The Michigan-Grand River Avenue Corridor Study whittled down its list of public transportation options to light rail transit, bus rapid transit and modern street car. The project will attempt to connect the Capitol to Marsh Road on Grand River and Michigan avenues through multimodal transportation, which will include bicycle lanes and pedestrian walkways.
MSU Tower Guard will host its 10th annual 5k Shamrock Run-Walk-Roll on Saturday at Conrad Hall. This year, Tower Guard reached out further to the East Lansing community, involving about 20 local businesses which have donated more than $3,000 in sponsorships.
When Bob Fish and Mary Roszel decided to open a coffee shop in East Lansing 15 years ago, many people wondered if it would be a profitable business endeavor. On Monday, Roszel and Fish proved their doubters wrong by celebrating Biggby Coffee’s 15th anniversary and offering free tall drinks to Biggby E-ward members at any participating store. In addition, a birthday party was held at the original Biggby shop at 270 W. Grand River Ave.
The East Lansing City Council likely will vote whether to approve a site plan that would convert the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house, 128 Collingwood Drive, into high-end apartments during its 7:30 p.m.
Members of a new campus group contend construction for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum destroyed a small wetland, but MSU officials and a local environmental consulting firm insist it could not be classified as such.
It’s the short walk frequent customers and curious students will make from art gallery Mackerel Sky’s old location to the new one. Friday marked the opening day for the well-known gallery at its new location, 211 M.A.C. Ave., after a five-day break in business for the move.
(SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., will host Chain of Lakes, Brian Westrin, and Brandon and Bethany Foote of Gifts or Creatures on March 27.
MSU’s Undergraduate University Division will be hosting a Marathon of Majors from 5-7 p.m. Thursday on the first floor of Bessey Hall.
The CHS Foundation recently granted three MSU students with $1,000 scholarships for their involvement in agriculture. Agribusiness management junior Kayla Lehman, animal science senior Rosemary Rice and crop and soil sciences senior Tim Wilke were awarded the scholarships.
The last known wild wolverine in Michigan was found dead about 60 miles northwest of Port Huron on Saturday and will be examined on MSU’s campus, according to The Detroit News. A female estimated to be 7 years old at the time of death, the wolverine was first seen in 2004, 90 miles north of Detroit.
Kresge Art Center’s Gallery 101 exhibit “%$#&!: A Comics Exhibition” features the work of 15 student comic artists in MSU’s only comic studio course, taught by associate professor Ryan Claytor, and will run until March 30.
Grammy Award-winning guitar group, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, will perform at 3 p.m. March 21 at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall. The group plays classical as well as contemporary music. The State News sat down with the newest member of the group, Matthew Greif.
People Respecting the Individuality of Students at MSU, or PRISM, will host a sexually transmitted infections awareness panel from 8:30-10 p.m. Tuesday in Room 340 of Case Hall. The event will feature panelists to answer students’ questions.
MSU’s Center for Poetry and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities will host the second annual Festival of Listening at 7 p.m. Friday at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St.
Curt “Grandad” Eure created the Kids Repair Program to reward local kids with bicycles for completing work in the community.
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.
My mom jumped and touched the air in astonishment as the very first 3-D movie preview played before our Wonderland adventure began. While she anticipated something great, I expected another re-imagined letdown incomparable to the original novel and cartoon movie.
The No. 5 seed MSU women’s basketball team will face Mid-American Conference champion and No. 12 seed Bowling Green on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Tipoff is scheduled for 12:11 p.m. Saturday in Louisville, Ky.
Tom Izzo had an awakening he said made him feel as good as he has in a year. And it was all thanks to Allen Iverson.
Who is this year’s Cinderella? Who is this year’s champ? Who’s going to have their pretty mug serenaded by Jennifer Hudson on “One Shining Moment” in April? Send it in, Jerome!