When relay runners from Detroit and Jackson converged at the Capitol steps with their torches at the Dream for Darfur Olympic Torch Relay and Rally Saturday, their purpose was to send a message to China: Bring the Olympic dream to Darfur, a troubled region in Sudan.
Some state leaders want to develop a strategy to make the state more environmentally friendly. Stanley Pruss, an environmental adviser for Gov. Jennifer Granholm, said the state needs to take the initiative in helping the state go green.
Throughout the past month, Nicole Evans and several other city employees have helped to create diabetes awareness within the community. By sponsoring fundraisers and participating in Saturday’s Step Out to Fight Diabetes walk through downtown Lansing, they’ve raised more than $2,300 for the American Diabetes Association.
Albert Avenue will be closed between Bailey Street and Collingwood Drive from today until Friday while developers complete work for the Stonehouse Village III project.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and MSU’s “1,000 closest friends” celebrated a successful fundraising campaign Saturday morning with trumpets and fanfare.
Helmets, field goals and touchdowns — certain things are always associated with the game of football. But on game day, something else comes to mind — tailgating. When it comes to Big Ten football games, the pre-game is just as important as what happens when the whistle blows.
More than 1,000 students poured into the Union from noon-4 p.m. on Thursday to search for information about the various housing opportunities on and off campus.
Reform legislation on teacher health benefits and retirement plans in Michigan may affect whether some education majors choose to work in the state or not.
With offerings of free cheese, meat and spinach pies, as well as printed T-shirts at the rock on Farm Lane on Thursday, the Arab Cultural Society, or ACS, hoped to make their presence known on campus.
A record number of people were handcuffed nationally for marijuana-related violations in 2006.
With 25 acres of land and $750 million to spare, developers are excited about the possibilities they can incorporate into the East Village project. But before developers can turn their ideas into material, they need to acquire the land. The East Village project involves redeveloping the region bounded by East Grand River Avenue, Stoddard Avenue, Bogue Street and the Red Cedar River through an infusion of residential, retail and entertainment properties.
ASMSU is voting Oct. 11 whether or not to allocate an additional $7,000 to the organization’s Student Tailgate budget which may bring the total to $15,000.
A book bag containing cash, a wallet and an iPod were among the estimated $435 worth of personal property stolen from the Music Building on Monday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Local cell phone carriers have approached MSU officials with a proposal to install a new flagpole/wireless tower on campus.
In a matter of hours after Randee Bierlein shook hands with job recruiters at a campus job fair last October, the then-MSU senior answered the call she was waiting for.
Western modernity, traditional India and globalization — the themes which once interested Mahatma Ghandi — also have been the subjects of interest for Akeel Bilgrami.
The College of Osteopathic Medicine has appointed two of its alumni to leadership positions for the college’s expansion into southeast Michigan.
Lisa Rabideau bought a new suit last weekend in anticipation of Wednesday’s Career Gallery.
When Kelly Klump worked as a peer counselor for her high school, she frequently worked with girls with eating disorders — many of whom were her friends.
ASMSU officials don’t think putting colored wristbands on 13,600 students before MSU home football games is necessary.