The Big Ten conference and the No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team have an opportunity to show how good they are this weekend as two of the nation’s top soccer conferences meet in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge.
Despite Bowling Green’s 1-5-1 record, members of the MSU women’s soccer team say they are not peaking ahead to the start of the Big Ten schedule next week and want to take care of business with a win Friday at Bowling Green.
The stars and directors of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” spoke with several university newspapers, including The State News, on Thursday to answer questions about the film and their careers in the entertainment industry.
The University Activities Board, or UAB, is featuring Mission: IMPROVable in a 9 p.m. show and an 11 p.m. show tonight in the Union’s Main Lounge.
The Old Town Business & Art Development Association, or OTBADA, will host Old Town BluesFest 2010 this weekend, from 4 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. today and 1 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday in Lansing’s Old Town.
MSU alumnus and executive chef at MSU’s Riverwalk Market Jonathan Hughes, was 4 years old, and it was breakfast for his mother.
The fear of government encroachment on personal rights and privacy is as old as this great nation. Since a constitution has existed, people have suspected that the government would transgress upon it. The current climate in the U.S. echoes those age-old fears.
During the past year or so, there has been a great deal of talk about illegal immigrants. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has spent plenty of time in the media spotlight defending her state’s relatively new immigration policies against organizations such as the ACLU and even the U.S. government.
Lee June, MSU vice president for student affairs and services, will step down from his position at the end of the year, according to an MSU release.
Police have identified the person responsible for last Saturday’s Quran burning outside the Islamic Center of Greater Lansing, according to a statement from the East Lansing Police Department.
About three inches of rain has fallen since midnight Thursday, resulting in minor flooding across mid-Michigan and on campus, said Brandon Hoving, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
A 1,100-square-foot house is being built for Anna Malavisi and her three daughters through the 2010 Whirlpool Building Blocks program, which selects several communities across the nation in which to build a home. MSU is the first college campus to be involved in the project.
The MSU Board of Trustees is expected to vote Friday on a recommendation to construct a new MSU Federal Credit Union branch and expand IBM’s presence at the credit union’s former headquarters.
Higher education funding is one of several issues ASMSU representatives are discussing with legislators this week during advocacy trips to Michigan’s Capitol.
Plans to build a proposed eight-story, mixed-use development on the corner of Albert Avenue and Grove Street are moving forward.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, approved a proposal Wednesday to increase the amount of money it will set aside for funding graduate students to attend conferences in the U.S. and abroad.
An intoxicated 23-year-old male from Hillsdale, Mich. allegedly assaulted two people and kicked in a car passenger window early Sunday morning, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Last year’s flu season conjures up images of long lines, repeat visits to the doctor and vaccine shortages, but with a new vaccine, local health officials are expecting a much smoother process this year. The 2010-11 vaccine, distributed by the federal government, will attack three strains of influenza including the H3N2 virus, the influenza B virus and the H1N1 virus, said James McCurtis Jr., a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Community Health, or MDCH. “It’s hard to say, but we hope numbers (of flu instances) will be down this year,” McCurtis said.
More immigrants could afford to come to MSU if the controversial DREAM Act, which likely will face a vote in the U.S.
Crowds of students and East Lansing residents came together Wednesday evening to bring merge the two halves of a community. The event was the kick off for the Community Relations Coalition, or CRC’s, annual neighborhood block party at the Bailey Community Center, 300 Bailey St.