A chilly breeze couldn’t keep hundreds of residents from getting a feel for the flavor of downtown during a three-hour event Saturday night that transformed a city parking lot into a minifestival called the Taste of East Lansing.
The East Lansing City Council is scheduled to continue its discussion on an ordinance that could reshape an area redevelopment project at its Tuesday night work session. The work session is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
University Council will meet Tuesday at 3 p.m. in 115 International Center. The council’s agenda items include discussion of the proposed merger of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and the Department of Plant Pathology to form the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences.
A 30-year-old lansing man reported a wallet was stolen from his parked vehicle between about 10:30 p.m. April 12 and 11 p.m. April 13 from ramp 6, near Grand river avenue, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Advertising junior Justin Gaines first joined the MSU Breakdance Club in 2009 as an outlet to show off his talent. He never thought he’d gain a family out of the deal, but it’s exactly what he has.
While Nicholas Dansby sat under the sun Saturday afternoon reading a newspaper and enjoying a cup of coffee as he often does, he noticed something wasn’t quite the same.
MSU wrestling junior heavyweight Steve Andrus’ bid to compete in the 2012 London Olympics ended Saturday night when he dropped the championship match in the 120 kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic trials to Dremiel Byers of the U.S. Army.
A newly vacant spot in the city was occupied by a bit of country Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of community members occupied the space once filled by the East Lansing Barnes & Noble, 333 E.
The University Activities Board and Senior Class Council are partnering to hold Movie by Moonlight from 8:30-10:30 p.m.
On a blustery Sunday afternoon at McLane Baseball Stadium at Old College Field, the third time truly was a charm for the MSU baseball team. In a close game with Minnesota, the Spartans loaded the bases with no outs in both the seventh and eighth innings, only to come out of each situation with no runs to show for their efforts. When the game went into extra innings tied at four, freshman right fielder Jimmy Pickens tripled to left-center field, and two straight singles later, the bases were loaded with no outs again.
The elusive first Big Ten win of the season escaped the MSU softball team once again Sunday as Iowa completed the weekend series sweep of the Spartans with a 4-1 victory at Secchia Stadium at Old College Field. In game one on Saturday, MSU (11-33 overall, 0-15 Big Ten) was shut out 6-0 and managed only four hits against a seven-strikeout performance by Iowa (20-22, 10-5) pitcher Kayla Massey.Only three Spartans got hits in the second game, a 7-1 decision, continuing a poor hitting streak for MSU.
MSU Residential and Hospitality Services is encouraging students and community members to recycle more during its 16th annual “Pack Up, Pitch In, Help Out” program. The goal of the program is to promote environmental sustainability during the time students move out of the residence halls, and the department hopes to prevent thousands of cubic feet of waste from accumulating in landfills.
I recently wrote a letter on exported fuels by U.S. oil companies that reap higher prices paid overseas. Another reason for our high gasoline prices is the closure of U.S.
University Council will meet Tuesday at 3 p.m. in 115 International Center.
This week is ‘World Week for Animals in Laboratories,’ an internationally recognized week of activism and outreach aimed at raising awareness about the plight of animals in labs and the abuses of animal experimentation.
When East Lansing officials began the search for a new city manager last year, they took their pursuit to a national level — and spent $26,000 along the way — only to hire internal candidate George Lahanas.
Coming into the series with Minnesota, the MSU baseball team turned the momentum of hot bats into a four-game winning streak.
The offensive woes for the MSU softball team continued as the Spartans mustered just a single run between both games of a doubleheader against Iowa Saturday at Secchia Stadium at Old College Field. After being shutout 6-0 in game one thanks to a seven strikeout outing by the Hawkeyes’ pitcher Kayla Massey, the hitting slump continued into game two where MSU (11-32 overall, 0-14 Big Ten) fell 7-1.
In game one of a Saturday double-header at McLane Baseball Stadium, the MSU baseball team beat Minnesota 3-1 in 11 innings on a bases loaded, walk-off walk. With one out and the game tied at two in the bottom of the 11th, freshman right fielder Jimmy Pickens reached first on a fielder’s choice.
The first snowfall on campus during Robert McGee’s first year of college was a new experience for him. The MSU alumnus, who arrived on campus from Virginia in 1954 on a band scholarship, had never seen snow before and had not thought to bring warmer clothing. “I was absolutely frozen to death the first winter, but eventually I got used to it,” he said. McGee, who now lives in Connecticut, said he comes back to campus for Homecoming festivities every year no matter the weather to walk many of the same paths he walked when he was a student living on campus in the 1950s.