Parks open up on Memorial Day; students go to relax

Memorial Day marks the opening weekend for many beaches across the county.

Annual Mich. Family Medicine Day shows medical innovations

The typical competitiveness amongst MSU, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University will be set aside today in the name of research — at least until winners are chosen.

Spartan Marching Band chooses new drum major for fall 2012

When Frank Loomis walks out onto the football field this fall he no longer will march with the trumpet section, but will stride out in front to lead the MSU Spartan Marching Band and perform MSU’s traditional backbend.

Competition over Mich. increases for upcoming presidential election

The presidential election season is shaping up to be a contentious one for local voters, as both Republicans and Democrats have said Michigan will be a key state in determining the next U.S. president.

Hangin' with the cows

There is a place for animals in the heart of animal science senior Emily Henderson.

Family Aquatic Center to open for Memorial Day weekend

For the first time in eight years, the East Lansing Family Aquatic Center will open for Memorial Day weekend.

MSU displays FRIB research with national organization

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, and the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, or NSCL, will be part of a national organization to commercialize research from the labs, after MSU joined the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, or FLC, a national network of federal labs last week.

Construction on E.L. car charging stations coming soon

By the end of June, the city of East Lansing is expected to have at least one operational electric car charging station, located on the property of the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road.

Council allows more time for City Center II lenders to be revealed

East Lansing City Council met with Strathmore Development Co. President Scott Chappelle at a Tuesday work session to discuss the privacy parameters regarding the due diligence period for City Center II development.

Lansing celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Capitol

Children dancing and shaking green masks at a large group of people might not be a typical scene in the rotunda of the Capitol building in Lansing, but the crowd could not keep from smiling as the Post Oak Elementary School students displayed a Chinese dance at the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month program yesterday.

Chief USDA scientist visits campus

Catherine Woteki, chief scientist for the Department of Agriculture, visited MSU and toured the new Molecular Plant Sciences Building on Tuesday morning.

Businesses benefit from E.L. Art Festival

Local businesses took advantage of the throngs of people that invaded the downtown area for the East Lansing Art Festival, seeing an increase in commerce this weekend.

CATA fights for more funding

Outside the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, Transportation Center Monday morning, as cars and buses passed by, a group of Lansing community members stood by the side of the road.

City attorney faces renewal

East Lansing City Council will continue its discussion about the due-diligence process for City Center II Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Students stay active this summer with IM sports

MSU’s campus can seem empty over the summer due to more than 22,000 students missing from daily life.

MSU students win Goldwater Scholarship for math, science

Out of a field of more than 1,100 applicants, two MSU students, along with 280 other recipients from across the country, were awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

MSU lacrosse lands on ESPN

MSU lacrosse attacker Mac Ensley had a thrill last week when one of his goals made it on ESPN’s SportsCenter.

Cooling off, splashin' around

Artists display, sell work at craft show

When Barb Michaels’ nephew Danny Arksey was killed in an accident six years ago, she was not ready to let him go.

Poli-sci professor’s life honored by friends, family

Years ago, political science professors Paul Abramson and Ada Finifter made a pact — depending on which of the friends passed away first, they promised to write each other’s lifelong memoir. At the age of 73, Finifter died on October 29, 2011 after a two-year battle with multiple myeloma.