The parent company of three East Lansing textbook stores filed for bankruptcy this week, while insisting all locations — including those servicing MSU students — will remain open despite their financial struggles. Nebraska Book Co., which owns the Spartan Bookstore in the International Center on campus, Ned’s Book Store, 135 E.
Starting in mid-August, approximately 500-600 red bricks salvaged during the demolition of the historic MSC smokestack will be available for purchase at the MSU Surplus Store. Gail DeGood, a spokesperson for the MSU Surplus Store, said the bricks will be sold at either $25 or $50 a piece and will include a certificate of authenticity.
A lawsuit was filed last week in Ingham County by Michigan residents who believe a piece of state legislation undermines one of the nation’s core values: the right be governed by elected officials.
MSU will add about eight new faculty members across multiple departments in the coming years as the result of a new reproductive and developmental sciences initiative, university officials said yesterday. The research initiative is a component of a partnership between the Department of Animal Science and the College of Human Medicine and will address problems related to women’s health and fertility by studying similar reproductive problems in animals. As the College of Human Medicine expands its facilities northwest to Grand Rapids, a team of officials with both departments will target faculty members from distinguished programs across the country and world in an effort to bring in talented researchers to further their work. “These new faculty hires are targeted to areas that really will address some of the most pressing problems related to women’s health,” said George Smith, a professor in the Department of Animal Science and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
No arrests have been made, and no one was injured last night after at least one gunshot was fired in The Village at Chandler Crossings, 3839 Hunsaker St., police said. Bath Township, Clinton County and DeWitt Township police responded to calls around 8:18 p.m.
No one was injured last night after at least one gunshot was fired in The Village at Chandler Crossings, 3839 Hunsaker St., police said.
Several residents of The Village at Chandler Crossings, 3839 Hunsaker St., reported gunshots around 8 p.m.
For students living in East Lansing, the summer can be a time to exercise more than their minds. The variety of summer activities and promotions found on campus and around East Lansing make being physically fit highly obtainable.
The university’s Kellogg Center is slated to receive a face-lift if construction proceeds as expected this August. Work at the hotel and conference center — approved at the Board of Trustees’ June 17 meeting — is slated to cost about $2.24 million, university officials said. The hotel’s conference rooms will be the prime focus of several of the renovations, university engineer Bob Nestle said. The building’s corridor spaces, ceiling, lighting and wall finishes also will be redone, Nestle said. “It’s mostly aesthetic-type work,” he said. Nestle said much of the work will be completed in phases to coordinate with the center’s busy conference and meeting schedule. Construction on the facility’s meeting rooms — the majority of which is expected to be completed by August 2012 — will be handled by the Physical Plant, Nestle said. As the center is prepared for that work, some of Kellogg’s dining areas already are undergoing renovations.
The 15th Annual Muelder Summer Carillon Series began without a hitch Wednesday as more than 150 people spread blankets and lawn chairs under clear blue skies to listen to the tolling chimes of Beaumont Tower.
As deconstruction of the MSC smokestack continues, bricks pile up at the foot of the once iconic MSU monument.
In an effort to reduce her carbon footprint, Lansing resident Kiirsten Olson uses worm composting bins to efficiently dispose of her garbage. Wanting to better the process and learn what she might not have been doing properly, Olson attended a worm composting workshop Tuesday at Michigan Energy Options, 405 Grove St., a nonprofit organization focused on helping people live more energy efficiently.
As a typical college eater, Peter Farragher, an accounting senior, said it is tough to maintain a healthy diet with a busy schedule, and convenience sometimes leads to eating the worst food. While he could be healthier, eating fruits and vegetables can be tough because they go bad before he finds time to eat them, and delivery services usually don’t offer them, he said.
The university’s Kellogg Center is slated to receive a face-lift if construction proceeds as expected this August.
When told there was an incoming heat wave, graduate student Ashleigh Burgess sighed and shook her head.
Anthropology senior Matthew O’Hagan spent weeks meticulously shaving layers of dirt in the shadow of Beaumont Tower, hoping to find a telling remnant that would give insight into the early students of MSU.
Bridging the gap between generations at completely different ends of the age spectrum, the sixth edition of Grandparents University wraps up on Thursday after bringing almost 900 participants to campus for a three-day experience at MSU.
Although East Lansing itself will not provide much in the way of celebrations this holiday weekend, the surrounding communities offer plenty for those in the area to do.
Former MSU All-American golfer Laura Kueny captured her first professional tournament victory as she won the 2011 Michigan PGA Women’s Open on Wednesday.
When living in Snyder Hall for the summer semester, one can’t help but notice the gargantuan piece of modern art called Funambulist rising out of the grass on the quadrangle. It’s visible from the windows in the Gallery at Snyder and Phillips halls and from both Bogue Street and Physics Road and invokes — in this writer’s humble opinion — influences both avian and Asian.