The East Lansing City Council and city officials feel good about the future of the city during its budget talks despite an almost $2 million decrease from the previous fiscal year’s budget.
While police hope to crack down on an array of fires lit this NCAA tournament season in college towns across the country, MSU students are uncertain if harsh punishments are appropriate.
Several East Lansing restaurants’ liquor licenses are on the line unless owners pay back personal property taxes as part of a plan decided by East Lansing City Council at its Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Students might want to think twice before setting a couch on fire as new legislation kicked in, increasing punishments for arson-related crimes.
Some might think fair trade is a global issue, but members of the community are working to make it a local affair.
Criminal charges aside, many who burn furniture aren’t aware of the health implications the act can have on themselves or the environment. Couches and other furniture contain a host of harmful materials which produce toxic smoke when burned, civil and environmental engineering professor Venkatesh Kodur said.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, has decided to cut some of its readership program locations across campus, ASMSU Director of Public Relations Haley Dunnigan confirmed Tuesday evening.
Yesterday, graduating students commented on the announcement of MSU’s spring commencement speakers, Emmy Award-winning actor Tim Busfield, originally from East Lansing, and best-selling author Richard Ford, who is an MSU alumnus.
Update, 5:04 p.m.: Although the decision to cancel the concert was made outside of ASMSU, Haley Dunnigan, ASMSU director of public relations, said it happened as a result of low ticket sales.
The East Lansing Police Department has released the name of one of the suspects involved the fires set after MSU’s loss in to Duke in the NCAA Tournament Friday, March 30, according to a press release from the East Lansing Police department.
Several East Lansing restaurants are not being recommended for a liquor license renewal, unless they pay their personal property taxes to the city, according to city documents.
Actor Tim Busfield and author Richard Ford will be MSU’s May 3 commencement speakers.
As a child in Adolf Hitler’s Germany, Martin Lowenberg was deported to five different concentration camps, lost 28 family members — including his parents and four siblings — and was subject to terror at 5 years old.
After Gov. Rick Snyder made his budget recommendations for universities, a state House committee released its version — bigger funding allocations and tighter restrictions to hamper tuition increases.
Students and faculty conducting research in the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, or GLBRC will be able to continue research after receiving a $125 million renewal grant for the next five years from the U.S.
The city of East Lansing’s upcoming discussions centered around its tightened budget might have implications on the city’s spending, not only servicing permanent residents, but MSU students as well.
Exploring new avenues of journalistic storytelling is the vision Jennifer Ware has for testing Google Glass.
For students who attended the U.S. Green Building Council Students Regional Conference this weekend, “Go Green” was more than just a cheer for the university’s colors. The U.S. Green Building Council, or USGBC, student group at MSU hosted more than 60 students and professionals interested in sustainability on campus for the region’s first conference.
Whether dead or alive, police and MSU scientists are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to learning the fate of a missing 4-month-old Ludington, Mich., baby — a conclusion they hope to reach with community help.
Since his re-election, President Barack Obama has come through on several issues related to college students, while others still hang in the balance waiting for action.