Shoppers in the former Meridian Township Farmer Jack building might soon find paintbrushes and silk flowers lining the shelves where paper towels and frozen vegetables used to be. Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts supply store chain based in Oklahoma City, will be moving into the former Farmer Jack building, 2775 E.
If you've been dehydrated during tailgates and are tired of waiting 30 minutes in line for rest room facilities, ASMSU is trying to help. MSU's undergraduate student government members said they don't want to limit students' pregame fun, but they are most concerned with compromised safety caused by binge drinking. ASMSU passed a bill at its general assembly meeting Thursday with tailgating recommendations to be later passed to the MSU Board of Trustees. The recommendations might be implemented as soon as Saturday's home football game against Illinois. "The issue in this bill is safety," said Derek Wallbank, representative for the Council for Students with Disabilities.
I wouldn't be nervous if they called me. If you support your country, you should be willing to sacrifice for it to some extent.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and as part of the event, a candlelight vigil will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Bloomfield Hills - In a 330-seat Bloomfield Hills theater Sunday afternoon, five loyal supporters of Sen.
Dressed in high-cut navy blue running shorts and a bright purple tank top, Ron Heames, 60, bounced in the cold, frosty Sunday morning air as he stretched in preparation for the 20th annual Michigan State University Federal Credit Union Dinosaur Dash. Heames, an Ann Arbor resident, has run the race for eight years.
The National Science Foundation has awarded MSU $400,000 to teach people how to defend their computers from dangers on the Internet.
Lansing - A bright sun shone down on students clad in white T-shirts reading "Be the Change" as they worked together to dig an irrigation ditch with pitch forks and shovels at Hawk Island Park, 1601 E.
Fewer people were arrested for liquor violations, more cars were stolen on campus and no hate crimes were reported for the third year in a row, according to a report released by MSU officials Friday.
More than 30 people had visited MSU Professor David Dwyer's East Lansing home Saturday afternoon.
A program on predatory animals in Michigan will be shown Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Meridian Senior Center, 1900 Kinawa Drive, in Okemos.
Students passing through the Union on Thursday between 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. had a chance to get a free copy of Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 software that allows students to organize notes online.
Recanting his past experiences in the business world, MSU President M. Peter McPherson spoke Wednesday at the first meeting of the Student Investment Association. "I was very impressed," said marketing junior David Savickas, who also is marketing vice president for the association.
Raising money and awareness is the goal of 13th annual AIDS Walk Michigan-Lansing on Sunday, said walk coordinators. Beginning at 1 p.m., the walk will start at Valley Court Park, behind the Peoples Church of East Lansing, 200 W.
Schmoozing is the art of politicking, as the "Shaking Hands and Kissing Babies: Campaigns and Elections in American Culture" conference will present this weekend. The American Studies Graduate Students Association, or ASGSA, is bringing speakers from across the country to the Union Gold Room today and Green Room Saturday to discuss how candidates appeal to the masses. The keynote speaker, Gary Gerstle from the University of Maryland, will lecture 8 p.m.
As many as four MSU students could be spending a minimum of $750 for each song they illegally downloaded on the university server. The Recording Industry Association of America announced Thursday that 762 illegal file sharers were being sued for copyright infringement.
Some big game experts and local licensing shops say an unusually warm September isn't likely to affect the turnout for deer hunting bow season, which begins today. Bow hunting season kicks off the three-month deer hunting season that is expected to draw about 775,000 hunters this year.
University officials are one step closer to appointing an acting provost with the selection of the search and rating committee. The committee, which is composed of two students, one dean and three professors met for the first time Friday, and are planning to meet again Monday.