For the last time until 2117, the transit of Venus will occur at approximately 5:04 p.m. today. During this rare phenomenon, Venus covers 1/32 of the sun and can be seen by the naked eye — or preferably with protective eyewear due to the sun’s damaging rays — in good conditions.
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Jessica Reiss always has had a soft spot for special needs animals, and when she spotted a one-eyed cat laying in a cage waiting to be adopted on Sunday afternoon, it was love at first sight.
Thousands of area residents descended on Lansing’s Adado Riverfront Park Saturday afternoon for the 17th annual Board of Water and Light, or BWL, Chili Cook-off.
For MBA student Scott Gordon, taking risks paid off to the tune of $867,000 — if only it were real. Gordon was the winner of the first MBA Stock Market Challenge, which ended April 27, after three months of trading. Competitors were given $100,000 in virtual money and 12 weeks on the stock market through the website investopedia.com. Gordon said he did it because there was no risk. “You always want to see what you could do if you had money,” he said. Gordon said his strategy was a bit more risky than everybody else’s because he used option trading, where you have the right to buy the stock at a predetermined price at a later time, even if the price goes up. He targeted big companies like Apple and Qualcomm and invested with them if he knew they were going to have a financially productive day. With option trading, Gordon said you either win or lose, and he didn’t always win. “At some point, I was down $70,000,” he said.
Dick Beals was a Spartan through and through. When Homecoming came around, he left Hollywood behind for the autumn air of East Lansing each year.
Janet Ashton filled her car at least three times with everything from used furniture, wood, Styrofoam, paper to be shredded and scrap metal she had been saving for a year to donate in the annual Project Pride recycling event. On Saturday, East Lansing residents brought all types of reusable or recyclable items to the Abbott Center, 1400-1500 Abbot Road.
When Cayla Roberts’ father told her she was worth less than a sack of potatoes as a child, she never expected to one day become a high school and college graduate, an active volunteer in her community and wife surrounded by a new family who loves and respects her as one of their own.
Woodchips flew as master builder Brian Taylor sawed off part of the sound board of a piano.
Michigan lawmakers continue to push forward on passing the state’s budget for the next fiscal year, hoping to reach a self-declared June 1 deadline. Conference committees formed to flesh out details of the budget have come to agreement on most of the 17 state agencies included, but details have yet to be worked out on higher education and school aid funding. Gov.
Current Miss Michigan Elizabeth Wertenberger, originally from Dundee, Mich., grew up battling juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Now, at age 23, she is in complete remission and is sharing her story by using her platform with the Miss America Organization.
When Miles Sutphen first became a Spartan in fall 2011, his residency in Campbell Hall was exactly what he expected it to be — cramped, with older dorms, full-service cafeterias and an array of excited students.
Bill Vincent, a professor of film studies in the department of English, will travel to New Zealand this Friday to be in a remake of the 1981 film, The Evil Dead.
The opening of a $5.6 million facility that would consolidate the emergency dispatch services of the East Lansing and Lansing Police Departments has been delayed indefinitely.
As the Michigan Legislature pushes forward to complete the 2012-13 fiscal year budget this week, it has the advantage of working with about a $400 million surplus, the result of spending cuts to level out a long-standing deficit.
Students in the College of Education might be using more than just textbooks and iClickers in their courses in the fall, with the launch of a pilot program that will bring iPads into some classrooms.
About 72 percent of parents and guardians across the country unknowingly are putting their children between the ages of 1 and 4 at risk by misusing car seats, East Lansing police detective Candace Ivey said Tuesday.
MSU students and faculty have been busy earning awards, receiving appointments to new positions and co-authoring reports this year.
A group of Michigan legislators, civic leaders and business notables will head up to Mackinac Island this week for an annual conference focusing on Michigan’s future in innovation.
Bright sun beating down and 92 degrees of heat can make for a beautiful day on a beautiful campus this Memorial Day. And although the student population on campus dwindles in the summer, the population of students who stay for Memorial Day can be miniscule in comparison — and that’s just how the students who stay like it.