MSU’s Model United Nations team, the International Relations Organization, or IRO, was ranked among the top 10 college teams in the world. The ranking was compiled by bestdelegate.com, a website operated by a group of Model U.N.
With record-setting rainfall hitting Lansing this spring, flooding has been an ongoing problem for Lansing residents. Following Sunday’s thunderstorms, the rain accumulation since March has totaled 14.96 inches, making this the rainiest spring in Lansing’s history, National Weather Service meteorological intern Kimberly Hoogewind said.
When Jake Boss Jr. was hired in the summer of 2008 to replace former head coach David Grewe, he not only set out to raise the bar on expectations for the MSU baseball program but also to develop a style of play that allowed his team to be competitive on a consistent basis.
Although the MSU baseball team ended its season on a sour note with a loss to Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament, the Spartans have a lot of reasons to celebrate what was accomplished in 2011.
MSU softball senior shortstop Lindsey Hansen was named a 2011 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association, or NFCA, Division I All-American, the association announced Wednesday. For her outstanding final season performance for MSU, Hansen received a third-team at-large shortstop selection.
MSU alumni Nate Bliton and Geoff Deibel have worked on several projects together with their unique combination of the saxophone and electronics, and they will play in a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at (SCENE) Metrospace.
June 10 marks the start of the Summer Concert Series — free music events on Friday and Saturday nights in downtown East Lansing. The concerts will be held at Fountain Square, on the corner of M.A.C. Avenue and Albert Avenue in front of the Marriott at University Place and will run until August 6.
The Women’s Lounge in the Union is necessary even in this day and age. The debate on its disposition has been raging sporadically since the ‘80s.
When I heard the city of East Lansing and MSU had selected Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” for the 2011 One Book, One Community program, I was simply glad I recognized the title.
It’s admirable that for the first time in years, Michigan’s budget was ready in May. Gov. Rick Snyder should be commended for following up on his campaign promise to prioritize a state budget that attacks the state’s $1.5 billion deficit. It’s not often we see follow-through on a campaign promise.
City officials are in the midst of drafting a solution that likely will change the structure of East Lansing neighborhood governing bodies. City staff and the city council are attempting to absolve the city of existing legal risks associated with the Orchard Street Pump House by transferring those risks to a different body, such as the Bailey Community Association, or BCA, or the Orchard Street Pump House Board. Although neither neighborhood body has formally discussed the possibility — with many members unaware of the potential changes — city officials are bracing for a wave of negative responses.
A 25-year-old female student reported a violation of a personal protection order she had against a 25-year-old male student at about 3:30 p.m.
East Lansing residents might see an increase in their monthly natural gas bill because of a rate increase by Consumers Energy, said Debra Dodd, a spokeswoman for the company.
Seeds were planted in the minds of U.S. senators Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Pat Roberts, R-Kan., at the 2012 Farm Bill’s first field hearing held Tuesday at MSU as agricultural stakeholders shared their ideas about how the bill could assist young farmers and fund universities’ research. Witnesses involved with agriculture-related businesses and organizations throughout Michigan had the chance to provide testimony at the U.S.
For the fan of outdoor festivals, Pumpstock 2011 will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday at East Lansing Bailey Community Center park, 300 Bailey St.
A new study led by MSU researchers has found that sustained involvement in artistic activities could be linked to success in starting a new business or producing an innovative product. MSU’s Center for Community and Economic Development surveyed 86 MSU Honors College graduates from 1990-95 and found that exposure to the arts among the graduates was closely related to producing patentable products or leading creative business ventures in the future. The findings are critical for retaining creative people in the state and generating additional funding for arts programs, said Rex LaMore, the director of the center. “I hope it will help us reconsider how we treat the arts — not as an add-on or frill but as an essential component,” he said.
U2 has topped the charts with affected guitar riffs and spectacular, hair-raising crescendos for as long as the current student body at MSU has been able to appreciate music. In a month they will give a performance at Spartan Stadium, which raises the question, “What musicians will stand the test of time?”
What do stem cells, domestic partnerships and the state budget all have in common? Nothing, according to Gov. Rick Snyder’s legal team. Two provisions in the state budget, one that would create additional state-level oversight for stem cell research conducted by universities and another that would ask universities to eliminate health care coverage for domestic partnerships were deemed unconstitutional by the governor’s legal counsel.
Although it’s been more than 85 years since the Union first opened, Kat Cooper said the original mission of the building isn’t any different. “We like to think of the Union as kind of being the living room of campus — that really hasn’t changed,” said Cooper, the communication manager for Auxiliary Resources, the department that operates the building.
The curtain has closed on a historic season for the MSU baseball team. As Illinois mobbed the pitcher’s mound in an act of triumph and exuberance Saturday at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio, the Spartans (36-21 overall, 17-11 Big Ten) were forced to stand aside quietly to watch their co-Big Ten champion celebrate.