Indianapolis — All it took was seven ties, 15 lead changes and the most herculean of efforts from the Butler Bulldogs before the Duke Blue Devils could put a thrilling 61-59 victory in the books.
About 87 percent of students in the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine — Michigan’s only veterinary school — are women. The numbers reflect a trend that began sometime in the 1980s and has been noted nationwide. In March, the American Veterinary Medical Association announced the number of female veterinarians in the U.S. had surpassed the number of male veterinarians for the first time in history.
The East Lansing City Council will discuss a site plan amendment to City Center II project that would allow office use in addition to retail and residential purposes during its Tuesday meeting.
A former MSU student formed a society to oppose a university department’s plan to propose demolition of a more than 60-year-old university apartment complex. The proposed demolition would affect the Faculty Brick apartments and the neighboring Cherry Lane Apartments.
There will be at least one more year of funding for the ASMSU Readership Program. The program provides free copies of The New York Times, USA Today and the Detroit Free Press to students with a valid student ID. A tax increase referendum to fund the program was passed by students.
A former MSU student government official is not liable for disruptions last year during the Council of Graduate Students’ executive board election where he produced a report leveling allegations against the group’s then-president, a student judicial board ruled last week.
Trivial Pursuit questions tested the general knowledge and pop culture skills of MSU Honors College members in Eustace-Cole Hall’s upper lounge as the gamers participated in the Geek Week kickoff event Monday night.
MSU’s annual Greek Week will run Monday through Sunday with events in East Lansing and on campus.
Author and food writer Michael Pollan will discuss the challenges facing the American food system with MSU students from 3-4 p.m. Monday in Room C-102 in Wilson Hall. Pollan is the featured speaker at the World View Series presented by Wharton Center. He is the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California-Berkeley.
After 26 years in its 313 E. Grand River Ave. home, Melting Moments’ owner has closed its retail operation to focus on its vending sales. Owner Mark Geovjian said a physical store didn’t make financial sense, adding the place was too large for the small share of company’s business it provided.
The Book Burrow in the basement of the Downtown Lansing Library started out small when it opened in the 1970s. It slowly expanded and now has more than 2,000 square feet of floor space containing more than 70,000 books.
Focus the Nation, Global Exchange and the Will Steger Foundation will hold the Michigan Clean Energy Forum from 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday in Wonders Hall Kiva. A professional environmental panel will discuss the state of Michigan’s energy policies, focusing on job creation.
The MSU chapter of People to People International, or PTPI, will hold an organizational meeting from 5-6 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room 204 of the International Center.
Representatives on the Student Health Alliance Board created the One Health Symposium to bring students together with faculty and experts in fields from public health policy to business in medicine. The event will begin at 9:15 a.m. Saturday in Room 184 of the Radiology Building.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and her perspective of her new frontier.
Dennis Liegghio, a musician and a suicide survivor, will promote a message about hope, resilience and self-empowerment from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday in Room 1345 of the Engineering Building.
At 8 p.m. Friday in the Music Building Auditorium, Musique 21, a contemporary music ensemble at MSU’s College of Music will perform.
The film “Open City” (Roma, Citta Apperta) will be shown from 7-9:30 p.m. Thursday in the North Conference Room W449 of the Main Library.
The MSU Outdoors Club is hosting a screening of the Banff Mountain Film Festival at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Room N100 of the Eli Broad Business College.
Ben Hassenger, a Lansing-area musician and songwriter, has recently found two of his songs inspired by the Detroit Tigers accepted in to the Baseball Hall of Fame Library.