A proposed bill in the state House could provide Michigan residents with a little bit more incentive to serve their country. The legislation, titled "Veterans Tuition Waiver Act," would grant free tuition for certain qualified veterans of the U.S.
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton earned the Excellence in Local Government award from the Michigan Local Government Management Association during the association's winter conference. "It's always nice to be recognized by your peers in your profession," Staton said.
When Brian Winn was 11 years old, his father bought him an Apple II computer — but he refused to buy him any video games for it. What his father did buy was design software.
Meridian Township — Sarah Christensen cuts through Birch Row Drive when traveling to the grocery store from her apartment, north of East Lake Lansing Road. But massive construction of Birch Row Drive and its adjoining streets, beginning last year has extended Christensen's would-be two minute commute to the store. "It just seemed like it took way too long to pave a silly road," the human resource management junior said.
The first annual Family Fun Game Day and Card Tournament will be held Sunday at the Holiday Inn West Conference and Convention Center.
By Yusuf Begg For The State News With its mountainous terrain and fertile land, the country of Uganda is known as the "Pearl of Africa." However, two decades of tribal warfare under the dictatorship of Idi Amin sent the country into a downward spiral of intense civil strife and economic devastation.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality rejected a permit for an office park that would have affected part of East Lansing's wetlands. The project, being developed by Okemos-based TMN Builders Inc., would have "significant adverse impacts" on a wetland, according to the department, or DEQ. The East Lansing City Council will take this into account, among other factors, when deciding on a city permit for the developer during its work session at 6 p.m.
The subzero temperatures might have passed, but Old Man Winter isn't done yet. Snowfall might exceed 6 inches today, possibly meriting a winter storm warning, said WILX Channel 10 meteorologist Andy Provenzano. "They start with a watch to heighten awareness," he said.
Lansing — In conjunction with Black History Month, members of the Greater Lansing community are spreading awareness about HIV and AIDS. The Lansing Area AIDS Network, or LAAN, is offering free HIV testing from noon until 3 p.m., Mondays through March 5 at the South Side Community Coalition, 2101 W.
For John Herbst, the "I" in his "I Stop Hate: MSU United" initiative really should be a "we." Herbst introduced the initiative to the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, at its meeting Feb.
The MSU Women's Resource Center will be presenting "Love Your Body; Love Yourself: A Discussion on Body Image" from 7-8:30 p.m.
The author of "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" will speak at 2:30 p.m.
Twenty-year-old Martin Brown's shirt was blood-soaked when officers found him dying near Jenison Field House on March 11, 1973. The MSU junior told then-MSU police Cpl.
A 2 percent tax on services is what Michigan consumers can expect the next time they go to a hair salon, dry cleaner or movie theater, if Gov.
Birthday cake and hominoid fossils meant one thing to the MSU Museum: It was time to celebrate Charles Darwin's birthday. Darwin Discovery Day, hosted by the MSU Museum for the second time ever on Sunday, was part of an international celebration of the impact Darwin's theory of evolution has had on science. The annual event is held around the world on or near Darwin's birthday, Feb.
There are more than 100 million videos shown each day on YouTube.com, with at least 65,000 videos uploaded daily and viewed by some 70 million users. Now, imagine if every user who uploaded a video to the Web site was paid for the content. YouTube, which recently was purchased by Google, is now offering to share ad revenue with users.
Nigel Scarlett, who became the new ASMSU vice chairperson for external affairs early Friday morning, said he plans to focus his time on advocacy and spreading the word about MSU's undergraduate student government. "When students come to MSU, they don't really know about ASMSU," Scarlett said.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm followed through on her promise to Michiganians on Thursday when she unveiled a budget proposal focused on increasing funding for education. Granholm's proposal includes initiatives to increase investment in higher education by more than $43 million, increase per pupil funding in K-12 schools by $178 per student and invest $200 million to expand early childhood education. "This budget continues the trend of investing record amounts in education," Granholm said in a statement.