start a political career of his own were things that helped him be a good lawyer for us.”
MSU officials can’t meet every undergraduate applicant, but a new online tool will let students bring their personal statements to life, Elle Woods-style.
The East Lansing City Council discussed methods to encourage homeowners in East Lansing not to pursue rental licenses in part of the city at its meeting Tuesday.
It’s been said you can’t understand what someone is going through unless you’ve walked in their shoes. For this reason, the Islamic Medical Students Association, or IMSA, and the Muslim Students Association are inviting students to fast for a day with the Islamic community.
They’re just the size of micro chips, but radio frequency identification devices might grow into colossal time savers for businesses and retail stores.
Move over, MSU Playboy models — State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Lansing, is in town. And now she’s been put in Maxim magazine, too.
A recycling event at the Union is raising students’ awareness about options they have in the East Lansing area.
Kyle Dysarz isn’t nervous. He’s manned a concert that cost ASMSU $225,000, will overseeing more than 30 registered student organizations as they pile into Breslin Center and hopes 9,000 MSU students will show up.
Students with ‘green’ ideas who are short on cash now have a new way to finance their projects. The Student Project Fund, operated through the Office of Campus Sustainability, will provide funds to students who wish to do sustainability-focused projects, Terry Link, director of the Office of Campus Sustainability, said.
An 18-year-old student had surgery Monday at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital after falling down about three flights of stairs Thursday in East Holmes Hall.
Jordan Hindenach spent his first night in Emmons Hall with an uninvited guest. Hindenach’s two-person room included a third roommate for one night after 300 more freshmen came to MSU this fall than expected.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has focused on the youth vote during his campaign, and his wife, Michelle, is doing the same.
With the potential for hundreds of new jobs and $1 billion in economic activity for the state, advertising senior Monica Fineis realizes how important the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams would be for MSU. The facility, known as FRIB, is a U.S. Department of Energy-funded program that, if won, would update the university’s Cyclotron and give Michigan $1 billion in economic stimulus during the next 20 years.
Former MSU and Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson will be in Lansing on Wednesday to lend his image to Sen. Barack Obama’s Democratic presidential campaign.
As the economy continues to plummet, students said they’ve been forced to channel their savings into living costs and not splurge on luxury items such as TVs.
MSU is known for encouraging students to study abroad — but students interested in Japanese culture won’t have to go far this week to experience the Far East.
Reward money is still available for individuals who have tips about participants in the Cedar Fest riot.
A memorial service in honor of Katrina Tagget will be held at 3 p.m. today in Alumni Memorial Chapel.