Former Michigan State big man Garrick Sherman revealed a lot about his time in East Lansing on Wednesday through a series of drunken tweets.
MSU has a variety of elective courses for students to take, everything from wine tasting to scuba-diving. One online summer class available to students is “Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse – Disasters, Catastrophes, and Human Behavior”.
The statewide grassroots activism organization, the Michigan Student Power Network, will be hosting a series of strategy and issues events this Friday to Sunday in Berkey Hall. The event, Michigan Student Power Convergence 2015, already has around 70 expected attendees who have registered, state organizer Ian Matchett said, though more than twice that have joined the event on Facebook. Convergence was chosen to be in East Lansing by a vote from the organization, who has affiliates on campus including MSU Students United and the Black Student Alliance.
The W.J. Beal Botanical Garden will see music once again, as garden administrators and staff are reviving a Music in the Garden program that has not been active for 18 years. Starting Friday, June 5, the garden will have music during the lunch hours, with acts being primarily from the Michigan State College of Music.
Jessica Steeley Jsteeley@statenews.com MSU’s campus can seem deserted in the summer, but just because there are less people doesn’t mean there’s not plenty to do around East Lansing. Though summer is a time for relaxation, students often have more downtime than they know what to do with.
By Rachel Fradette rfradette@statenews.com Living on a college campus during the busy school year makes you appreciate the peace of your suburban hometown.
Although the May 5 passage of the marijuana amendment to East Lansing’s city charter seemed like both a victory for those citizens in favor and a message to the state government, the new amendment could have a negative effect on East Lansing and marijuana offenders.
Summer in East Lansing is filled with fun and exciting opportunities. It might be spending a day rafting on the Red Cedar River, spending a night downtown at the bars, taking a short trip to the capital for a Lansing Lugnuts’ game and much more. However, these activities aren’t free and money can be an issue. Many students who stay in East Lansing for the summer work various summer jobs to support themselves.
Brandon McLittle, the Lansing resident and former iCab taxi driver in connection with the beating and robbery of MSU student Hongda Jiang on Dec. 9, 2014, pled guilty to armed robbery Wednesday morning.
With many students gone for the summer and some leaving their bikes behind, crews have begun cutting locks of bikes in violation of university ordinances before impounding them and, if not claimed, selling them off to the public, officials said.
Talks on handing over (SCENE) Metrospace to MSU have shifted from allowing the university a long-term lease with full curative control to a shorter, possibly year-long, trial period.
More than three months after a hung jury was declared, Meng Long Li, the alumnus accused of assaulting another Chinese student with a plastic water pitcher at a karaoke bar on Jan. 31, 2014, appeared before a jury again Tuesday for the start of his retrial.
This Saturday will mark the City of East Lansing's annual recycling and spring clean-up event, Recycle! East Lansing.
Going against previous trends of increasing international enrollment at MSU, the Office of Admissions expects a decrease in international student enrollment, mainly from China, for the 2015-2016 school year, and though in-state enrollment has fluctuated greatly in the past few years, it will increase for 2015.
Resulting from possible frustrations with trying to resolve a traffic ticket, 54B District Court will be offering a new online service beginning on June 1. The court signed on with Matterhorn by Court Innovations, "an online platform that allows defendants, police and judges to conveniently work toward resolving minor traffic violations," according to a court statement.
The MSU baseball team was a strong contender for the NCAA tournament but unfortunately didn’t make the cut after losing four of its five last games. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 34-23 and an RPI ranking of 51, according to D1Baseball.
The Spartans were the first to get a hit registered when senior infielder Ryan Richardson hit a single to lead off the second.
The 36th Odyssey of the Mind World Finals are being held at MSU this week, and campus is full of competitors ranging from third graders to college students. Thousands of people from all over the country and the world are staying in MSU dorms and eating at the cafeterias. With the added people, campus has become more congested with traffic and the cafeterias aren’t serving their regular menus.
The East Lansing Public Library Maker Studio 2.0's 3D printers have drawn interest from people of all ages and walks of like, including students, parents and a local artist.