For nearly 25 years, Jon Beard has attended the East Lansing Art Festival. The East Lansing resident, who grew up in the city, said he can’t remember a time when he didn’t make an appearance at the annual event — and this year will be no different.
Ross Hill believes his bicycle saved his life. Six years ago, the Lansing resident was riding his speciality 1888 highwheeler and was struck by a vehicle from behind.
A clash between what some call religious freedom and others call discrimination is making its way through the Michigan House of Representatives, as a bill regarding counseling students prepares to hit the House floor. A bill introduced by Rep.
This weekend, J.J. Robison and a few other members of the Spartan Ski Club will say goodbye to the office that was home to the group for more than 40 years.
MSU is partnering with Dr. Ben Carson High School in Detroit to give high school students a taste of what the medical profession is all about.
After about six months of searching, more than 160 applications and rigorous interviewing, Sharon Butler was named MSU’s new assistant vice president of human resources.
Along with many other artists coming to East Lansing this weekend for the 49th annual East Lansing Art Festival, nine eclectic, local bands, including the East Lansing High School Jazz Band, also will make an appearance. The East Lansing High School Jazz Band has been playing in the ELAF for over 25 years, East Lansing Art Festival Program Coordinator Corinn VanWyck said. “The quality of programming in music we have in East Lansing is great for tying in those roots of our community and showing how we support the students,” she said.
Some know residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or U.P., as nothing more than Yoopers, but at a recent Marquette County Board of Commissioners meeting, there was an effort to have their voice be heard.
An influx of art enthusiasts will take over the streets of downtown East Lansing this weekend in celebration of the 49th annual East Lansing Art Festival.
Nine years ago, Ross Emmett was a regular ANGEL user. But now, the professor in James Madison College has all but sworn off MSU’s current online learning management system, or LMS, after many frustrating incidents where ANGEL muddled his grade books, prevented students from sending him assignments or just didn’t function as well as it could have, he said. Emmett has opted to use Facebook to manage his classes, as it helps students connect with him more quickly.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending, and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite.
With fewer people on campus to socialize with, it can become more difficult to make plans to occupy your time. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of activities to fill your schedule with. Take this laid-back season as an opportunity to participate in events that you might otherwise not have time for.
Senior pitcher Tony Bucciferro will be on the mound in game one for the Spartans (34-17 overall, 12-9 Big Ten) to set the tone against Penn State (27-24, 13-8), which is tied for second place in the Big Ten with Indiana and holds a one-game lead over MSU in the standings.
In the realm of the MSU hockey program, Tom Anastos is making moves. Despite completing just his first season as head coach of the program in March following a 3-1 loss to Union in the NCAA Tournament, Anastos is generating buzz around one of college hockey’s most sacred programs.
I often have been amused and mildly disturbed by the way The State News and MSU students close an academic year. On April 29, 2011, for instance, “A Year in Review” in The State News focused on the exhilarating football championship, disappointing basketball season and no classes due to snow.
I want to like Mitt Romney and endorse him in the upcoming election, but it feels like on a daily basis he is making it more difficult to do so.
A newly introduced bill in the Michigan Legislature could protect employees from having to provide passwords for their social media profiles, taking a fundamental measure in protecting employees’ privacy. The bill was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives last week by Rep.
On a picturesque night with the Detroit skyline dimming in the background, the MSU baseball team got a taste of the big leagues as they downed Central Michigan, 5-2, in the second annual Clash at Comerica — played in the home of the Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park.
In front of a crowd of 3,458 on a warm summer evening in Detroit, VanVossen gave up two runs in seven innings of work en route to MSU’s 5-2 victory over Central Michigan in the second-annual Clash at Comerica.
Tuesday night, East Lansing City Council met with Strathmore Development Co. President Scott Chappelle for the first time since the council voted in favor a pre-development agreement on the City Center II project. In a previous meeting, the council had agreed to allow Chappelle to begin demolition of a building located at 303 Abbot Road, provided he complete a due-diligence report.