On the Fourth of July, many people from Lansing, East Lansing and the surrounding areas gathered near the State Capitol Building to watch the annual parade.
MSU has been around since 1855 and has had a long and rich history. A lot of that history is buried beneath us.
Jessica Steeley jsteeley@statenews.com MSU alumna Emily Kieliszewski recently won the 2015 Miss Michigan Pageant, winning the title of Miss Michigan as well as scholarship money to further her education.
This week numerous Michigan craft beers are taking over the Lansing bar scene in celebration of the Fourth Annual Lansing Beer Week (LBW). LBW is a week-long event promoting locally made beers and celebrating craft beer events in the Lansing area, organizer Paul Starr said.
The summer event, 3rd Wednesday Open Mic Night, began Wednesday night at the Ann Street Plaza in Downtown East Lansing.
It started off as just a regular day for friends HallieJo Battisfore and Giselle Schneider.
“Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse – Disasters, Catastrophes, and Human Behavior” is an award-winning class taught online every summer at MSU. Human geography junior Richard Wetzel said the course discusses disasters and catastrophes and how well people respond and retain their humanity in these situations.
Cap City Athletic 1847, the first-year youth soccer club of Lansing, is primed to begin its inaugural season. Cap City held tryouts this past weekend at the East Lansing Soccer Complex, for which club president Dan Jury said more kids showed up than expected. The club’s new members celebrated their registration Tuesday night with a World Cup watch-party at the Spartan Hall of Fame Cafe in East Lansing.
The Summer Circle Theatre, a group who performs summer shows on campus, is celebrating their 55th year with a new location to showcase their performances this season.
The Red Cedar River — it’s in our fight song and flows right through the heart of campus. MSU wouldn’t be the same without it. Students surf, fish and swim in its waters, but according to experts and students alike, the river has gained the reputation of being polluted and deteriorating.
A crowd of nervous prospective Spartan Marching Band members and their parents filled the Music Building as band director John T.
The 36th Odyssey of the Mind World Finals are being held at MSU this week, and campus is full of competitors ranging from third graders to college students. Thousands of people from all over the country and the world are staying in MSU dorms and eating at the cafeterias. With the added people, campus has become more congested with traffic and the cafeterias aren’t serving their regular menus.
For some people, jewelry is a way to spice up an otherwise drab outfit. For East Lansing resident Naglaa Seoudy, it’s a livelihood and a calling, as she constructs jewelry and sells it online.
Being on MSU’s campus in the summer can sometimes feels like walking through a ghost town. Sure, there are people around, but nothing compared to the 40,000 students usually overtaking campus during the fall and spring semesters. This place may seem uneventful in the summer, but don’t be tricked into thinking there’s nothing to do.
For some people, a bug is simply a bug — it doesn’t matter if it’s a cockroach or a grasshopper.
Common Ground Music Festival is arguably one of the biggest things to happen in East Lansing in the summer. Are you going?
Sustainable Spartans have brought a solar-powered SmartTable to MSU’s campus, just in time to allow students to enjoy the warm weather while still being able to study for finals.
Tuesday night, three students took the stage before Chance the Rapper in their band’s biggest performance yet.
With finals just around the corner, it’s safe to say most of us are scrambling to cram a semester’s worth of knowledge into our brains.
By Patrick Bade pbade@statenews.com Laundry can be one of the biggest hassles for any college student. We've all been there, you constantly are running back and forth between your dorm or apartment and the laundry room to check and see if your laundry is finished.