News junkies taking classes on campus this summer will be able to catch more headlines now that ASMSU is extending its newspaper readership program to newsstands in the summer semesters.
As classes begin to wind down and summer approaches, many students soon will notice their currently busy schedules start to clear up, providing them more time to do the things they have been wanting to do all year. This break from school is the ideal time to participate in these fun activities, such as road tripping, because of warm weather and the lack of classes.
Music education sophomore Matt Nabozny, left, music freshman Reilly Spitzfaden, center, and music education Alexey Levigne, right, practice the marimba for their studio recital Monday at the Music Building. The trio has been practicing six hours a week for the upcoming performance.
DNA testing of sexual assault victims throughout the state might be analyzed more quickly and effectively with the implementation of a specialized rape kit testing laboratory, Michigan State Police officials said Monday.
Now a week old, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 1201 E. Grand River Ave., is going strong, owner Ruth Buko said.
With Twitter gaining popularity, many college athletes’ accounts have gone viral, and their social media pages have been thrown into the Internet spotlight.
The MSU softball team gets a much needed break from Big Ten play today when it travels to South Bend, Ind., for a 6 p.m. matchup with Notre Dame.
Looking to repeat as Big Ten champions this season, MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. knew he would be relying on a relatively youthful roster to do so. With four incoming freshman turning down opportunities to play professionally, many of the young Spartans have been expected to contribute since day one, and they have done just that all year. As the regular season enters its final month now, those freshmen and other young players will be called on and asked to do more and more.
March 28 stands among my proudest days as a member of the Spartan family. It had nothing to do with our nationally recognized academic programs or our top-notch sports teams, though I certainly am proud of them as well.
I used to refer to The New York Times best-seller list when I wanted to find something new to read. If everyone else was reading it, I thought, it must be decent. Millions of people can’t be wrong.
Some students have faced the daunting situation of choosing to get themselves in trouble with law enforcement in order to save a friend’s life. With a new medical amnesty bill, which just passed the Michigan Senate last Wednesday, this scenario now might be avoided.
Former College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate student Andrew Thompson pled guilty this morning to three charges of animal killing in Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court, according to court records. Thompson was at one point charged with 13 charges of animal killing — three in East Lansing and 10 in Okemos — after he admitted to killing several Italian Greyhounds to an Ingham County Animal Control investigator in June 2011. As part of the plea bargain, Thompson admitted to killing two dogs while living in East Lansing and one in while living Meridian Township.
About 50 students and community members held a counter protest against four representatives of the Westboro Baptist Church at about 8:15 a.m.
Across the nation, environmental lovers gathered yesterday with baskets of food, in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people picnicking in a 24-hour period. More than 40 locations in the U.S. hosted picnics related to the event, including the Fenner Nature Center, where 244 MSU students and community members participated in the challenge linked to Earth Day, said Nature Conservancy Marketing Manager Melissa Molenda.
Dave Chou knows what it’s like to be far away from home, without the comfort of a home-cooked meal. Originally from Taiwan, Chou remembers being homesick for his family’s cooking when he went away to college, so he decided to open Chopstix, a new Asian cuisine restaurant housed in the former Asian House building at 1001 E. Grand River Ave.
Samantha Thomas has barely known her mother without cancer. Since the hospitality business junior was in third grade in 1999, her mom has been in a constant battle with breast cancer — the most common type of cancer in women.
Before chemistry junior Mary Steinhauer stepped on campus, she knew she wanted to be a Paranormal Society member. Ever since a friend introduced her to paranormal studies in high school, Steinhauer has had a deep interest in the topic.
For economics junior Ahmed Almansouri, showing off his yellow and black 2008 Corvette at the MSU Car Show on Saturday had more significance than just his love of cars. “People say Corvettes are the American dream — that’s my dream,” Almansouri said.
After nearly a year of allegations, investigations, witness testimony and more than 100 days of jail time, former MSU graduate student Andrew Thompson will face trial for 13 counts of animal killing for allegedly torturing and killing several Italian greyhounds in East Lansing and Meridian Township. His trial will commence at 8:30 a.m.
Final exams will be held from April 30 to May 4. As students gear up for the last week in school, they share some advice for studying and making it through the final days.