Water, sewage and aging city infrastructure were among items in the 2009-10 fiscal year budget discussed at Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council work session. Council members were presented with the first section of the of the city’s 2009-10 fiscal year budget, which involved general funds.
Health officials investigating the campus outbreak of a stomach virus two weeks ago have determined a time frame in which they believe most students were infected.
Two female students reported belongings stolen from the Main Library when they left items unattended after a fire alarm was pulled, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
When Abhinav Katiyar looks back on his first few weeks in the U.S. as a freshman at MSU, he remembers sitting alone in the cafeteria. And he remembers one person — his resident mentor — waving him down and carrying his tray over to join him.
Author James McBride will visit the Capital Area District Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., in Lansing, at 7 p.m. on April 20. McBride will be discuss his novel, “Song Yet Sung,” and partake in a question-and-answer session with readers.
Members of Spartan Students Against Drunk Driving, or SSADD, braved a damp, cold day to spread their message of drunken driving awareness Tuesday during the first-ever Spartan Students Against Drunk Driving Day.
MSU researchers have spent years working on technology to assist the development of hybrid vehicles, but until last week there was little incentive for that research to be put to use in Michigan.
A single, self-inflicted stab wound to the chest caused the death of MSU senior Don Ausman nearly three months ago, MSU police investigators and medical examiners concluded Tuesday.
A fire in a fourth-floor room in Owen Hall caused between $10,000 and $15,000 worth of damage Tuesday and prompted 200 to 300 people to evacuate the building, police said.
An arsonist set a newspaper box owned by The State News on fire Monday morning outside of West Fee Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said
Individual homeowners aren’t the only ones being hit by the slumping housing market. Cities across Michigan and the nation are struggling with property tax revenue losses, a problem that could lead to drastic funding cuts for everything from public safety to infrastructure repair.
A majority of students and faculty in the Chicano/Latino Studies program have formed a group they say has a different mission than the original program director, whose job performance recently has come into question.
Growing budget deficits could force state lawmakers to retool Michigan’s proposed budget with additional cuts, but higher education funding likely won’t see further cuts in addition to those included in Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s February budget proposal.
The sled dogs who run the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race might not only be rushing toward the finish line, but also toward possible new treatments for conditions such as type 2 diabetes and obesity.
City officials will present the first of several parts of East Lansing’s 2009-10 fiscal year budget to East Lansing City Council tonight, including a proposed total budget increase of about 40 percent from this past fiscal year.
Despite the feeling of change fueled by President Barack Obama’s election as the country’s first black president, racial inequality generally remains static in the U.S., a report compiled by the National Urban League said.
Checking the status of East Lansing can now be done via Facebook and Twitter. This puts the city on the leading edge of social networking and the spread of information.
MSU’s Residence Halls Association and Impact (89-FM) will continue to operate after students voted to pass tax referendums for both organizations. Both taxes must be approved by students every three years.
Students who planned on living in Owen Graduate Hall during the summer will have to pack their bags and move out as the residence hall undergoes a $10 million face-lift, expected to be completed by Aug. 1.
Graduating seniors might be heading into the “perfect storm” this May as they enter the job market. That’s what Philip Gardner, director of the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at MSU, said he fears for the spring 2009 graduating class.