Ruckus.com — once dubbed by MSU “the premiere digital entertainment network designed specifically for college students” — quietly and abruptly shut down during the weekend
A crucial deadline faced by Detroit automakers to present the federal government with plans showing they’re viable has taken a backseat to the more than $800 billion proposed federal stimulus packages, two MSU professors who follow the industry said.
Criminal justice sophomore Troy Walters, a U.S. Army veteran, spent a year in Iraq when he was 20, but he had always planned on coming to MSU afterward. “The whole time I was in Iraq, especially in 2005 when the basketball team was in the Final Four, I was paying attention to that,” he said.
The final pretrial hearing for the man accused of murdering MSU student Katherine A. Brown and three others was canceled, court officials said.
Enrollment by Iraqi students at MSU almost tripled in one year from 2007-08, according to data from the Office of the Registrar. And the number could continue to climb if a new Iraqi government scholarship program, which would send 10,000 Iraqi students abroad, is approved by Iraq’s Parliament.
Steve & Barry’s’ successor in the building at 515 E. Grand River Ave., Campus Street Sportswear, opened its doors on Saturday.
Most students have seen those e-mails from classmates begging for notes from a missed class or help with a study guide. A newly expanded Web site aims to provide another venue to help students get missed class materials.
Consumer confusion and patchy communications among emergency responders are among the downsides to last week’s announcement the transition from analog TV signals to digital will be delayed to June 12.
The mysterious death of finance senior Kevin Boskey has left those who were close to him searching for answers as they remember a friend who brought smiles to their faces.
Students will get a significantly smaller cut of the proposed economic stimulus package than originally planned if the U.S. Senate’s revised version of the package is passed. After the U.S. House of Representatives approved an $819 billion package on Jan. 28, the Senate is expected to vote on its $827 billion version early this week.
An MSU student died late Friday in an incident that did not appear suspicious, East Lansing police Capt. Kim Johnson said Sunday. The student had been ill “for quite some time” and the death does not appear to be the result of foul play, Johnson said in an e-mail to The State News.
For shoppers during a recession, it’s out with the new and in with the old. Resale and thrift stores across the country are pulling in more customers and claiming high profits despite the economic slowdown.
The Department of Residence Life is giving students the opportunity to showcase Spartan life with MSUTube, a project to give prospective students a look into MSU life using online videos.
The Grundy brothers don’t let the stress of a tournament interfere with their love of chess. “It’s really awesome,” said fourth-grader Jeffery Grundy, of Macomb Township.
Ruckus, a legal music file-sharing program offered to MSU students, shut down Saturday. The program, promoted by university officials as a way for students to legally share and exchange music, issued a notice on its Web site Saturday afternoon saying the “service will no longer be provided,” with no other information available.
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton last week began a yearlong term as president of the Michigan Local Government Management Association.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, confirmed five judicial appointees to the Residence Hall Area Board at its meeting Wednesday.
Folk singers led weekend crowds of about 1,000 people during a festival designed to celebrate the musical talents of the audience, as well as artists.
Diners at The Gallery at Snyder-Phillips Hall were caught in a Chicken Little moment Thursday, when water poured from the ceiling and dislodged four ceiling tiles. Tables below where the ceiling collapsed were unoccupied and, as far as bystanders could tell, nobody was hurt.
Warmer weather, cheaper housing and, more importantly, better job prospects have kept Michigan residents streaming out of the state, but some experts think the trend will slow down. An annual survey released last month by the trucking company United Van Lines found that more than 67 percent of Michigan moves in 2008 were out of the state. Last year marks the third straight time that Michigan has had the highest rate of outbound moves for any state in the country.