It finally is time for those hours on the treadmill to pay off and the stress of midterms to subside — the sweet smell of spring break is in the air. Friday afternoon, East Lansing will gain that ghost town-esque appeal as thousands of students escape to sunny beaches or hometowns to enjoy a school-free week of restoration.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and her perspective of her new frontier.
The Meridian Community Band will sponsor the Red Cedar Festival of Community Bands 2011 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Okemos High School, 2800 Jolly Road, in Okemos.
The MSU Community Music School will present a free performance by the adult members of the New Horizons Band at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Community Music School, 841 Timberlane St.
Wharton Center will present a performance by James Taylor with special guest and James Taylor’s son, Ben Taylor, at 7:30 p.m. March 9 at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall.
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering will sponsor Rong Yan as a part of the Computer Science and Engineering, or CSE, Lecture Series at 10 a.m. on March 8 in Room 3105 of the Engineering Building.
Recently, Gov. Rick Snyder has talked about “economic gardening,” which requires meeting the needs of businesses already in Michigan, and the MSU Business Solutions Professional program is a step in the process, said Marcia Black-Watson, deputy director of the Bureau of Workforce Transformation in the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth.
After a two-day preliminary examination for the two men charged with killing MSU student Darren Brown and his roommate, 23-year-old St.
Expressing the impact that women have made on one another in writing, Lia Greenwell and other women gathered in the LookOut Gallery at Snyder and Phillips halls Monday to share poetry and other pieces along with dinner in honor of celebrating Women’s History Month at MSU.
When Tyler Cole returned home from work March 25, 2010, and saw two of his roommates’ cars parked in front of the house rather than in the driveway, he knew something wasn’t right. Cole entered the house, 3214 Glasgow Drive, in Lansing, and he saw his roommate, MSU student Darren Brown, lying on the floor with his right arm over his head. Assuming Brown was napping after his exam earlier in the day, Cole went to wake him up.
The City Center II project could see a time extension on its site plan if the East Lansing Planning Commission approves a request from the developer, Strathmore Development Co. In a letter to East Lansing’s Planning and Community Development Director Tim Dempsey, Strathmore Development Co. President Scott Chappelle said the development agency in charge of City Center II requests a six-month extension to the current site plan and special use permit, which is scheduled to expire April 6.
Four MSU students were arrested the Administration Building on Wednesday after members of the Coalition Against Sexual Violence and other MSU students protested on campus, took to the streets and occupied the Administration Building in conjunction with the group’s Day of Rage event. The Coalition started the event by holding a “Speak Out” at the rock on Farm Lane, which had about 25 protestors holding signs and yelling explicit chants that denounced rape and the perceived rape culture at MSU.
He high-fived his teammates and walked to midcourt. The spotlight on him, like it always had been. He looked around, smiled, waved his hands in the air as the crowd got even louder.
A 54-year-old male MSU employee reported a larceny from the Engineering Building between 5:30-6 p.m.
Three seniors played said goodbye to the Breslin Center with Wednesday night’s 85-66 victory over Iowa.
What began as a project to digitize a collection of Chicago Tribune newspapers in 2009 has expanded to provide a resource of thousands of digitized pages of books and publications for MSU Libraries.
As the weather slowly gets warmer and students re-emerge from the depths of their dorms, apartments and houses, many are eager to celebrate the coming of spring.
Candidates for the next police chief of East Lansing were interviewed individually Wednesday by a citizen committee, and a final decision on the police chief should be made early next week, East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton said.
During the school year, fluctuations in gas prices rarely affect many MSU students. This week, as students prepare to hit the road for spring break, the recent rise in gas prices could make a difference. According to AAA Automobile Club of Michigan, gas prices have gone up 29 cents per gallon the past month and 9 cents per gallon within the past week, bringing the current average to $3.43 per gallon in East Lansing. Advertising senior Laura Neiman said she is heading home to St.
A federal government shutdown likely was avoided Wednesday when the U.S. Senate approved a short-term funding measure that extends a previous budget deadline by two weeks.