They’re not much to look at now — maybe just a few clusters of daffodils, nondescript greenery and an unassuming pavilion. But give the MSU Horticulture Gardens a couple months. That’s when they’ll come alive and that’s when they’ll be full of the perennial plants and the estimated 40,000 flowers and plants that are planted each year.
The city of East Lansing has been named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation for the 22nd year. The recognition is given to cities that have a continual commitment to community forestry.
Stone Temple Pilots are among the three new acts added to the lineup for the 10th Annual Common Ground Music Festival, slated to be held July 6-12. Los Lonely Boys and Billy Squier also were announced as performers at the festival, which will be held at Adado Riverfront Park in downtown Lansing.
Lengthy lines and scrambling students could potentially disappear from bookstores at the beginning of a new semester as a result of federal legislation. The legislation requires universities to make lists of course materials available to students by the opening of the enrollment process.
They varied in size, color and style, but the 300 shirts that hung from clotheslines Tuesday in the Union were all interwoven with a common theme: empowerment for the women who decorated them, survivors of sexual violence.
To help boost their Rhino Expansion Project, the Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, invited a special friend for support. America’s best-known zookeeper, Jack Hanna, and some of his animal friends visited the zoo Tuesday evening to chat, bark and growl about animal education and black rhinoceros conservation.
While offense took priority during the latter third of the first round, the middle is dominated by defensive prospects. Only four of the 12 players selected during this segment of my mock draft play offense. Find out if the Detroit Lions are one of those teams and stay tuned tomorrow for my top 10 picks.
After waiting 15 minutes for her at bat, freshman infielder Ali Grant only needed a few seconds to end the game for her team. Playing through rain and wind the entire game, the MSU softball team was forced to take a break from its game against Bowling Green to wait for nearby lightning to pass.
The No. 20 MSU women’s golf team practiced through gusty winds, occasional rain spurts and hailstorms Tuesday afternoon, but they didn’t let the bad weather get in the way of preparing for its biggest tournament of the season — the Big Ten Championships hosted by Purdue at Kampen Course.
With the NFL Draft looming, members of the MSU football team will have a chance to enter their names in a draft before ever considering going pro. Designated captains will embark on the first step of the annual spring Green and White Game today when they select players for each team by draft process.
During the next week we’re going to see a story or two like Laptop stolen in library (SN 4/21) every day, since everyone who’s never in the library will be there studying for finals.
I was happy to see Greg Thon continuing the discussion on animal issues in his letter Learn basics of agriculture before passing judgements (SN 4/17).
With trees budding out all around us, I just want to say thank you to the MSU Board of Trustees, President Lou Anna K. Simon and everyone who has had a hand in planting all the trees around campus.
The environmental movement is an intriguing phenomenon across college campuses. Often the most enticing solutions are those that seem to provide a quick fix, but it is clear that there is no silver bullet to solve the environmental and economic problems deeply embedded in the U.S. today.
Never forget. It’s a phrase repeated for years by people who wish to remind the world of what happened during the Holocaust. More than 6 million Jews perished in World War II Nazi concentration camps, decimating the Jewish population.
A 35-year-old male student reported his laptop computer and backpack missing after he left the items behind with classmates Saturday evening in the basement of the Main Library, MSU police Sgt.
Green buildings and the city’s proposed 2009-10 fiscal year budget are on the agenda for tonight’s East Lansing City Council meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.
The distance from Detroit to Chicago might not seem so far if plans for a high-speed railway linking Midwest cities are approved.
Andy Vallentine has his sights set on seeing his work on the silver screen. The telecommunication, information studies and media senior plans to move to New York or Los Angeles in hopes of becoming involved in the movie industry — a market that Michigan has been trying to tap into with numerous incentives.
I don’t really have a question. I just need to vent. I am about to graduate in three weeks, and I have no idea what I am going to do with my life. I have spent four years here studying (a subject) and now I am not sure if there are even any jobs out there in (this) field. Michigan is my home and I am not sure I want to leave. Just not sure it was all worth it.