FEATURES
EL nightlife perks up to welcome students
For Paige Culham and Victoria Gonzalez, Fall Welcome served as a weeklong birthday celebration.
COMMENTARY
Students obliged to seize world
If you’re a student, no matter who you are or what your past is like, on Wednesday you resumed your obligation as a Spartan.
SOCCER
Men's soccer heads to East Coast for two weekend games
Following a 1-0 loss against Detroit to start the season, the MSU men’s soccer team travels east for the second consecutive year, opening with a game against a top-10 team.
COMMENTARY
New Facebook photo settings not perfect
Social media platforms such as Facebook are making it more difficult to be unknowingly embarrassed, but the only way to avoid such an issue is to act in an Internet-friendly manner at all times.
MICHIGAN
Liquor license questions and energy home discussed at council
Determining the status of a liquor license transfer within the city of East Lansing was one of the concerns discussed by the East Lansing City Council at its Aug.
MICHIGAN
Eco-friendly house looks to increase reputation
In an effort to increase their presence as a green building, Michigan Energy Options, a local non-profit organization dedicated to environmental and energy conservation, is updating its amenities and attempting to become more beneficial to the East Lansing community.
NEWS
Police Brief 08/31/11
A 21-year-old female student reported her bike allegedly was stolen between 11 p.m. Aug. 27 and 3 p.m.
NEWS
Libyan students monitor violent unrest from afar
Night after night for the past two weeks, Mohamed Gibril, restless with anticipation and worry, has stayed up to watch news reports from his home country of Libya.
MSU
A flood of freshmen
MSU is welcoming about 7,800 freshmen to campus this fall — the largest incoming class to date — but some residence halls are experiencing close quarters while handling the influx of students on campus.
NEWS
Police officials report this year's Fall Welcome brought less crime, arrests
Despite crime problems in first weeks past, East Lansing and campus police officials said this year’s Fall Welcome went relatively smoothly.
NEWS
Wilcox endorses change to course repeat policy
The Steering Committee, formerly known as the Executive Committee of Academic Council, is expected to move forward with a plan to allow university researchers to engage in government contract work after discussing the issue during its Tuesday meeting.
NEWS
Alumna sentenced to jail time for pie protest
An MSU alumna was sentenced to 30 days in jail Tuesday after being charged with throwing a pie at U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., last year.
MSU
Emmons Hall reopens for 2011-12
Living in newly-renovated Emmons Hall was the first choice for sophomores Carlyn Kellner and Rebecca Taylor this year.
MSU
ASMSU looks to rectify problems from 2010-11
ASMSU representatives started the year off at a Sunday meeting with a vote to pass a newly-revised budget after calculation errors prompted the group to take a closer look at its numbers.
MICHIGAN
Foer cancels visit, plans to reschedule in future
At Monday’s University Welcome ceremony for MSU’s incoming freshmen, author Jonathan Safran Foer explained via video why he was not where they were.
MSU
Sparticipation introduces freshmen to MSU
Both of Chris Dye’s hands were stuffed with free recruiting information and incentives as he wandered from table to table Tuesday afternoon at Munn Field during this year’s Sparticipation.
MICHIGAN
Rick Snyder endorses Stabenow's challenger
The 2012 Michigan U.S. Senate race flared up Monday when Gov. Rick Snyder endorsed former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who will be challenging U.S.
MSU
LBGT Resource Center welcomes incoming freshmen
When international relations sophomore Dylan Evans came to MSU a year ago, he was worried about finding friends and getting comfortable on campus.
FEATURES
Local business turns to graffiti artist for mural
When workers decided to repaint a wall facing the Harrison Roadhouse’s parking lot, the pub’s employees opted for a more vibrant design created by a local graffiti artist instead of keeping the wall’s mundane color.
Kellie Rowe
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FEATURES
Students shop for forgotten items
When looking around their rooms after move-in this week, many MSU students realized they were missing a few household items.