When most people return to their alma mater in hopes of a new career, they trade their current lifestyle for one full of books and term papers. Antonio Smith, on the other hand, decided to swap his basketball shoes for football cleats.
A black 2008 Chevrolet Impala parked in the Grand River Avenue ramp near Olin Health Center was damaged between 3:30-6:10 p.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU students and faculty members who park in the Commuter Lot might need to find a different route for the 15 months after they return from spring break.
MSU police have identified the two local bars visited by a woman who reported she was drugged and sexually assaulted by an acquaintance early Sunday morning.
Diane Ebert-May thinks all students at MSU should be scientifically literate. That’s why the plant biology professor, along with a team of faculty, began research to determine the impact of general science education courses on students’ quantitative and scientific reasoning skills.
Both an Iraqi political analyst and a U.S. veteran of the Iraq war will share personal experiences of the war in Iraq at 7 p.m. tonight in B108 Wells Hall.
Even with a national economy close to recession, many students are choosing to splurge on spring break this year.
Tripping on salvia divinorum extract could mean a trip to prison if legislation being considered by a Michigan House of Representatives committee is passed. The hallucinogenic plant’s effects have been likened to LSD and ketamine.
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Robert Atherton, an MSU senior who died Sunday evening after being taken off life support.
When students in Martha Kefgen’s Life Skills class at C.W. Otto Middle School, 500 E. Thomas St., came to class Tuesday to hear a presentation from MSU students about car safety, most were expecting nothing out of the ordinary.
Rev. Carl Mengeling’s successor for Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing will be announced at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Mary Cathedral in Lansing.
Operating MSU Observatory’s 24-inch telescope isn’t as hard as you might think, according to astrophysics senior Katie Rabidoux.
When Eric Thomas began his freshman year at Oakwood University in Alabama, college life was foreign territory. Being a first-generation college student, he didn’t know the codes, the language or the rules that come with transitioning into university life.
With only two games left in the season, the MSU hockey team isn’t taking Bowling Green lightly. After all, the Spartans lost last year to the Falcons on MSU’s senior night, which was the last time the team’s seniors skated at Munn Ice Arena during the regular season.
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 less, at a new face on campus and her perspective on her new frontier.
C.J. Quinney first learned what it meant to have a role model from the close relationship he shares with his father.
Shirley Peters paced across the creaky maple floor. “What kind of lights do you want to use?” professional photographer Juan Beltran asked. “Just the basics,” said Peters, a Grand Ledge resident.
Roughly 16,000, or 35 percent, of MSU’s 46,000 students live on campus. This leaves 30,000 students as well as 11,000 faculty and staff who must commute to campus daily. This is an incredibly large portion of MSU’s workforce and source of tuition and income. Why, then, does MSU’s administration seem so intent on inconveniencing them?
A 28-mile stretch of the U.S. border seems to have become our government’s latest “shiny object” — distracting both lawmakers and citizens from the underlying immigration issue. The stretch of land in the Southwest has been the testing ground for a virtual fence intended to improve border security while reducing personnel.
Almost exactly two years ago, a crime that has become shrouded in controversy was committed on campus. You’ve probably heard this before: Three men — one armed with a handgun and a water bottle containing gasoline — entered a South Hubbard Hall dorm room Feb. 23, 2006, and threatened three occupants. One man poured gasoline on a victim and threatened to light it.