The sixth annual Greater Lansing Memory Walk will be held at 1 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the Breslin Center. The walk is sponsored by the Michigan Great Lakes Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Students who have children are invited to attend a free Student Parent Workshop from 1-4 p.m. on September 13 at the Kellogg Center.
Some MSU graduate teaching assistants are demanding back pay they say the university owes them after winning a grievance arbitration in August.
Student Assembly Chairperson Missy Kushlak faced several empty staff seats Thursday as ASMSU members discussed plans for the new year.Several assembly members could not attend MSU's undergraduate student government meeting.
Totally Takeout is undergoing a fall makeover and has garnered mixed reactions from students on the run. The former system - where students were allowed two drinks, two entrees and three sides - has been replaced by a point system.
With millions of Michigan residents hitting the highways this Labor Day weekend, state police are emphasizing safe driving.
The second annual "One Book, One Community" program will kick off Sept. 3 with more steam than last year's trial run, coordinators say. The chosen book, Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," wasn't on Elizabeth Whitmer's list of must-reads, but she found her way through the pages with the impression that it was a university requirement. "I thought I had to," she said.
Independent housing in the city is suffering while larger apartment complexes that offer more luxuries are flourishing, East Lansing city officials said. East Lansing Planning and Community Development Director Jim Van Ravensway said he sees a large number of houses for rent on streets farther from campus, such as Burcham and Hagadorn roads. "There are fewer and fewer independent owners," Van Ravensway said.
After almost 50 years of education, Spartan Village Elementary School closed its doors due to budget cuts last spring, leaving many new challenges for the East Lansing school district this year. The closure of Spartan Village Elementary, 1460 Middlevale Road, voids the contract between the university and the school district - returning the building to the university.
Sara Ramsey, the 2003 editor in chief of MSU's yearbook, Red Cedar Log, already has plans to make big changes for next year's edition.Sitting with her legs sprawled out on the floor, sifting through a list of improvements, she diligently marked them with a big red 'S' shaped sticky notes.
The days of mooching off friends' Internet access or sweating in 100-degree computer labs might be replaced by wireless Internet access outside and around downtown East Lansing. Ann Street Plaza and Fountain Square, separated by the M.A.C.
Red Bull Energy Drink will be sponsoring its first go-cart racing event on Thursday and Friday at 1 p.m.
Medical Students for Choice will hold its 2003-2004 kick-off meeting at 5 p.m. on Sept. 3 in A219 in the Clinical Center.
The MSU-Detroit College of Law is holding a lecture highlighting the beginning of a new program about intellectual property.Yale Law School Professor Jack Balkin will speak about intellectual property rights in the United States on Sept.
There is a blood shortage, and the American Red Cross is encouraging MSU students to help out. For most of the summer, the Great Lakes Region of the Red Cross has been operating under its smallest blood supply in a decade.
Lansing- An MSU student pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges that he took part in the March 28-30 disturbances that caused about $40,000 in damage to the city and campus. A sentencing date has not been set for astrophysics junior Troy Lictawa, who faces up to five years in prison on a felony unlawful assembly charge, Ingham County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Joyce Draganchuk said. Lictawa, 20, was among about 30 revelers who were arrested when thousands took to the streets, set fires and overturned cars after MSU's run in the men's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Two people facing felony charges in relation to the riots were sentenced last week at Ingham County 30th Circuit Court.
Democrat lawmakers and environmentalists hope stopping imported trash from other states and Canada will continue to gain support.
The East Lansing Planning Commission postponed a request from Gillespie Development & Management to build a $20 million housing development in the Northern Tier at its Wednesday meeting. Plans for the complex, called The Beaumont, were introduced to the commission about two weeks ago. The 40-acre community would be built on Coleman Road near Crossing Place Apartments, 3636 Coleman Road in Bath Township, and offer 448 apartments and town houses.