“Out of business” signs and empty sidewalks characterize the stretch of Michigan Avenue from the Frandor Plus Shopping Center to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital. Now, after years of decay, regional leaders said they are hoping to revamp the struggling area.
MSU Trustee Faylene Owen doesn’t remember every “get well” phone call she’s received, but she said one in particular stood out. Owen had hurt her ankle while attending a fundraising event for former President Bill Clinton’s 1996 presidential campaign, she said. It was serious enough that she was taken to the hospital.
The question of paper or plastic has traditionally racked the minds of check-out line customers, but several local shops are presenting customers with a cleaner alternative.
With a surfboard-sized slab of wood in her lap, strumming chords with a bamboo stick in one hand and patting strings with the other, Jin Hi Kim used an ancient instrument to teach students about Korean culture Monday.
With a May 15 contract expiration date looming, the Graduate Employees Union and MSU began the bargaining process last week for their next three-year contract. Having started negotiations last week and entering another round Monday, the union has presented the university with a list of items they would like to see addressed or added to the contract.
A single charge of unarmed robbery against both sophomore MSU cornerback Jeremy Ware and former sophomore cornerback-wide receiver T.J. Williams was dismissed Monday due to lack of evidence, sparing them from the possibility of up to 15 years in prison.
Beverly Baten, a former member of the East Lansing City Council, will be honored Wednesday for her contributions to the city. The ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
While much of the city was still dark Monday morning, students dressed in green, toting Irish flags and singing songs lined up outside East Lansing bars to get a head start on St. Patrick’s Day.
The rock band Anberlin will headline a concert kicking off ASMSU elections week at 8 p.m. March 31 at Breslin Center.
Despite a proposed plan to hold a privately funded June 3 Democratic primary, many questions remain about time, technicalities and where the money to fund it would come from, political analysts said Sunday.
For the second time in 10 months, officials for MSU’s undergraduate student government are answering questions about the legal troubles of one of ASMSU’s top officials.
The sound of mandolins, pianos and playground equipment filled the East Lansing MSU Child Development Laboratory on Saturday as more than 300 current and former students and staff celebrated the school’s 80th anniversary.
Social work freshman Cole Renne knows hookah tobacco smoke isn’t good for his health, but he said it’s better than smoking cigarettes.
When Charles Roman learned his video game beat competitors from 50 other colleges in a game design contest for Mountain Dew, he was shocked.
Four-leaf clovers signify St. Patrick’s Day luck, but also bring the itchiness and skin irritation that characterize the spring allergy season.
Charles Hindsley traveled farther than 400 miles to compete in the 25th annual Pow-Wow of Love Saturday and Sunday at Jenison Field House.
Although the word count will be cut, MSU will include two new priorities in its mission statement, which is in the process of being revamped for the first time in almost 26 years.
An ASMSU official who was charged with third-degree sexual assault Wednesday could continue planning a quarter-million-dollar concert if a bill is approved by Student Assembly. ASMSU’s policy committee passed a bill Thursday that would allow Nigel Scarlett, Student Assembly vice chairperson for external affairs, to continue planning the iVote concert, which has been re-scheduled for next fall.
Trustee Colleen McNamara was on campus for at least six hours for informal meetings Feb. 21, the day before the MSU Board of Trustees monthly meeting.
Every day in the U.S., more than 6,000 patients who need a bone marrow transplant cannot find a potential donor. For patients who suffer from diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma, finding a donor can mean the difference between life and death.