A tailgate open-house party will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Ingham County Animal Shelter, 600 Curtis St., in Mason. The open house will feature half-price adoptions on any spayed or neutered pet.
The 2006 Global Festival will be held to help define the relationship between the international community and the Lansing area from noon to 5 p.m.
The Michigan Legislature elected new leadership Tuesday to fill positions that will determine the direction of legislation next year. All leadership positions — left by term-limited legislators or made available through the Democrats' takeover of the House — in the House and Senate were filled by new members. Democrats won the majority in the House, 58-52, during the midterm elections on Nov.
Once upon a time, Beaner's Gourmet Coffee was a lone store on Grand River Avenue — raking in $300,000 in sales during its first year of business. Fast-forward 11 years, and that store started by two 1988 MSU graduates has grown into a franchise with estimated sales of $34 million for next year. "We wanted to start a concept of our own," said Beaner's CEO Bob Fish, 43, who started the company in 1995 with Mary Roszel.
Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs aides from Brody Complex, representatives from Purpose Magazine and several other students will be holding an open forum for all students at 7 p.m.
Correction: Gov. Jennifer Granholm defeated Dick DeVos by 14 percentage points, not by a 14 percent margin. When Dick DeVos began airing television ads nearly nine months ago, he had one goal in mind — to become the next governor of Michigan. Instead, DeVos was soundly defeated by Gov.
Army Staff Sgt. Gregory McCoy, a 26-year-old Webberville native, died Thursday in Iraq after an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle, according to a Detroit Free Press article. McCoy was a member of the Ft.
With cold and flu season in full swing, an MSU physician said bed rest and plenty of fluids aren't the only things that will protect people from viruses. Edward Rosick, a physician of family and community medicine, said natural supplements such as vitamin C or echinacea could help strengthen immune systems and even shorten the length of an illness. "The benefits for some of these supplements is there are not any prescriptions out there that shortens the duration of a cold," Rosick said.
A local landlord is looking to construct condominium-style apartments on the 300 block of Evergreen Avenue — located north of the intersection of Grand River and Michigan avenues. Gregory Spiridakos, who owns rental homes at 334, 340 and 344 Evergreen Avenue, said he's going before the East Lansing City Council tonight to see if city officials are interested in approving an overhaul of the area. "We are in the process to think about what we can do," he said. At this point in the project planning, it's unclear whether students or young professionals would be recruited to live in the new development, Spiridakos said. The homes, which are located in one of the city's historic areas, are old and costly to repair, Spiridakos said.
A petition created by the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, in favor of adding gender identity and expression to the university's anti-discrimination policy is circulating throughout campus.
For the second year in a row, MSU was recognized as the top public study abroad university in the nation, according to Open Doors 2006, an annual international education report. According to the Institute of International Education, or IIE, in 2004-05, 2,385 MSU students studied abroad — second to New York University in terms of student participation among all colleges and universities. MSU offers 232 study abroad programs in 62 countries and all seven continents. Kathleen Fairfax, director of MSU's Office of Study Abroad, said MSU was happy to receive recognition because the university is very committed to its study abroad program. "The study abroad program is a signature program for MSU," Fairfax said.
Michigan legislators have only three weeks of scheduled sessions left before January brings a changing of the guard in the Senate and House, and Republicans say they don't have plans to approve any last-minute bills before they lose a majority in the House. Although Michigan politicians are hoping to pass a replacement for the Single Business Tax, health insurance reform and a $4,000 merit scholarship, analysts doubt such legislation will pass in time before Democrats assume control of the House. There's also doubt Republicans will spend time on bills likely to be vetoed by Democratic Gov.
About 50 years ago, Carlotta Walls LaNier helped to break down color barriers in schools by being one of the first black students to attend an integrated school.
Name: Zachary Huang, associate professor Department: Entomology Type of research: Entomology Date of research: Huang has worked with bees since 1982, after he received a scholarship to conduct research in Canada.
Drivers traveling along Hagadorn Road can burn rubber 5 mph faster now that the East Lansing City Council raised the speed limit to 30 mph.
"I think it's a set back for the simple fact that a lot of people didn't know what affirmative action did.
The results from Tuesday's Congressional elections not only shifted Congress' power to the Democrats but signaled the appointment of Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S.
By Any Means Necessary, a political activist group in favor of affirmative action, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against legislation eliminating gender and race-based preferential treatment in university and other public institutions. The state's constitution will now be amended to include the new legislation, which bans affirmative action in certain cases. The proposal will go into effect Dec.
Award-winning CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley died Thursday from complications related to leukemia.