Plans are underway to repair two fire-damaged houses in the Hawk Nest Community on East Lansing's north side. The fire broke out at 462 Anhinga Drive near Chandler Road shortly after 12:30 a.m.
If you feed them, they will come - they just won't leave. Several hundred ducks can be seen each day, either congregating outside the Administration Building or using their bright orange, webbed feet to battle the Red Cedar River current.
Members of the Residence Halls Association's General Assembly made major changes to the organization's constitution and bylaws at their meeting Wednesday. Eight amendments were approved by the assembly in a unanimous vote on the constitution as a whole.
Dearborn - In a state with one of the largest Arab populations in the United States, volunteers are working to encourage strong voter turnout among Arab Americans for Saturday's Michigan Democratic caucus. Jumana Judeh, an active volunteer with the Arab American Institute, attempted to mobilize hundreds of potential voters at a rally in Dearborn on Wednesday.
As an MSU student in the 1980s, Bob Fish dreamed big. While majoring in hospitality business and working at a local restaurant, Fish hoped to turn his love of coffee into a full-fledged career. "I was always intrigued with the social environment of coffee shops," the 1988 graduate said.
A flooded street and sidewalk area caused trouble for some MSU students Wednesday, who faced the option of either taking an alternate route or strapping on their galoshes.
For many people on campus February is a time to reflect and show respect during Black History Month.
Debating on two new committees that would allow it to better connect with students, ASMSU's Academic Assembly voted to add one and drop the other Tuesday night. MSU's undergraduate student government voted 14-5 to add a committee below the Director of Constituent Activism, a position added last year to reach out to the university's 34,853 undergraduates.
Jumping, jiving and wailing into the spotlight, the MSU State Swing Society has tried its best to create a new niche on campus for music that was popular five decades ago. The group was created in 2000 by members of the Lansing and MSU communities who hoped to "get a group of people together who wanted to have fun while sharing a common interest and dancing to a different type of music," said group co-founder Bryan Grochowski, a 1998 MSU alumnus. Once founded, the group members set their sites on a statewide competition created by a Detroit-based group called All Night Entertainment.
The East Lansing fire marshal confirmed on Wednesday the cause of an early morning house fire in northern East Lansing. Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said heat from two 250-pound propane tanks kept on a wooden floor caused the fire. The fire broke out at 462 Anhinga Drive, a house under construction in the Hawk Nest Community near Chandler Road, shortly after 12:30 a.m.
Advertising graduate student Colleen Norwine was pleasantly surprised on Tuesday afternoon when she stopped by the lobby of the MSU-DCL College of Law building on her way to use the library. Instead of finding students studying or waiting for class to begin, she walked right into the thick of Ethnic Food Day. "I saw the sign, and I love ethnic food," she said.
The Department of Student Life will host the second speech in its "Noontime Conversation Series" today. The speech "Person of the Year: The American Soldier," will be held from 12:10 to 1:00 p.m.
To many of the students active with the Hillel Jewish Student Center, Judaism is more than a religion - it's a culture, a way of life and it's political. At Israelfest on Tuesday evening, an event designed to bring cultural and political awareness to members of the pro-Israel community at MSU, all aspects of the heritage were brought together. Colorful art by Israeli artists was displayed, Mediterranean food was catered and Ellen Rothfeld, a Hebrew lecturer at MSU, taught Israeli dances she learned while living in the country. "They're a lot of fun - good, aerobic exercise," she said.
The Executive Committee of Academic Council discussed the policy to fill the vacancy of vice president for research and graduate studies during its Tuesday meeting. Bob Huggett will leave the position on July 1, allowing only months for a replacement to be found.
MSU's College of Social Science presents its "Urban and Metropolitan Studies Forum Series" this month.
It started with a slow drip onto the table in the conference room of The Listening Ear Crisis Intervention Center. On Tuesday, the table was gone, and volunteers at the area's oldest crisis center moved back into their facility at 313 W.
With sharp, synchronized movements, funky beats of music and glistening smiles, the MSU Dance Team has a unique style, giving its audiences an entertaining performance.