The MSU gymnastics team will host its annual Green and White meet at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Jenison Field House, as it prepares for the upcoming season, which begins in the spring.
What they say is true: Everything is better in 3-D. Except maybe the scoreboard of MSU’s matchup with Syracuse. In conjunction with Comcast Corp., ESPN and MSU gave participants the opportunity to watch the nightcap of the Jimmy V Classic, matching MSU and Syracuse, in 3-D.
Our incoming governor Rick Snyder has spoken in glowing terms of “public-private partnerships.” It’s a euphemism that more than deserves scare quotes. To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, it’s not unlike a partnership between a wolf and a sheep. In exchange for the sheep’s tax dollars, the wolf provides the badly needed service of devouring the sheep.
There will be no medical marijuana dispensaries opened in Lansing until Lansing’s City Council can figure out proper licensing and regulation. That’s the responsible action for a governing body to take. Unless, of course, there already are almost 70 dispensaries currently operating that would not be subject to some of the new potential regulations.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling across 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.
Some of MSU’s professors of jazz will perform in “A Jazzy Little Christmas” at 8 p.m. Dec. 18 at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
Joni Starr, an assistant professor of theatre, said the latest work by the Department of Theatre is about camaraderie and showing who you are. The Freshman Showcase production of “Secret in the Wings” is set to debut at 8 p.m. Friday in the Auditorium Arena Theatre.
The U.S. House voted to pass legislation that would grant temporary legal status to the children of illegal immigrants who attend college for at least two years or serve in the military. The bill now moves to the Senate.
Last week, when the MSU men’s basketball team lost to No. 1 Duke, head coach Tom Izzo said he was able to take a number of positives away from the game despite the loss. Tuesday night, after the No. 7 Spartans fell to No. 8 Syracuse, 72-58, Izzo had a much different attitude toward his team’s performance.
For the last 16 years, Lee June has served as vice president for Student Affairs and Services and associate provost for Academic Student Services and Multicultural Issues — two titles that never have been held conjointly by a faculty member at MSU. He’ll step down Dec. 31 and assume a joint role with the Honors College and psychology department.
Changes to policies pertaining to course repetition, exam proctoring for online classes, sexual harassment and faculty health care were discussed during Tuesday’s Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, meeting.
When Tom Johnstone sat next to Kim Johnson in the Mid-Michigan Police Academy almost 30 years ago, he never would have imagined the two would serve together as captains with the East Lansing Police Department.
The East Lansing City Council discussed and took input from community members Tuesday night about a controversial rezoning ordinance that would redevelop a vacant building near a residential neighborhood.
An MSU student allegedly had his textbooks stolen Thursday afternoon when he left them unattended at the Main Library for 30 minutes, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Lou & Harry’s Grill and Bar, 245 Ann St., will close later this month as plans to open a larger version of the establishment at Chandler Mall are underway, general manager Scott Rolen said.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, will meet at 5:30 p.m. tonight in 115 International Center.
MSU’s C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable called Food Systems is one of 10 organizations will help establish a national program, FoodCorps.
East Lansing will fine to residents and property owners who do not remove snow and ice from the sidewalk adjacent to their property, according to a release from the City of East Lansing.
East Lansing residents interested in posters and local art might have to look beyond Grand River Avenue because of the imminent closure of a local specialty store.
MSU’s graduation rates continued to rise as rates fell at numerous other four-year universities across the country.