Two musicians with MSU ties joined the Lansing Symphony Orchestra on Saturday to perform a saxophone concerto at Wharton Center. David Maslanka, who received his master’s and doctoral degrees for music theory and composition from MSU in 1970, originally wrote “Concerto for Alto Saxophone” for the saxophone and wind ensemble in 1999.
When Christopher Covington picked up an Atari controller for the first time 19 years ago, he realized he couldn’t set it down. “It was one of those things I got hooked on,” said Covington, a graduate student in telecommunication, information studies and media. “I just got addicted, and from there I got involved with 3-D stuff.”
The Great Lakes Myth Society, an indie folk rock band, will headline a show at 9 p.m. Friday at Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing.
Students exercising for a class in Demonstration Hall had their bags stolen between 1:30-2:04 p.m. Tuesday, said MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor.
It almost brought the whole institution down,” recalled state Rep. Steve Bieda, D-Warren. “All of us — even the good actors in that process — shudder when we look back at that.” It’s been one year since the state shut down while trying to solve a $1.75 billion budget shortfall as it failed to adopt a state budget for the 2007-08 fiscal year.
A change in the type of graduate certificate programs offered at MSU could mean more students earning certificates.
More people were arrested for larcenies on MSU’s campus in 2007 than in the previous two years, but violent robberies stayed about the same, according to the MSU police 2007 annual crime report.
The Michigan Secretary of State Thursday denied allegations of illegal voter purging, but if the American Civil Liberties Union has its way, the issue will go to court.
A former MSU medical student was sentenced Wednesday to six months in the Ingham County Jail and five years probation after he violated probation stemming from a fraud case involving MSU.
Students might say goodbye to the Cedar Village apartments, and hello to a cinema, riverside park and various forms of entertainment, according to renderings for the proposed East Village project unveiled Wednesday.
On a Friday morning each month, MSU Board of Trustees member Donald Nugent wakes up early and spends three hours driving to MSU from his home in Frankfurt for a meeting. And despite the lengthy drive, Nugent has only missed one board meeting since 2001.
An Apple iPod Touch was stolen from an East Holmes Hall room during the weekend, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
After four months of sandwiches, pitas and subs, E.L. Moe’s Firehouse Grill, 565 E. Grand River Ave., closed Friday because of slow sales. The Mediterranean and sandwich restaurant struggled to keep pace with nearby chain restaurants — namely Taco Bell — and wasn’t able to draw enough customers to stay open, manager Ahmad Elbast said.
Mike Mosallam loves the challenge of making others laugh. “It’s much harder to make someone laugh than to make them cry,” said Mosallam, who lives in Dearborn.
It was a sunny day in Lebanon in 1999 when Raed Mokaled and his wife took their two sons to the park to celebrate 5-year-old Ahmad’s birthday. While Ahmad was playing, an explosion tore through the air. Ahmad died hours later in the hospital. He is one of thousands of people, many of them children, killed or maimed by leftover cluster munitions.
Best-selling author Rebecca Walker will give a speech at 7 p.m. today in the Kellogg Center Auditorium entitled “What Barack Obama and Sarah Palin have to Teach Us about Race, Class and Gender in America.”
The ordinance to conditionally rezone 0.55 acres of the West Village project was approved 4-1 by the East Lansing City Council on Tuesday after months of discussion.
Police released a composite sketch of the suspect in a Monday assault near Beaumont Tower and West Circle Drive.
Voters will have the chance to resolve an ethical issue that has been debated in the Michigan Legislature for years when they cast their ballots this November. Proposal 2 seeks to amend the state’s constitution to loosen restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research in Michigan. Embryonic research is allowed in Michigan, but researchers must get their cells from outside the state. Taking them from sources within the state is a felony.
The economy was on the minds of 80 undecided voters and Internet users during a more aggressive town hall presidential debate Tuesday at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.