The Michigan Secretary of State will begin issuing enhanced driver’s licenses as an alternative to passports for Michigan residents crossing the border to Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean, the department announced Monday.
As mid-fall sets in, local season-based businesses are either preparing for busy periods or getting ready to close their doors until next summer. For the past 10-15 years, American Eagle Superstore, 901 N. Larch St., in Lansing, has devoted 20 percent of its store to Halloween costumes, wigs, masks and decorations, but because of economic hard times, this season is likely the store’s final year for selling Halloween items, store manager Mike Piggott said.
Despite an expert’s prediction that Gov. Jennifer Granholm is on Barack Obama’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees, experts say the stars would have to align for Granholm to sit on the nation’s highest court. Last week, The Washington Post placed Granholm at the bottom of a roster of five possible female Supreme Court nominees. The list was compiled by Thomas C. Goldstein of the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP.
Some East Lansing residents are petitioning to shut down the city’s plan to issue bonds to finance the public portion of the $116.4 million City Center II project.
It’s been a year since Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, has asked voters for a millage increase. This time, though, officials say riders would see more than a fare increase if it fails.
Students can help save lives from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in 191 Communication Arts and Sciences Building, where the MSU health communication program is sponsoring a bone marrow registration drive.
For many people, Columbus Day is a time to celebrate the discovery of America. For Native Americans, the day is a time to remember the lives that were lost after America was founded.
As a freshman, Nicole Goldman discovered undergraduate research as a way to build on the material she learned in class.
The number of students who drive after drinking is at an almost eight-year low, according to a report released by Olin Health Center. In 2000, 61 percent of those surveyed said they didn’t drive after consuming any alcohol. That number has increased to 76 percent in the 2008 survey.
The East Lansing City Council will set the date for public hearings regarding the rezoning of several properties at its work session tonight. The work session is scheduled to be held at 7 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.
An iPod Touch, Nikon digital camera and photography equipment were stolen Oct. 4 from a vehicle parked in Lot 63 West near Breslin Center, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Investigators are still searching for a motive in a three-week-old homicide case in which one MSU student and three other people were killed. Katherine Brown, 18, who was an agribusiness management sophomore, was killed Sept. 29 in a quadruple homicide. Jeremy Zimmer, 20, who was dating Brown; his mother Sharmaine Zimmer, 53; and his brother Tyler Zimmer, 17, also were killed.
Aunt Mid’s Produce Co. continues to deny claims that its lettuce was the source of an E. coli outbreak that sickened nine MSU students and 25 other Michigan residents. The company has based its claims on the Michigan Department of Agriculture’s findings that stated there was no E. coli bacteria found in Aunt Mid’s iceberg lettuce or its packing facilities.
In the hours before a triathlon, Jon Ruud eats a bagel and a PowerBar, and drinks half a liter of water and half a liter of grape G2 Gatorade. Michelle Dawes eats mountains of pasta and cereal. In the minutes before a triathlon, Ruud surveys the swim course, reminding himself to hold his goggles as he jumps in the tepid pool. Dawes, an animal science junior, stretches and hops, waiting for the swimmer in front of her to leap into the first leg of the competition.
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.