Seated on a lawn chair on the divider on Grand River Avenue, graduate student Joseph Harris single-handedly protested the verdict of the controversial Trayvon Martin case on Sunday night. As the New York Times reported, in February 2012, Martin, a 17-year old black male was shot to death by George Zimmerman in Florida.
MSU scientists recently made discoveries about the biology of insects that will aid in the ongoing fight against summer’s peskiest pests. Ke Dong, MSU toxicologist and neurobiologist and senior author of the paper, which appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has a lab in MSU’s Department of Entomology that has been dedicated to the study of insecticides for the past 15 years.
Child’s play takes on a whole new meaning at the Robotics and Nanotechnology Camp offered for children in kindergarten through 12th grade. The program, directed by Dean Aslam, MSU professor of electrical and computer engineering, strives to introduce children to cutting edge technology while allowing them to get a hands-on experience. “The idea is to teach these new technologies to children — future scientists, future engineers,” Aslam said.
This August, MSU’s campus will play host to a world of champions for the 2013 World Dwarf Games. The games will include more than 400 athletes, with more than half from the United States.
Here in East Lansing, 7-Eleven hosts the annual 7-Eleven Day, or what is more commonly referred to as Free Slurpee Day every year on July 11.
Amidst the Common Ground Music Festival excitement this week, MSU Community Music School Rock Camp has assembled eight talented teenaged bands that will be “rocking out” among the big names in music at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing on Saturday.
In a turbulent past few weeks for indebted college students, with federally subsidized student interest rates doubling on July 1 to 6.8 percent, the news from Washington, D.C., on Wednesday offers no relief for concerned parents and students. With a 51-49 vote, the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013 failed to reach cloture, which would have ended debate and allowed for voting on approval by the Senate, falling nine votes shy of the required 60.
As economics senior Ayush Gupta explored the streets of Egypt last month, a rebel tour guide in tow, he took in two things: the illegal street vendors who lit up the night and the contempt many Egyptian people had toward their government.
Ingham County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a fatal car accident that occurred last night on Osborne Road, south of Howell Road in Ingham Township, according to Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth.
This week, children grabbed their pens and paper and headed to the Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden for inspiration during the fifth annual Garden Writers Workshop. The program went on from July 9-11, with each session packed with writing activities, exploring nature and snack time.
After six years of financial advising experience, MSU law student Renwei Chung knew assisting at Investor Advocacy Clinic would be the next step in landing a job in Grand Rapids, after he graduates. Chung was one of seven MSU law students chosen to spend the fall semester away from the classroom. Instead, he will be learning what it means to investigate real cases.
Wednesday’s East Lansing Planning Commission meeting featured a hometown favorite: Wanderer’s Teahouse, as the group unanimously passed a permit to add a seven-bedroom apartment unit above the location. After a public hearing, the commission unanimously approved a Special Use Permit that will allow Perry Investment Group, the organization that owns the space at 547 E.
With a few warm and sunny days in Lansing, one way to take advantage of the heat is to go fishing. Lansing provides bountiful of opportunities to fish, and the changing fish species through spring and fall only add to the reasons why one should cast a line in the Lansing area. Willis Bennett, director of Ingham County Parks, endorses taking up fishing as an outdoor activity in order to “enjoy the natural surroundings in a relaxed atmosphere.”
East Lansing City Council held six public hearings regarding Jackson National Life Insurance Company, the Park District project, the rezoning of a multiple family residential property, litter citations, streets and sidewalks and fireworks in a packed courtroom tuesday night.
For the first time in school history, an MSU student, Sophia Harvey, was presented with the 2013 Minority Medical Student Award by the American Society of Hematology, or ASH. Harvey, a second-year medical student at the College of Human Medicine expressed happiness after being chosen to receive the prestigious award.
In the wake of the July 1 student interest rate hike, which effectively doubled rates overnight from 3.4 to 6.8 percent because lawmakers were unable to find a compromise, legislatures in Washington, D.C., are scrambling for solutions. Here in Michigan, the name of the game is keeping graduates in the state, which is where State Rep. Andy Schor’s Student Loan Tax Credit Bill, HB 4182, comes into play.
Professional Irish cyclist Dan Martin rode a Cervelo RCA bicycle when he won the ninth stage of Tour de France 2013; that same brand has now rolled into downtown East Lansing.
The search for missing Katherine Phillips, or “Baby Kate,” continues as MSU faculty, law enforcement and experts work together to narrow down the location of the four-month-old infant’s final resting place. During a recent weekend search, over 80 volunteers gathered plant and moss specimen in hopes of finding the plant fragments that were found on the suspect’s shoes before she went missing two years ago.
On July 4, the Lansing Fire Department responded around midnight to a female who was injured while trying to light off fireworks.
When the Common Ground Music Festival began in downtown Lansing, it originally focused on classic rock, but as the festival progresses into its 14th year, it now headlines some of the nation’s brightest stars along with upcoming local and regional talent. “We bring in a wide variety of diverse acts of all types of music,” said Scott Keith, board chair of Center Park Productions.