Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama unveiled a plan Tuesday to provide $5 billion in federal funding to protect and restore the Great Lakes. The plan would be funded by money saved from reducing tax breaks for oil companies and would only be enacted if he’s elected.
The East Lansing City Council took several steps to further the city’s development projects at its meeting Tuesday.
A new beta e-mail Web system has been launched by the MSU Academic Technology Services team and is available for students to access, MSU ATS announced Tuesday.
Michigan legislators are looking to pass a comprehensive energy package this month that would reregulate the electric utilities industry.
Sales have been pretty strong for Wireless Toyz, despite its opening at the beginning of summer when local businesses typically struggle, said Sara Williamson, the store’s assistant manager.
To many, the Garza family is unique because of its 35 college graduates, but to Diego Garza, they’re just an all-American family living the American dream.
Although the presidential election will grab the country’s attention Nov. 4, another election closer to East Lansing has important implications for MSU.
It’s not likely the MSU Board of Trustees will be receiving mail from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe any time soon. But they’d appreciate it.
East Lansing’s skyline might not be getting a little higher any time soon. City Center II, a $116.4 million project slated for the Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road area, is being developed by Strathmore Development Co. The company is developing Broadway Village — a similar project — in Ann Arbor, where construction has yet to begin.
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings in April 2007, colleges across the country have begun to implement background checks for students living on campus to prevent violent attacks.
Marie Jeanette Mason, one of four people charged with setting the 1999 New Year’s Eve fire in Agriculture Hall, pleaded guilty Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids to involvement in the arson.
Consumers Energy sent 96 of its employees to the Gulf Coast region Sunday to help residents recover in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.
As a local Best Buy location prepares to begin selling musical instruments Nov. 14, a customer experience manager says one of the main goals is to offer resources to students with a variety of skill levels.
Ten MSU students were admitted to area hospitals over the past week all reporting similar symptoms of bloody diarrhea.
Kate McAlpine and six other science communication interns descended into a cavern about 300 feet below the Swiss-French border armed with a video camera and a boom box.
With a name and tradition representing the land-grant history of MSU, 108-year-old Morrill Hall may soon be history itself.
Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has created a new incentive for MSU students to register to vote.
Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast last week, but the storm also can be blamed for a deluge of inconveniences that reached the Lansing area. The price of gas skyrocketed over the weekend amid rumors of price gouging, and rain caused many students not willing to brave the elements to miss the MSU football game. Local businesses also reported rained-out sales, and the level of the Red Cedar River climbed to flood potential.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden will make two campaign stops in Michigan today.
Another link in a nine-year-old MSU arson case will close today. Marie Jeanette Mason, one of four people charged with setting the 1999 New Year’s Eve fire in Agriculture Hall, will plead guilty to involvement in the arson.