When Mary Alice Stollak auditioned hopefuls for the MSU Children’s Choir Tuesday she wasn’t just looking for kids with an enthusiasm for music — she was looking for students ready to work hard, travel the country and add to the group’s two Grammy Awards.
East Lansing residents hold differing opinions on City Center II, but there is one thing on which many agree — the inclusion of an upscale restaurant and wine bar would fill a hole in the city’s dining scene.
Every season, the home of the MSU hockey team experiences daily abuse from razor sharp skates, scorching pucks, slashing sticks and flying bodies. So it’s no surprise that after a full year of action, Munn Ice Arena is ready for its annual makeover. The $10,000 renovation on the 200-by-85-foot surface will be completed Thursday, giving the arena a fresh and rejuvenated look as it prepares for another grinding year.
A 1994 Ford pickup truck was broken into at the Auditorium Road parking ramp Wednesday between 1 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
When Ryan Hasson wanted to add text messaging to his two-year contract with Sprint, he didn’t expect it to cost him about $100 in termination fees. “I wanted to change my plan to add text messaging,” said Hasson, a nutritional sciences and physiology senior.
Christopher Conley knows that as a recent MSU graduate with a degree in criminal justice, he will likely have to leave the state to find work.
After being elected president of the American College of Sports Medicine, or ACSM, last week, Jim Pivarnik is preparing to take charge of the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world.
Although many MSU students may not consider themselves smokers, MSU health experts said that when it comes to social situations, students are more likely to pick up a cigarette than they typically would.
Residents living in the central Michigan area now have HIV/AIDS services available on a local level after this month’s expansion of the MSU HIV/AIDS clinic. Before the expansion, the nearest treatment centers for HIV patients in Mount Pleasant and neighboring areas were in Lansing, Traverse City or Saginaw, said Lorrie Youngs, health education supervisor for the Central Michigan District Health Department.
The pitter-patter of little feet will be joined by little hooves Wednesday afternoon as the world’s smallest horse pays a visit to pediatric patients at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital.
Kalamazoo City Manager Kenneth Collard named Jeffrey Hadley of the Fort Wayne Police Department in Indiana as the new Kalamazoo Public Safety chief on Friday. Other candidates included David Headings, the current Battle Creek chief of police, and Capt. Kim Johnson of the East Lansing Police Department.
Two vending machines were damaged at the Armstrong Hall loading dock sometime between 5 p.m. last Thursday and 5 p.m. the following Friday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Ben Malson said he will always remember the way little things made his son laugh aloud, the way his laughter was contagious.
To Alfreda Schmidt, her husband was the hero in World War II. Ever since she married Frank Schmidt in 1952, Alfreda Schmidt has been involved with the Lansing Memorial Day parade and the veteran community in Lansing.
East Lansing Police Department Officer Tresha Rodriguez has been named Woman of the Year by Lansing State Journal’s Greater Lansing Woman magazine.
After area residents voted down a millage to collect an additional $1.8 million in property taxes last year, the Capital Area Transportation Authority is hoping this November will be different.
In order to highlight the impact of Arab Americans’ involvement in politics from across the state, Rep. Barbara Farrah, D-Southgate, said she organized Thursday’s Arab American Day at the state Capitol.
While Memorial Day weekend is traditionally a time when people pack up and go on vacation, many MSU students are planning to spend the holiday in East Lansing. Despite AAA Michigan’s prediction that 1.3 million Michiganians will travel this weekend, MSU students will not make up a large portion of that.
The Michigan House of Representatives passed four bills Wednesday regulating the use of water in the Great Lakes.
The landscape of MSU’s campus contains about 900 ash trees — many of which could be targets for the emerald ash borer.