Lansing entrepreneur speaks at MSU Union

Lansing community organizer Jennifer Middlin spoke to a group of more than 20 students, community members and entrepreneurs from around the state at the MSU Union on Tuesday about how entrepreneurs can use social media to build relationships with their customers. The speech was sponsored by the Mid-Michigan Innovation Club for Entrepreneurs, or ICE, as part of its meeting for the month of September.

OCAT hosts welcome event

Students walking by the rock on Farm Lane on Tuesday afternoon were greeted with international music, dancing, free ice cream and the chance to interact with several different cultural organizations and university departments.

Campus sculpture vandalized twice

At MSU, there are multiple expressions of creativity throughout campus. Some come in the form of sculptures, or in something such as graffiti. And every so often, these art forms collide. The abstract red and black statue outside of Snyder and Phillips halls has been vandalized twice since the start of the semester. The structure, called The Funambulist, was first tagged sometime between Sept.

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Council to discuss grad permits

The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, will give an update on its new parking permit program for graduate students at its meeting Tuesday. The COGS meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m.

Bernero continues fight for TV debates

Antics about the number of gubernatorial debates to hold continued Monday evening between Democratic candidate and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and Republican candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder after Bernero unexpectedly arrived at one of Snyder’s town hall meetings. As he campaigns across the state, Snyder holds many town hall meetings that are free and open to the public; this, his 59th, was in Westland, Mich., near Detroit.

MSU students celebrate Latino Week

The sounds of laughter and festive music could be heard down the halls of the Wilson Hall basement as more than 40 students gathered Tuesday for a meeting and in celebration of Semana Latina, or Latino Week.

New system will increase sharing

The East Lansing City Council approved a plan Tuesday to support a new jail booking system, which will help the East Lansing Police Department coordinate moving files between the ELPD, the Lansing Police Department and the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office.

Solid defense key for No. 19 MSU men's soccer team

For the No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team, the best offense is a good defense. During the team’s weekend home stand, the Spartans gave up just one goal and scored eight in a 4-0 win Thursday against Providence and a 4-1 win Sunday against Niagara.

QB Cousins ready to break out vs. Irish

With Saturday’s matchup against Notre Dame looming, MSU will look to junior quarterback Kirk Cousins to leave last year’s loss in the past and take his game to the next level. Game time is set for 8 p.m. on ABC.

Midfielder Lever proud to represent US on U-21 field hockey team

Most student-athletes aspire toward the opportunity to play at the collegiate level. Adelle Lever will not only represent MSU, but she will represent her entire country after recently earning a spot on the under-21 National Field Hockey Team.

Week one had plenty to offer NFL fans

After seven long months, Sundays finally have meaning again for sports fans. The 2010 NFL season has begun and week one’s action brought everything we could hope for, including the good, the bad and the extremely ugly.

zoo to host car show sunday

A benefit car show, “Horsepower at the Zoo,” will be held from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing.

Library to preview free documentary

A free showing of the film “Trouble the Water,” will be held from 7-9 p.m. Thursday in MSU Library north conference room, W449.

Wells Hall movies to move locations

The weekend movie showings, sponsored by the University Activities Board, will be moved from their usual place in Wells Hall because of construction.

Former skinhead hits road with story

Meeink will be signing copies of his book “Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead” 7 p.m. Wednesday at Barnes and Noble, 5132 W. Saginaw Highway, in Lansing, as part of his fall book tour.

Freshman fifteen Q's: 09/15/10

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.

New website lets patrons skip lines around E.L.

Lineskipper.com recently was launched to give students the option of skipping lines and getting into their bar of choice in a fraction of the time it’d take otherwise.

Renters not the root of all evil

In December 2009 I had a chance to cover an East Lansing City Council meeting where councilmembers rezoned sections of the Whitehills Neighborhood/Rudgate area North of Saginaw Street, south of Lake Lansing Road and west of Hagadorn Road to a R-O-1 designation, prohibiting all new rental licenses within the designated district.

Quran burning offers a chance to reflect, learn

Even though Florida Pastor Terry Jones did not burn any Qurans, his message was alive and well at the Islamic Center of Greater Lansing on Harrison Road where the allegedly feces-smeared pages of a burnt Quran were found.