MSU’s campus is projected to be powered by 40 percent renewable energy by fiscal year 2030, according to the Energy Transition Plan unanimously passed by the MSU Board of Trustees on Friday.
Construction work continues at a nearby development project on the site of Eastwood Towne Center, with officials hopeful that the new attraction will draw in MSU students.
Frank Ambrose, one of the environmental activists convicted for participation in the Agriculture Hall arson New Year’s Eve in 1999, had his sentence reduced by about three years on April 9 in the U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, a court spokeswoman said.
Three up, three down. The MSU softball team remains the lone Big Ten team without a conference win as it was swept by No. 20 Michigan in a three-game weekend series in which the Spartans (11-30 overall, 0-12 Big Ten) were unable to score a single run.
Looking to keep pace in the Big Ten race, the MSU baseball team took both games of a doubleheader Sunday against Indiana 6-0 and 20-10, in Bloomington, Ind. Although head coach Jake Boss Jr. was pleased with the Spartans for registering a big day at the plate with 26 combined runs and 38 hits, he was most excited his team won two of three games in its first series spent entirely away from East Lansing.
MSU women’s basketball associate head coach Shane Clipfell was named Western Michigan’s head coach, the Broncos’ athletics department announced Friday.
To Samuel Atangana, running a 5K while being sprayed with paint sounded like a silly idea at first. But as he got sprayed at the first paint station on Sunday afternoon, the run turned out to be a lot more fun. The physiology junior was one of more than 350 people to participate in the first Spartan Splatter on Sunday to help raise money for the MSU chapter of the international organization Engineers Without Borders — a group that does a variety of engineering projects to help a community in El Salvador with sanitation problems.
Six years ago, graduate student Rachel Battaglia wanted to celebrate coming out during Pride Week, so she attended The Official MSU Drag Show to experience something new.
The East Lansing Public Library was packed Friday night as residents and city leaders gathered at a fundraiser to offer vocal and financial support for the center, stressing the institution’s importance to the community. More than 200 people attended the library’s Books, Bites and Bids silent auction at the library, 950 Abbot Road, the topper on a week of events that ran in conjunction with National Library Week.
Multicolored lanterns strung across the ceiling and the smell of steaming Asian food set the scene of the fourth annual 2012 Island Bazaar on Saturday afternoon.
Jogging or walking through 5 kilometers of campus Sunday afternoon, hundreds of students and community members took part in the 18th annual Race for the Place, an event meant to raise funds for MSU Safe Place. The race raised at least $18,000 in sponsorship dollars alone, not counting money coming in from participant fees, said Jonathan Kermiet, a health educator at Olin Health Center and one of the event coordinators.
More than 200 members of the greek community laughed and smiled as volleyballs flew through the air during Sigma Pi’s annual volleyball tournament Saturday afternoon to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, a charity that provides aid to servicemen, servicewomen and their families. The event raised about $1000 from entrance fees, donations and sunglasses the fraternity was selling.
With DJ Kap Slap rocking at Sparty’s Spring Party, horticulture sophomore Colin Dick wasn’t afraid to bust it loose on the dance floor alongside dozens of fellow Spartans.
Women of all ages, as well as a lone man, were comfortably spread out in a parlor at the Union when Ashley Robinson finally had the opportunity to tell her thoughts on the topics of peace, unity and social justice at the Successful Black Women’s first annual Peace Summit on Sunday.
Kristen Flory said she watched child after child plunge their hands into the stomach of a cow on Saturday at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
When he arrived at MSU as a premedical freshman, media arts and technology senior Jordan Leer never expected to find his place as a member of the MSU Telecasters — nor did he expect that he’d have a main role on “The ShoW,” the longest-running college sitcom, which is run completely by MSU students.
The schedule for the 2012-13 season of Wharton Center was announced Sunday. The MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center Series portion of the schedule includes seven shows — “Anything Goes,” “War Horse,” “Billy Elliot: The Musical,” “Sister Act,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “Blue Man Group” and “American Idiot.” The program also includes a lineup of world-renowned performing artists, such as pop singer Sheryl Crow, comedian Lily Tomlin and jazz performer Sonny Rollins. In honor of Wharton Center’s 30th anniversary, subscribers can receive as much as 30 percent off public ticket prices. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit whartoncenter.com.
In a sea of electrified students, Michael Gonczar wobbled back and forth to the beat in the middle of Jenison Field House on Saturday evening. The environmental studies and agriscience senior was one of many attendees at the first-ever Cultural Remix who participated in a line dance number at the event. “It was a lot of fun,” Gonczar said.
This week the nation funds our priorities as we pay our annual tax bill. Tax expenditures thus speak to who we are as a people. They define the sacrifices and choices we are willing to make as we look to the future for our nation and citizens young and old alike.
Since this will be the last column I will be writing this spring, I figured I should leave State News readers with a little life lesson that I’ve learned from myself going into the summer.