From Wednesday to Saturday MSU will become home to about 7,900 guests from all over the world to take part in the 36th Annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals.
After a less than ideal start to the season, the MSU baseball team dug themselves out of an early hole going 21-8 to finish the regular season 33-21 overall and 14-10 in the Big Ten.
A pair of sexual assaults have been reported in East Lansing, Lt. Steve Gonzalez said Monday. The first of which was a first-degree criminal sexual misconduct, sexual penetration, occurring on May 13 at the 700 block Berkshire Lane, and the second of which was a fourth-degree criminal sexual misconduct, forced sexual contact, May 14 at 100 block on Albert Avenue.
The 2015-16 season is described as “A Season of Journeys: From Baltimore to Points Beyond.” Each production will take place at locations across campus, such as the Arena Theatre, the Pasant Theatre, Studio 60 or the Fairchild Theatre. The theatre’s first production of the season, “Baltimore,” by Kirsten Greenidge, will take viewers inside a college dorm and to the heart of a racially-charged incident. The play was conceived at MSU and is part of the Big Ten New Plays Initiative. The 2015-16 season will also include the productions of “For Tonight,” “Stage Door, “Freshman Showcase: The Monkey King,” “The December Project,” “And Away We Go,” “Pride and Prejudice,” as well as “Grease.”
It’s summer in East Lansing — a time to participate in local internships, catch up on classes or hold down the fort until the rest of MSU’s nearly 50,000 students return in the fall. But before you participate in some of the other common activities summer brings about -- such as swimming, barbeques and camp fires, it’s important to keep in mind the exact laws and ordinances East Lansing and MSU have in place.
For some people, a bug is simply a bug — it doesn’t matter if it’s a cockroach or a grasshopper.
From local Michigan foods to antiques and collectibles, a variety of outdoor markets exist for Lansing area residents to enjoy in the summer.
As MSU senior track star Leah O'Connor rounded the corner and head into the homestretch of the 5,000 meter finals at the 2015 Big Ten Track and Field Championships on Sunday, the hometown crowd at Ralph Young Field in East Lansing, Michigan rose to its feet and roared. They'd seen and heard a lot from her this weekend. O'Connor won the race and crossed the finish line in a time of 16:03.98, and that was it. She'd done it.
By Rachel Fradette rfradette@statenews.com The Digital Age has created all sort of trends for the academic world.
By Leslie Hemenway lhemenway@statenews.com People grow up and learn a lot about themselves during their college experience.
When it was all said and done, it was the sense of belonging which reeled devoted customers back in. The sense that despite hectic college life, there were friends willing to share the dark stumble home with each other after a night out. And these friends were never more than a $2 coney dog away.
Subleasing is part of any college town in the summer, including Michigan State University, however, as many students find out, it’s not always an easy process.
Common Ground Music Festival is arguably one of the biggest things to happen in East Lansing in the summer. Are you going?
Construction in North Campus began May 11, causing the closure of West Circle Drive from Auditorium Road to the Main Library entrance, with Beal Street to Hannah Administration Drive closed to the public. For the duration of the project, parking lots 6 — the MSU Museum lot — and 11 — the lot behind the Main Library shared with the Hannah Administration building and Olds Hall — will remain closed. “It’s an overall underground utility refurbishment project,” Infrastructure Planning and Facilities project representative Andy Linebaugh said.
Dozens of white tents lined the streets with a variety of colorful fabrics, jewelry and paintings underneath each.
After day two, the MSU men's and women's track and field teams continue to impress at the 2015 Big Ten Track and Field Championships.
It's not often a college sports team gets to play their team's conference championship on their home turf.
It was a busy week for MSU football on the recruiting trails as the Spartans added five new verbal commitments to the class of 2016.
The toxicology report of applied engineering sciences senior and Alpha Sigma Phi member Anthony Hawley has revealed the cause of his Jan. 29 death to be a heroin overdose, East Lansing police Lt. Steve Gonzalez said.
The five women wanted for their alleged connection to the brutal baseball bat attack on an East Lansing woman and MSU student on March 6 have have been arrested.