The city of East Lansing is attempting to take a small slice of holiday stress away this season, offering free downtown parking from Dec.
A sewer retention tank could appear along the banks of the Red Cedar River if the East Lansing City Council approves its construction tonight. The council will vote on completing the third stage of a sewer-overflow control plan at its 7:30 p.m.
Lansing - Donating an unwrapped toy to the Lansing-area Toys for Tots program might make an area child's holiday a little brighter. With the community's help, U.S.
Professor Lorena Blinn's office in North Kedzie Hall was routinely filled with students asking questions and looking through old tests. Blinn died Nov.
Delta Twp. - Holiday promotions began early and are still going strong with only 22 shopping days remaining until Christmas.
Adam and Lindsey Malson won't be joining the civilian world once they graduate this spring.Instead, the married couple - members of MSU's Army ROTC program - will continue their training and serve in the U.S.
The East Lansing Winter Festival and Chili Cook-Off will take place from 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the Marriott Hotel and Ann Street Plaza.
Starting in January, MSU, MSU-Detroit College of Law and Grand Valley State University will bring law to west Michigan by offering an advanced securities course on GVSU's campus.
The African Studies Center will be presenting a brown-bag luncheon titled "Elephantiasis: An Ancient Medical Scourge, Under Attack" at noon Thursday in 201 International Center. The luncheon will be conducted by Charles Mackenzie, a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation. Tara May
Mike Nowak wanted a brighter smile.After viewing several commercials for Crest Whitestrips, a two-week method to whiten teeth, the accounting sophomore decided to give the strips a try."I tried them because teeth can never be white enough for me," he said.
Ciara Barclay scrawled messages of hope, remembrance and celebration on three white tags at Meridian Mall in November to honor her family and friends touched by cancer. Barclay, a human biology senior and volunteer for the American Cancer Society's Love Lights a Tree Program, was three years old when her mother won a battle against cancer.
When political theory sophomore John Sturk slams his gavel, he commands the attention of 40 representatives of the Residence Halls Association. As internal vice president of RHA, one of Sturk's responsibilities is to make sure the General Assembly abides by parliamentary procedure - called Robert's Rules of Order."I happen to find parliamentary procedures personally fascinating," Sturk said.
As the holiday season draws near, many shoppers fill local shops, carelessly racking up charges on their credit cards.
Paul Troutman hunched over his U.S. history book Tuesday afternoon, quietly reading to himself.
Aspiring singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is performing at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Virginian spent the past two years of his life in the sunny streets of San Diego playing regular gigs at coffeehouses until the day he was signed to Elektra Records.
The Department of Political Science will offer a new class beginning in the spring semester. Political Science 950, Research Seminar in Comparative Politics, will now focus on the interaction of religion and politics in Muslim states, including Egypt and Nigeria. Mohammed Ayoob, a university distinguished professor of international relations in James Madison College, will teach the course.
The new members of the recently recolonized Pi Kappa Phi have a long road ahead if they hope to regain full Interfraternity Council benefits and privileges.When the fraternity was suspended last spring, they lost their charter and all of the rights that go along with being a member of the council.
MSU's health advocates will spend next semester focused on women's health issues.The advocates - students working with Olin Health Center's Community Action Team - are working on four new programs to launch in January.The programs will be on date rape, body image, pelvic examinations and emergency contraception.Health advocates for the team have been working this semester to present their programs as part of MSU's Women's Healthy Sexuality Month, said Beth Weaver, mentor for the Community Action Team."Our mission is to speak as a student representative on health and safety issues," Weaver said.The health advocacy program has been a part of the university since 1986, but the Community Action Team wasn't established until 1996, she said.In past years the group has focused on variety of issues, including athletics and the responsibilities of bar employees, Weaver said.The students work to develop their own projects and help each other carry out the programs.