The month of August not only marks the beginning for a new school year at MSU, but also the beginning of honey harvesting season for beekeepers across the state. But as students return to East Lansing they may be the only ones creating a buzz, as Michigan’s honeybee population is continually disappearing.
A window was broken at the Union between 11 p.m. July 19 and 12:15 a.m. July 20, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Despite rising tuition costs and a lack of financing options, about 500 more international students than last fall are expected at MSU this year, said Nicole Namy, an international student adviser and community outreach developer for the Office for International Students & Scholars.
The Green Party of the United States, the nation’s most prominent third party, has selected former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney as its presidential nominee, but it remains to be seen if she will receive enough support to qualify for federal campaign funding.
Washington — Presidential challenger Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday that he supports a proposed ballot initiative in his home state that would prohibit affirmative action policies from state and local governments. A decade ago, he called a similar effort “divisive.”
When Lansing resident Tanya Helderman attended Ingham County’s Senior Prom Friday night, she was able to experience a night of dinner and dancing that she did not get while in high school.
The East Lansing Police Department is encouraging residents to keep laptop computers out of plain view as a result of an increase in laptop thefts around the city.
Title IX doesn’t just cover sports. The law, passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, prohibits against gender-based discrimination in all education.
Several 100-foot cables of copper electrical wire were stolen from Big Ten Room A at the Kellogg Center between June 15 at midnight and July 13 at 11 p.m., MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Now more than ever before, women have educational and professional opportunities that generations of women before them could only have dreamed of. Earlier this month, Susan Martin took office as the president of Eastern Michigan University, and the start of fall classes will mark the beginning of Martin’s first full school year as president of EMU.
Brian Leung said the idea for Union to Union just came to him.
MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research has created a program to predict the electoral college outcome and identify battleground states in the upcoming presidential election.
East Lansing and Lansing are both following a national trend of developing high-density urban housing by adding multistory buildings.
With Cedar Fest sentencing still going strong and Welcome Week less than a month away, MSU and East Lansing police are keeping up with defense training to ensure officer safety.
Change didn’t happen right away. When the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, passed July 26, 1990, there had already been a law that required public universities to provide access for students with disabilities in place for 17 years. “The ADA put teeth into the law,” said Valerie Nilson, learning disabilities specialist for the MSU Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, or RCPD.
Some Michigan students are saying the prospect of a new Lansing power plant will hinder the state’s renewable energy industry, causing graduates looking for jobs in the industry to move out of state.
Political and governmental delegates from five different African countries came to MSU on Wednesday to discuss issues such as agriculture development, education and health that will help to strengthen relationships with the United States.
U.S. Congress members from the Great Lakes states took one step closer to making the Great Lakes Compact a law Wednesday when they introduced legislation to ratify the eight-state agreement to protect Great Lakes waters from external diversions.
The Great Dairy Adventure, held Wednesday on MSU’s campus, saw more than 1,000 more participants than last year’s event — an increase organizers attribute to heightened exposure and more “local tourism.”
While many retail businesses in Michigan experienced a decline in sales throughout the month of June, several East Lansing retailers said their business remained steady.