Summertime in East Lansing can seem quiet and uneventful compared to the fall and spring semesters. With students returning home for the summer, the usually busy streets can seem desolate.
MSU students will have the opportunity to choose from two new majors starting this fall and might have the chance to add one new specialization in the coming years if the proposed program goes forward as planned. This coming fall semester, students can enroll in either world politics or advanced mathematics for the first time.
This summer, homegrown beef will be making its way to the MSU cafeterias with the help of a group of students in the beef management program. Through the fall, the beef will be served in the Case Hall cafeteria and Brody Square, said Kurt Kwiatkowski, corporate chef for MSU Culinary Services. Kwiatkowski said he is excited to see the fruits of what has been a year-long process. “This is a long-term thing we hope grows and continues to develop,” he said.
For her first career appearance at the NCAA Championships, sophomore golfer Caroline Powers will represent MSU at the championships starting Wednesday in Bryan, Texas. Entering the competition, she is ranked No. 27 in the nation by Golfweek.
To Kim Johnson, former East Lansing police Capt. Tom Johnstone has been more than a co-worker: He’s been a friend. Now, after almost 30 years of friendship, East Lansing police Capt. Johnson has said his goodbyes.
The City Center II project is free to make progress with the East Lansing City Council as Strathmore Development Co., the project’s developer, paid more than $100,000 in back taxes owed to Ingham County and East Lansing. On May 9, Strathmore Development Co. paid all its taxes on the site, East Lansing Treasurer Jill Feldpausch said.
According to a poll conducted by Lansing polling firm EPIC-MRA, many Michigan voters are not satisfied with the job Gov.
MSU’s graduate employees now are working under a new contract after the latest agreement between the Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, and the university went into effect Monday. The contract was ratified last week by university officials, said Theodore Curry, associate provost and associate vice president for academic human resources.
After months of smoothing out the details, the East Lansing City Council likely will approve the budget for the 2012 fiscal year.
With gas prices at a two-year high and warmer weather overall, more people are looking to put a damper on their driving habits and find alternate forms of transportation.
There’s a story happening right now. It has all the classic elements of a story Americans should love: sex, power and money. It also has buzzwords Americans have learned to fear: economic decline, bailouts and numbers with a fascinating amount of zeroes after them. Still, the odds you haven’t heard it are good.
Nothing happens in a vacuum. If an MSU student sexually assaults or harasses another student in an off-campus venue, that action should be taken into account if the behavior continues on-campus.
Going into the 2011 season, MSU softball head coach Jacquie Joseph had high expectations for her team.
An overhaul to Michigan tax policy passed Thursday by the state Senate might result in seniors and low-income workers paying more in taxes and students paying more for tuition.
The days are numbered for the iconic MSC smokestack, located east of Spartan Stadium, after dismantlement on the structure began last Monday.
Although the MSU track and field team concluded its Big Ten action on Sunday with a fifth-place finish at the 2011 Big Ten Outdoor Championships at Iowa, the team came away with three individual conference titles. Senior Emily MacLeod, junior Becca Buchholtz and sophomore Beth Rohl won individual conference championships and led the way for the Spartans, who would finish with a total score of 74.5 points on the day. Rohl was the first to come away with a Big Ten Championship when she won the women’s discus throw with a school record toss of 55.94 meters. Another school record was set as Buchholtz joined Rohl with her second-consecutive title in the women’s high jump.
Erica Shekell, a journalism and media arts and technology junior, is the lone representative from Michigan on PBS’s 2011 Student Freedom Ride, a journey through eight states that ends Monday in New Orleans.
Summer is littered with festivals and concerts that help make the Lansing area a vibrant place, even though school isn’t in session.
For MSU softball head coach Jacquie Joseph, the dedication of Secchia Stadium at Old College Field marks a new era of Spartan softball.
Coming into the weekend, the MSU baseball team held a commanding three-game lead in the Big Ten standings and was edging ever closer to their first Big Ten championship since 1979. After being swept in three games by Indiana (30-21 overall, 11-10 Big Ten), the Spartans’ (31-18, 13-8) lead has been slimmed to one after two weekend losses by Minnesota to Penn State.