Twenty-one years, three tries and a wealth of determination was all it took for MSU alumnus Glenn Eyre's rock painting plans to fall into place.
“I don’t even know how to describe a thousand gallons of mayonnaise.” After 500 2.5 gallon containers of mayonnaise were compromised by freezing temperatures and unusable to the university, sustainability officers and the MSU Food Store worked together to divert all of the waste into energy to power on-campus buildings.
Living on-campus provides lifelong opportunities and opportunities to form friendships. For two MSU students, living on the same floor together in West Wilson formed into the creation of a music group.
In a room in Olin Health Center, individuals can come to relax and avoid the day’s stress. Through the MSU Collegiate Recovery Community, or CRC, the lounge is a safe place for students on campus who are recovering from addiction.
The Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award received over 700 applications from students across the country.
MSU club sports are student funded since they don't receive funds from the MSU Athletic Department.
On March 26, 1979, the MSU men’s basketball team beat the Indiana State Sycamores 75-64 and brought home the first men’s basketball championship in program history.
As spring cleaners emerge and gain momentum, the MSU Recycling Center welcomed outdoor clothing and gear store Patagonia on Friday to help educate people on the effects of pitching their worn-out clothing.
“I would rather try doing something I love to do and fail than be successful doing something I don’t love to do.” Former MSU student Sam Silverstein rolled into a room on roller skates packed with over hundreds of people on March 29.
Fresh out of the police academy, a 21 year-old Jeff Murphy moved to East Lansing to join the police force expecting to stay for a short amount of time.
Every year on April Fools’ Day, people around the globe either succeed or fail at pranking their loved ones, friends, or even random people.
The new Chick-fil-A in Okemos is officially open for business. Members of the community camped out overnight before the grand opening to receive free Chick-fil-A for a year.
Jazz studies major Dakota Peterson has been playing the drums for a little over eight years. Peterson doesn’t just play for a hobby but rather she plays in multiple groups and uses her skills to raise money for different organizations around Lansing. The senior is involved with a group named SHRIMP which stands of Solidarity Helps Raise Impoverished and Marginalized People.
MSU Student Housing Cooperative practices the idea of cooperative living throughout its 15 houses across the East Lansing area and consists of approximately 240 members. One of its main goals is to provide sustainable living for all its members and making their homes efficient by going 100 percent carbon free through electricity usage. One co-op member wanted to start that pushing that goal harder, so he created the Green Energy Initiative Project.
In major college sports such as basketball and football, the atmosphere with fans in the stadium and tailgating beforehand, is what draws fans to watch MSU athletics. For the players, it’s the atmosphere within the locker room and going to war with your teammates against your opponent. For the players of the men and women MSU Ultimate Frisbee teams, the friendly atmosphere on the field between both teams is what separates ultimate frisbee from the rest of the pack. “I do like that aspect of ‘Hey, we hate these guys guts (so) let’s tear them up,’” supply chain management senior Charles Robertson said.
The MSU Figure Skating Team brought the heat to the ice during the Fire and Ice event hosted by the University Activities Board on March 25 at Munn Ice Arena.
“Michigan State University, come on down. You’re the next contestant on The Price is Right!” A group of Spartan alumni from Los Angeles filmed the College Rivalry version of The Price is Right on Feb.
Social relations and policy senior Michael Ruddock has knocked on hundreds of doors in Lansing during the past year. He has walked from house to house and has talked with hundreds of people with one thing in mind: give the voiceless a voice.
Some Saturdays are “for the boys” but for the James Madison College (JMC), this Saturday was for the books.
In a social media dominated world, new tools are being created to help combat how future decision-makers perceive you based off of your posts.