Despite the growing role laboratory research plays at MSU, not all jobs at the university involve lab coats and sterile tabletops. To keep campus running and advance agricultural education, MSU still has its fair share of employees who get down and dirty in their work.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio gave his Twitter followers a glimpse of the new Spartan Stadium renovations earlier today. The $24 million renovation to the north end zone of the stadium, scheduled to be completed before the start of the 2014 season, includes new locker rooms, a media center, a training room and recruiting lounge. Dantonio's photos include a panorama of locker room upgrade, murals next to the Ben & Barb Maibach Welcome Center and player's locker room, and an outside view of the project.
Rows of tractors and trailers filled the Ag Expo grounds on the first day of the show on Tuesday.
MSU landed a new recruit on Monday. Highland Springs, Va., wide receiver Felton Davis II, a class of 2015 prospect, verbally committed to MSU via Twitter.
Buffalo Wild Wings, 360 Albert Ave., closed Sunday for renovations and will remain closed until August 4.
MSU has announced Jemele Hill from ESPN as the grand marshal for the homecoming parade this fall.
The victim was visiting a residence on Weber Drive when another man came to the residence and started beating him with a baseball bat. The victim was able to get escape the suspect on foot. He was transported to Sparrow Hospital to treat his serious injuries.
Poets from Lansing and as far as Detroit came to the Capitol building for the free annual event put on by Rina Risper last Thursday. Poetry in the City allows anyone to step up to the mic and recite original or previously published poetry.
All weapons — including chemical substances — are banned on campus, according to an ordinance set by the Board of Trustees in the 1960s.Ordinance 18.00 Firearms or Weapons, which was first enacted Sept. 15, 1964 and was last amended June 19, 2009, specifically bans the use of firearms, chemical, biological, radioactive or other dangerous substances to injure, molest, or coerce another person. Students concerned with protecting themselves on campus have to resort to other means when walking alone, because under the ordinance pepper spray is not permitted.
MSU Bikes Service Center Manager Tim Potter said although the university efforts are helpful, the key to preventing accidents is for all bikers to know and display basic bike safety. The most common mistake bikers make is riding their bike on the sidewalk.
Goodrich’s, located in Trowbridge Plaza, was a nearby grocery stop for MSU students. And with its international, organic and store-made offerings, the grocer catered to a variety of tastes.
Storefront sidewalks along Grand River Avenue were packed with sale items and busy with shoppers over the weekend.
In a world filled with perpetual change, sustainability can be a necessity.Sustainability served as a major theme in a Container Gardening Workshop held Saturday at co-op house Vesta. The workshop, created by AmeriCorps and the Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council cooperatively with the MSU Student Housing Co-op, or SHC, highlighted the idea of sustainable living through the use of growing food planted in upcycled, or re-used, containers.
The band, which has been performing shows throughout the mid-Michigan area for about three years, announced this set as the beginning of a hiatus.
Officers arrested one protester from each side after they had a "small skirmish," State Police Lt. Brody Boucher said. They are being charged with simple assault, Boucher said.
By Casey Hollandcholland@statenews.comTHE STATE NEWSnnFor the past three years, the philosophy department has been compiling data from their senior Capstone courses.
Big brother William Martinez, who is a MSU Ph.D. student studying physics BW, said he joined the program because he simply wants to be there for someone. "I want to be a positive role model," Martinez said. "There's a lot of people who need a little bit more than they have and so if I can just be a little bit of something there, then that's really all I'm looking for."
Students and faculty in the group wanted to stay in the country despite ongoing hostilities.
When I got my acceptance letter to MSU a flood of questions rushed into my head: What will the classes be like?
One bill would let municipalities allow and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries within their jurisdiction. The other bill would legalize and regulate cannabis-infused products, such as edibles and oils.