A statewide ban on text messaging while driving could soon gain momentum after the Detroit City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday outlawing the practice.
The East Lansing City Council postponed its decision to weigh in on the redevelopment of The Dollar Nightclub. East Lansing Mayor Vic Loomis said the council needs to examine its long-term plan for the area before it reaches a decision.
Items missing from Rylan Cotter’s body could indicate an element of foul play in how she died, her mother said Tuesday.
East Lansing’s foul winter has been more than fair to the Red Cedar River this year as water volume levels have blasted past monthly averages.
Ten-year-old Kalia McBride said what she was touching felt a lot like a snack she used to enjoy — Jell-O. But the “squishy” object McBride poked and prodded Tuesday was a real cat brain.
While MSU students may gain international awareness by studying abroad, efforts could be made for students to become more proficient in foreign languages, professors said.
An ASMSU official planning a quarter-million-dollar concert will meet with the artist’s agent today to see if they will perform at MSU.
Big Ten Network and Comcast Corp. are reportedly nearing a deal that would put the sports station on the cable company’s local expanded basic package.
The MSU chapter of the Student National Medical Association will host a bone marrow drive from noon to 5 p.m. today at E202 Fee Hall.
For journalism graduate student Wes Holing, hearing that MSU’s student radio station was named college station of the year was thrilling enough.
An old East Lansing hangout will unveil its new, colorful look Friday. The former Club 131, 131 Albert Ave., below Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub, will unveil a new name, Club Rush, and a revamped appearance at its 9 p.m. grand opening.
After more than eight years of investigation, police and MSU officials announced Tuesday the arrests of four suspects in connection with the 1999 arson of Agriculture Hall. Detroit residents Frank Brian Ambrose, 33, Aren Bernard Burthwick, 27, and Stephanie Lynne Fultz, 27, and Cincinnati resident Marie Jeanette Mason, 46, each face four counts of conspiracy to commit arson, aggravated arson and arson in connection with the Agriculture Hall incident and a Jan. 1, 2000, arson of commercial logging equipment near Mesick, Mich.
When Rory Hoipkemier thinks about City Center II, her thoughts turn to her neighborhood. The $117 million redevelopment project slated for the area near Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue could transform her neighborhood into an urban center — something the mother of three who has lived there for about 20 years is not too fond of.
After an up-and-down senior season, MSU guard Drew Neitzel was recognized by his efforts by the Big Ten coaches and was named to the first-team All-Big Ten team.
Some of the weight of textbooks and course packets could be lifted off the backs of students if some textbook publishers have their way. Electronic or digital books, known as eBooks, could eradicate the need for students to carry around textbooks and, in turn, put texts into a slim device or laptop computer. Tom Stanton, director of communications for McGraw-Hill Education, said his company offers more than 1,000 digital textbooks — most at half the cost of traditional print counterparts.
A computer tower and several video games were among the $992 in items reported stolen from a Hubbard Hall dorm room during spring break, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Liquor licenses and the redevelopment of a former nightclub site are among the items to be discussed at today’s East Lansing City Council work session. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Conference Room A of City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
A $146 million renovation project for MSU’s Life Sciences Building could enter planning stages this year, potentially marking the first state aid toward university building restorations in three years.
A trip to the restroom could contribute to MSU’s energy future if studies being done by the university produce cost-efficient results. The MSU Physical Plant is analyzing the cost of creating a fuel composed of coal, sewage and animal manure to reduce gas emissions.
The band Hellogoodbye will headline the seventh annual Sparty’s Spring Party on April 19 at Demonstration Field, according to a release. The University Activities Board, or UAB, announced Monday the free event will host local bands Bishop’s Collar and A Letter To You and another national band.