Although MSU is more relaxed in the summer, there are still professors teaching on campus and students doing homework and going to class. “One of the biggest differences with the summer course is it’s only seven weeks, opposed to 15 weeks in the other semesters, so everything is rushed,” doctoral student Julie Bell said.
MSU Hockey head coach Tom Anastos announced on May 29 that defenseman Josh Jacobs would not be returning for the 2015-2016 season, instead choosing to pursue professional interests elsewhere.
The retrial in the case of 25-year-old defendant and MSU alumnus Meng Long Li continued with his testimony Tuesday. The defendant's testimony served as the last eye witness account of the trial before closing arguments and a final decision is made on the case Thursday.
Beginning in early July, the Wharton Center for Performing Arts will see a new leader.
A fire in the Biochemistry building was reported shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, causing a brief road closure of Wilson Road between Farm Lane and Bogue Street, according to an MSU police tweet.
A bill currently working its way through the state legislature would prohibit local units of government from establishing ordinances, resolutions or policies, attempting to control certain employment related matters.
East Lansing Police Chief Juli Liebler, who has been with the police department since 1987, will be retiring at the end of the month.
“The Voice” finalist and MSU alumnus Joshua Davis is coming back to East Lansing for a concert on June 26th.
The Spartan Spanners took 12 in the national Student Steel Bridge Competition. The competition was hosted by the University of Missouri – Kansas City on May 22 and 23.
More than 100 Spartan athletes were on the list released by the Big Ten of the 2015 spring academic All-Big Ten honorees.
East Lansing’s annual flushing of water mains began Monday, and residents within adjacent areas might experience cloudy or rusty colored water that is safe to drink but can present problems for doing laundry, according to an East Lansing Department of Public Works statement.
If you live around Trowbridge Rd, you may have noticed a bold red barn has recently replaced what used to be Goodrich’s Shop-Rite. That barn happens to be Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a new grocery store that aims to soon have 10-12 different locations around Michigan.
A parking lot filled with scrap metal, old TV’s, computers, books, refrigerators, microwaves, lawnmowers, and other household appliances is the scene at Recycle!
This week's top stories, brought to you in one minute or less. Click to read more about the Engineering Library project petition, campus bike impoundment, the retrial of alumnus Meng Long Li and Brandon McLittle's guilty plea.
In the same report card grading MSU's campus food and party scene an A+, the university flopped on drug and alcohol safety, earning a D+ because of poor student reviews and numbers of alcohol and drug related arrests and referrals reported by the university.
Three important individuals testified Thursday in the preliminary exam for two of the girls allegedly responsible for the savage beating of an MSU student just before spring break. Paris Jeannine-Renee Strickland and Brittani Shanta Barber-Gribble, two of the five defendants in the case were in the courtroom while the alleged victim, Mariah Kelly and the two officers who investigated the case, Aaron White, a patrol officer who responded to the initial dispatch and Det.
The 21 annual Be a Tourist in Your Own Town event kicks off at 10 a.m.
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.