MS U alumna Robyn Parrott, known to her teammates as “Isahella Spawn,” said it was the movie “Whip It” that encouraged her to try roller derby. After searching for teams in Lansing, she took her mom’s skates out of her closet and went to the team’s first open recruitment of the season.
With more than 180 artists in attendance, the East Lansing Art Festival helps many artists to get their name and craft out to the public. And that’s the specific goal for the “New and Emerging” artists tent, where seven artists show off their craft and promote their name.
When finals week ended, I attended MSU’s Leadershape program with forty-nine other MSU students.
This year it featured returning favorites and new exhibitors selling an eclectic array of jewelry, paintings, clothing and more.
Short. Tall. Fat. Skinny. Young. Old. White. Black.These are just eight words of thousands that are supposed to define who we are.Across the world, young girls look at photoshopped images of models all with the same long, thin figures and ask themselves why their bodies don’t look like that.
Two shootings on May 12 left MSU students looking to Twitter and other social media websites for updates and safety information when the MSU Alert system did not reach all students.
East Lansing’s city streets were packed this weekend, not by the usual traffic of cars and buses, but by citizens, vendors and a lot of art.
On Thursday, the Senate moved forward on legislation that would increase Michigan’s minimum wage but also would circumvent a potential decision from voters.
On Thursday the Michigan Senate approved legislation that would
When Ben Myers first came to MSU as a freshman, not having his car on campus with him was a struggle.He especially hated the commute his mother had to make to bring him home for a weekend — she would spend four hours driving to campus and four hours taking him back home.
Summer is right around the corner and the communities of East Lansing and MSU will celebrate the season with the 50th annual MSU Spring Arts and Crafts Show this weekend.
When the last police car pulled away and the pouring rain subsided Monday afternoon, two were dead and a community was left with more questions than answers.
Ricard Walter Taylor was arraigned on multiple counts Wednesday afternoon in 54-B district court in East Lansing.
Two bills introduced in the state Senate on May 1 would, if passed, criminalize “revenge porn,” or the posting of sexually-explicit photos to the internet without the consent of the subject and with the intent to “frighten, intimidate, or harass.”
The MSU Museum is hosting an exhibit presenting work by members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, or SAQA, an international non-profit organization across 31 countries.
Summer is here, and for some of us that means in addition to enjoying warm weather, beach vacations and extra hours to binge-watch Netflix, it’s time to start taking online courses from home. Online classes aren’t for everyone, even if you might need the extra credits.
The shelter experienced snowstorms on free cat adoption days and had to cancel its mobile adoption events, resulting in slower adoption than normal during the winter months.
There is a stigma that follows people who take pills for disorders like anxiety. With more medicines being developed each year and rising awareness efforts, I don’t see as much criticism towards people who take medicine anymore.
The streets from M.A.C. Avenue to Abbot Road are set to be filled with paintings, sculptures, jewelry and ceramics created by artists from around the country. The various works will be on sale during the event and could be priced anywhere from $15 earrings to paintings costing thousands of dollars.
The third National Climate Assessment, released by the Obama administration on May 6, found that climate change is affecting the U.S. — of course, that includes MSU.