FEATURES
VIDEO: Common Ground Day 1
Sights and sounds from the opening night of Common Ground Music Festival 2015.
FOOTBALL
Calhoun and Davis named to watch list for defensive player of the year award
In more award watch list news, senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun and senior linebacker Ed Davis have been named to the 2015 Bednarik Award Watch List.
NEWS
East Lansing to pay $21,000 fine for November 2013 mercury spill
East Lansing City Council voted to approve the authorization for the city manager to sign the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s consent order regarding a mercury spill that occurred at the East Lansing Wastewater Treatment Plant.
NEWS
360 View of Common Ground 2015's opening night
The New York City band Misterwives rounds out the first night of the Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing, July 7, 2015, on the Auto Value Stage in front of a crowd of screaming fans.
MSU
Call for Spartan Virtual Choir celebrates 100th anniversary of Fight Song
MSU is celebrating its fight song's 100th anniversary in 2015 by inviting those in the MSU community to send videos of themselves singing the song to create the first-ever Spartan Virtual Choir. A video published on July 1 asked viewers to record a video of themselves singing along to the song and upload the recording to www.msu.edu/fightsong. MSU's fight song was composed by cheerleader and civil engineering major Francis Irving Lankey at Michigan Agricultural College in 1915 and most of the words were written by Lankey's friend and fellow MAC student Arthur L.
BASKETBALL
Basketball player Eron Harris suspended after OWI arrest
MSU junior guard Eron Harris has been suspended indefinitely from the MSU basketball team following a drunk driving arrest early July 1, according to the Lansing State Journal.
NEWS
MSU has a legacy of successful sports teams
This year, Michigan State fans were treated to a Cotton Bowl victory in football and a Final Four appearance in basketball – last year, a Rose Bowl and three weeks at No.1 on ESPN’s 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Rankings. The Spartans’ success has created a buzzing culture in the city of East Lansing.
NEWS
Live On: A breakdown of the residential neighborhoods
Every neighborhood on campus has different things to offer. Before you move in this fall, make sure you know about the places you and your friends will be living.
BASKETBALL
MSU basketball will host Florida this season
MSU basketball announced via a press release that the Spartans will play a home-and-home against Florida. The series will begin this season at the Breslin Center on Dec. 12, 2015. MSU will travel to Gainesville, Florida, at a date yet to be determined in the 2017-18 season.
FEATURES
Muslim students reflect on Ramadan, fasting
Muslim students are fasting during the holy month of the Islamic calendar, which is called Ramadan. For some international students, the difference of observing the holy month in the U.S. presents a challenge.
MSU
Abrams Planetarium to host show with animals Saturday
The Abrams Planetarium is bringing the constellations to life this weekend. At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday the planetarium is offering a free, special show called 'Star Safari' that pairs learning about the constellations with meeting their small animal counterparts brought from the Potter Park Zoo.
MSU
Common Ground Music Festival begins today
The Common Ground Music Festival 2015 is set to kickoff today, after a last minute hiccup in the lineup.
NEWS
Joshua Davis replaces Meghan Trainor as Common Ground opening headliner
Meghan Trainor, scheduled as the opening headliner for Common Ground Music Festival on Tuesday July 7, will not perform due to continued treatment of hemorrhaging on her vocal chords. Joshua Davis (The Voice finalist and MSU alumnus) has been added to the lineup, which also includes Misterwives, Be a Miller, Skizzy Mars, Life of Dillion, and more.
BASKETBALL
Denzel Valentine selected for Pan American Basketball training camp
Denzel Valentine has accepted his invitation to the 2015 U.S. Pan American Men’s Basketball Team training camp, according to a news release by Spartan Athletics. Twenty-two players were invited and 12 will be selected to represent the USA in Toronto from July 21-25. The training camp will take place at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., from July 7-12, according to the release. If Valentine is selected, he will be the fifth MSU player to represent the USA since 1991.
FEATURES
Community celebrates country's history at Independence Day Parade
On the Fourth of July, many people from Lansing, East Lansing and the surrounding areas gathered near the State Capitol Building to watch the annual parade.
NEWS
Several major construction projects await action from East Lansing City Council
East Lansing City Council will likely take action on a major construction project at its July 7 meeting at city hall, which begins at 7 p.m.
NEWS
Douglas J salon in East Lansing Marriott relocating to Eastwood Towne Center
The Douglas J Companies salon in the East Lansing Marriott will be relocating to the Eastwood Towne Center before the year's end, according to a company statement.
MSU
MSU's gardens among best in the U.S.
MSU's W.J. Beal Botanical Garden and Hidden Lake Gardens have both been ranked by Best Colleges Online among the "50 Most Amazing University Botanical Gardens and Arboretums in the U.S." The rankings and ratings for each garden were assessed on a points system which awarded gardens for not only having a wide and manicured variety of plant species, but also for categories such as previous awards won, conservation and education, having a connected university degree program and 'Wow' factors. "I was certainly pleased and excited when I found out," Curator of the W.
MICHIGAN
Week in Review: July 3
These are the top stories for the week of July 3, brought to you by Statenews.com
MSU
Trowbridge Road to close one lane starting next week
Begining the Monday after Independence Day Weekend, MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities will shut down one of the westbound lanes of Trowbridge Road at the intersection of Chestnut Road.