Although the Michigan Legislature signed a package of bills into law temporarily increasing tourism funding last Thursday, legislators are already thinking about making the boost more long-term.
While The State News will be on hiatus during the next couple weeks, the court system will not rest. Here is a look at the upcoming cases, as well as those that will take place in the next few months.
Engineering seniors spent countless hours in the Engineering Building this week perfecting their final projects in preparation for Design Days, an event electrical engineering senior Nick Tram said is a chance “to show off” today.
As a slumping economy leaves nonprofit organizations struggling to raise funds, one local organization has enlisted a group of MSU students to help devise a fundraising plan.
While a preliminary estimate from university figures project a 7 percent increase in tuition for the 2008-09 academic year, the tuition rate is not remotely close to being solidified, MSU officials said.
About $1,000 worth of stereo equipment was stolen from the McDonel Hall weight room sometime between April 16 and 2 p.m. Monday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
With approval from the East Lansing Planning Commission, the city is one step closer to seeing a new hotel and a fitness center.
About 35 protesters gathered Wednesday afternoon in the South Complex courtyard to protest what they say is an ongoing problem of racism and sexism on campus, specifically in Case Hall.
When Jeremaya Martinez-Boyd left East Lansing to study abroad in the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2006, he didn’t think he would set a record.
Student-visa fees for international students could double this October, but some MSU students who could be affected said the increase won’t break their bank.
Brent Bowditch has been appointed MSU’s assistant vice president for human resources, university officials announced in a press release Wednesday.
Experts say East Lansing police could successfully press charges against the creator of the Facebook.com Web page that sparked last month’s Cedar Fest, but it won’t be easy.
Students of the Latino community gathered Wednesday at the bridge between Wells Hall and the Computer Center to simulate border control between the United States and Mexico.
A woman traveling northbound on Harrison Avenue near Trowbridge Road sustained minor injuries after colliding with a freight train at about 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, East Lansing police Sgt. Carl Nowak said.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon testified Wednesday before the state House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee to push for funding increases for public universities.
The man who pleaded guilty last month to charges stemming from a July shooting at Carriage Hill East Apartments was sentenced to up to 30 years in prison Wednesday.
For many students, religion has joined “bad breath” and “no sense of style” on a mental list of relationship deal breakers. Marisa Saltzman, a social work graduate student, polled 100 Jewish students this semester to sample how interfaith dating is viewed by the MSU community.
Members of the MSU yearbook staff hope a presentation informing student government representatives about its production process will result in more funding when ASMSU approves its 2008-09 budget today.
Balloon swords, seltzer guns and throwing flowers aren’t typical elements of a comic book. But in a quest to create something new, two MSU students and a group of comic book fans have been meeting weekly to create a comic book group that brings these elements to the page.
The Graduate Employees Union and university administrators are taking the next step to finalize contract negotiations following Tuesday’s tentative agreement on a new three-year contract.