The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality awarded a $1 million grant to the MSU Institute of Water Research, according to the Footprints newsletter found on MSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability Web site.
The phrase “black power” was coined during the civil rights movement to stress unity within the black community. More than 50 years later, MSU students are still pushing that message. The Black Student Alliance will host its 36th annual Black Power Rally at 6 p.m. today at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
There will be a documentary showing about the Invisible Children of Uganda at 7 p.m. today in B106 Wells Hall. The film, “Go,” will be presented by four representatives who traveled to Uganda and experienced the conflict firsthand in the northern part of the country.
A group of Michigan’s county clerks has made it possible for first-time voters who registered by mail to cast absentee ballots, but Ingham County Clerk Mike Bryanton said no MSU students have signed on.
In the weeks leading up to the presidential election, the words “maverick,” “change” and “hockey mom” might bear just as heavily in voters’ minds as the candidates’ political repertoires, experts say. The phrases have become mainstays in America’s vocabulary after being uttered countless times by Democratic candidate Barack Obama, Republican candidate John McCain and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during this year’s lengthy campaign season
Although the city of East Lansing is pursuing several urban developments, some of the city’s fraternity and sorority houses might have their historic look preserved for years.
A parking lot gate was broken after Saturday’s football game against Ohio State, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Joe Rosenquist describes himself as an ordinary Michiganian. But unlike most Michigan residents, Rosenquist’s name will be on every ballot in the state on Nov. 4 as part of the MSU Board of Trustees election.
Christoph Benning, an MSU professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been named the next editor-in-chief of The Plant Journal.
A construction management junior was found guilty Tuesday of disorderly conduct from hindering a police officer for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.
East Lansing city officials and MSU faculty members are invited to an open house from 5-7 p.m. tonight at the Sigma Kappa sorority house on M.A.C. Avenue.
Richard Louv doesn’t think children spend enough time outside, and he’s coming to MSU to spread the word.
A “miscommunication” possibly could allocate $35,055.08 more in funds to ASMSU’s Programming Board to support student events across campus. ASMSU’s Student Assembly Finance Committee on Thursday passed the bill five votes to four that would give more funds to the board, which already receives about 20 percent of ASMSU’s total budget — about $1.3 million.
Three campus political groups will speak on national issues during a debate tonight in the Wonders Hall Kiva.
Four years ago, Eduardo Dominguez traveled to MSU from his hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, to experience a new lifestyle and culture. “I decided to come to MSU, specifically because of its size and number of students, and the multicultural diversity that comes with those numbers,” the medical technology senior said.
A Detroit man was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison and more than $3.7 million in restitution for his involvement in a 1999 arson at MSU’s Agriculture Hall. He has worked as an FBI informant in similar cases since August 2007.
Police are investigating a possible suspect in the Sept. 29 homicide of an MSU student and three others in Wright Township. Troy Brake, 31, of Grant, Mich. was arrested Thursday for allegedly shooting a man and assaulting a prostitute on South Division Avenue and Hall Street in Grand Rapids, according to The Grand Rapids Press.
In the back of Clem’s Collectibles, 212 S. Washington Square, in Lansing, where classic Batman and Super Friends action figures adorn the walls, seven self-proclaimed “comic studs” worked hard to create seven original comic books in 24 hours. Artist Dean Stahl explained the artists were fueled by “enough caffeine to kill a charging bull elephant.”
A fight involving MSU athletes at an off-campus house where several hockey players live sent one MSU athlete to the hospital Sunday morning. East Lansing police Lt. Kevin Daley said “three, possibly four victims” suffered injuries during a fight involving “multiple” suspects at about 1 a.m. Sunday outside 130 Center St., which is located on a side street near Michigan and Harrison avenues.
A fight involving MSU athletes at a Center Street house sent one MSU athlete to the hospital Sunday morning.