A Cooley Law School group working to free those wrongly convicted of crimes in Michigan is on the way to its first test.A Calhoun County judge ordered evidence used to convict Michael Hicks of the 1993 rape and kidnapping of a 19-year-old woman be sent to a California lab for DNA testing.
Four MSU students placed in the top 15 percent of the William Lowell Putnam Mathematics competition. The students, who took the exam Dec.
Despite chilly temperatures on Sunday afternoon, seven students tackled the weather during the Fruitbowl - an annual football game sponsored by members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community - at Walter Adams Memorial field. “We were hoping for a better turnout, but only the hard-core LGBT community is out here today,” public policy junior Chris Szmadzinski said jokingly during halftime. Sunday’s football game was one of the kick-off events for Pride Week at MSU, which lasts through Friday.
When ASMSU officials and representatives compare the Student Assembly’s 37th session to the 36th session, it appears to be the calm after the storm.“Last year, things got personal,” said Shane Waller, Student Assembly vice chairperson for external affairs.
Gov. John Engler appointed former state Treasurer Doug Roberts to take over his old post Thursday.Roberts will replace current Treasurer Mark Murray, who was selected to become Grand Valley State University’s next president.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers will forgo nearly an additional $10,000 a year in his pension by changing his date of resignation from the state Senate.The Brighton Republican, who had originally resigned Jan.
Students, adults and children went skating Friday to help wipe out illiteracy.The Student Michigan Education Association and the Capital Area Literacy Coalition held the annual Skate for Literacy program.
LANSING - Traffic officials say they’re prepared for the closure of Interstate-496 through downtown at 6:01 p.m.
A group of MSU scientists have been asked by NASA to join in the search for life throughout the universe.
Engineering freshman Jonathan Sedon hadn’t heard about the massive immunization effort for meningitis on campus a year ago, or reports about a student hospitalized with the potentially deadly disease. But he got his shot anyway. “My mom told me to get the vaccination,” said Sedon, who received a vaccination for meningitis before he came to MSU.
Heidi Wenger is sick of paying high fees to get her money out of the bank.“Banks usually charge outrageous fees,” said the finance graduate student, who withdraws money using ATMs nearly every day.
The hearts of MSU student athletes got a little bigger Friday morning as they spoke to more than 800 Lansing elementary school students at the “I’ve Got Heart” event.The 14th annual National Student Athlete Day was honored with the event held in the gym of the IM Sports-West.
Heidi Wenger is sick of paying high fees to get her money out of the bank.“Banks usually charge outrageous fees,” said the finance graduate student, who withdraws money using ATMs nearly every day.
March is generally not known as the season for giving. That’s the reason members of Rather Hall Residence Life chose to sleep out for the homeless from 11 p.m.
Visitors to a Lansing art show today will see more than just a few pieces of art. Dozens of nude drawings will be on display and for sale from 6 p.m.
The MSU men’s basketball and hockey teams are not the only groups on campus earning high honors these days. The MSU Peace Corps ranks in the top 25 among colleges and universities nationwide who have the highest number of volunteers currently serving overseas.
With natural gas prices soaring, universities across the state are scrambling to pay high heating bills. “We have a budget shortfall of about $1.4 million,” said Rick Duffett, vice president for administration and finance at Ferris State University.
The ASMSU Academic Assembly’s ninth session ended with a 20-minute meeting full of laughter Tuesday, but Academic Assembly Chairperson Charles McHugh said the assembly’s laid-back demeanor did not always exist.“We had always been looked at as the dry, pin-drop assembly,” McHugh said.
Former Michigan Gov. James Blanchard told public relations students at the Union about the value of a good pair of walking shoes.Blanchard talked to about 150 students, faculty and community members Thursday about how public relations benefited him in government, starting with his first run at the U.S.