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(09/08/09 1:45am)
Lansing resident Tham Doan is assisted by Portland resident Marietta Leatherman as she picks through garlic heads for sale at the Silver Rain Gardens stand at the Old Town Farmer’s Market on Sunday afternoon at the corner of Turner Street and Grand River Avenue in Lansing.
(08/13/09 2:23am)
Although construction of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum was delayed earlier this spring, university officials said the project is on schedule to break ground in spring 2010.
(08/10/09 2:37am)
Rain, shine or humidity, people flocked to the Great Lakes Folk Festival this weekend in East Lansing. The festival, produced by the Michigan Traditional Arts Program at the MSU Museum, offered festivalgoers an opportunity to partake in a multicultural experience of food, music, arts and dance. For three days, downtown East Lansing was transformed into a cultural center with heritages ranging from African to Scandinavian.
(07/23/09 7:27pm)
Not even rain could keep MSU students from speaking out about a promise.
(07/06/09 1:29am)
MSU will hold a series of carillon concerts this month at Beaumont Tower at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays.
(06/22/09 3:31am)
Whenever Carl Cafagna hits a note on the sax, clarinet or another instruments he’s mastered, he is carrying on his father’s passion for jazz.
(06/22/09 3:13am)
MSU history professor David Bailey takes cover from the rain under a chair while other festivalgoers huddle under overhangs or umbrellas Friday at the 2009 Summer Solstice Jazz Festival in downtown East Lansing.
(06/17/09 11:38pm)
By now, you’ve seen the Pure Michigan advertisements on TV. In the commercials, there usually are images of Michigan’s Great Lakes, lighthouses and fresh harvests coming in. It shows all the openness, the nature of the state, the beauty that shines through the mere landscape and topography. But all the nature, as beautifully mesmerizing as it is, cannot hold the attention of the most freewheeling minds. The innovator’s and big dreamer’s minds are not usually satiated by a picturesque waterfall.
(05/21/09 12:58am)
The saying goes, “When it rains, it pours.”
(05/10/09 1:33am)
Rain delayed the start of a three game set between Purdue and MSU by an hour on Saturday, and both team’s bats had just as slow a start — but just like the rain, the zeros on the scoreboard wouldn’t stick around for long.
(04/29/09 10:58pm)
Students moving out of East Lansing’s neighborhoods for the summer are encouraged to participate in the off-campus expansion of MSU’s Pack Up, Pitch In recycling event.
(04/29/09 12:09am)
With the cancellation of Tuesday’s MSU baseball game against Eastern Michigan, the Spartans (17-23 overall, 8-7 Big Ten) and Eagles will meet for two games Wednesday.
(04/28/09 1:19am)
It was just one of those days I had too much to carry. Physically, I was lugging a messenger bag of books and daily essentials with a tote bag of food and beverages for the day slung over the other shoulder. Mentally, it was the middle of the week, and on top of the stress of school, balancing my three jobs and searching for post-graduation employment, I was less than enthused about heading to gym class.
(04/28/09 1:09am)
Deck shoes may be nautical in origin, but these casual shoes have left the world of sailboats and yachting to become a staple in the closets of both men and women.
(04/27/09 2:07am)
Grand Rapids resident and MSU alumnus Mark Darnell stands in the rain Saturday with his father, Ann Arbor resident and University of Michigan alumnus Gene Darnell, awaiting the beginning of the Green and White game at Spartan Stadium. The rain would delay the kickoff by 20 minutes, though it held off for most of the game, allowing time for the White team to win 38-37.
(04/27/09 1:39am)
The 8th annual Sparty’s Spring Party on Demonstration Field was rained out most of the day Saturday. Apparel and textile design junior Shelly Moher was one of many people who hid under umbrellas and other things to shield themselves from rain.
(04/27/09 1:37am)
Students, area residents and country music fans spent the brief sunny part of Saturday afternoon at the field outside Demonstration Hall, taking in the sights and sounds of the 8th annual Sparty’s Spring Party. But a rainy forecast kept attendance low and forced the party to end early.
(04/27/09 12:57am)
After a weekend of stormy skies, gusting winds and pouring rain, the sun was shining brightly on the MSU men’s golf team in the final day of the Spartan/Fossum Invitational on Sunday at Forest Akers West Golf Course.
(04/25/09 10:38pm)
MSU football fans got their first look at sophomore quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichol on Saturday during the Spartans annual Green and White game Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
(04/22/09 1:50am)
They’re not much to look at now — maybe just a few clusters of daffodils, nondescript greenery and an unassuming pavilion. But give the MSU Horticulture Gardens a couple months. That’s when they’ll come alive and that’s when they’ll be full of the perennial plants and the estimated 40,000 flowers and plants that are planted each year.