Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senior White House Advisor Brian Deese announced a plan Thursday afternoon in Kellogg Center to partner with farmers, ranchers and forest land owners to address the threat of climate change.
The draft has concluded and the teams are set as the Spartans get ready to kick off the annual spring game at Spartan Stadium this Saturday. And while draft rooms are a place for strategic planning and on the fly decision making, the football program kept the excitement high at the Izzo Family Media Center as early as the first pick. Brian Allen, who was named a first-team Freshman All-American by the FWAA last year at guard and center, was taken first overall by the White team.
For one night only, Motown is back. This Friday evening, the Wharton Center is partnering up with the Lansing Symphony to put on "Music of Motown". Diatetics freshman Arturo Gregory is ecstatic for the event, and is happy to see Motown music make a revival this Friday. "Friday's performance feels like a great opportunity for people to come and experience what is Motown," Gregory said.
For frantic MSU students with finals week looming on their mind, it’s easy to forget that libraries are more than just places to spend a caffeine-fueled night of cramming. But following an anonymous gift, the East Lansing Public Library is looking to expand and become a community staple.
With the Green and White game this Saturday, many students are gearing up to get back into Spartan Stadium again after months of separation.
The MSU Wakeboard Club is looking to make waves in their second year as a club by recruiting new members and holding events.
Three survivors, who were sexually assaulted off campus, shared their on campus experiences of substance abuse, self-exploration and growth, which shaped them to be the survivors they are today.
Avoiding the harsh winds and frigid temperatures, Gene Orlando stood inside a storage room with his hands on his hips, trying to sum up the regular-season in one word. After a brief moment of processing the question, the men's tennis head coach compared the past few months as like riding a roller coaster. And just like any other high speed thrill ride, the ups and downs that MSU experienced this year has provided plenty of thrills and distress, as the road to the NCAA tournament is paved with dominance and brute force from opposing groups. "I thought we played well against some good teams," Orlando said.
All season long baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. has made clear the importance of his seniors. He's said before that much like the football and basketball teams, team success starts with the seniors. The MSU football team has had its fair share of important seniors and upper-classmen leading the way to the 2014 Rose Bowl and the 2015 Cotton Bowl, much like the basketball team had its juniors and seniors step up on their way to the Final Four.
When applied engineering sciences senior Nawar Dimitry came to MSU as a freshman in the fall of 2010, the former high school football and basketball player was looking for a team to stay active in and compete. Thus, it wasn't long before Dimitry stumbled across the MSU Rugby Football Club.
It was that time of year, and we saw it again. In early spring, at the brink of the NCAA basketball season, a massive collective of students, faculty and alumni put their green and white on in order to support the members of our favorite basketball team - The Michigan State Spartans. This basketball team of ours has garnered quite a lot of love and excitement over the past decade or so. As a result, this overwhelming excitement has lead a handful of fans to celebrate the accomplishments of this team as a collaborative group outside in the streets. From couch burning to flying bagels, some students at MSU take pride in such post-win festivities.
Love Your Melon Foundation co-founder Zachary Quinn — and many students following in his footsteps — want to make hospital stays more bearable for children fighting cancer.
Tuesday night, the Breslin was packed with hundreds of screaming students, dressed up and waving glow-in-the-dark sticks to support their fraternities and sororities in the annual MTV Night dance competition.
The MSU football team got some good news just days before the spring exhibition game.
Tonight, the stage in the auditorium of the Kellogg Center will light up with songs and dances of traditional Latino cultures.
Jennifer Battle, director of MSU’s Office of Sustainability, said the power plant is currently at a 70 to 30 percent ratio of natural gas and other energy sources. Seventy-one percent of the energy supply comes from natural gas, 28 percent from coal and 1 percent from biofuel.
1,264 students voted in this year’s ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government’s general assembly election, which is over 1,000 less voters than in 2013, when the State News reported a 9.2 percent voter turnout. Members of ASMSU’s general assembly hold an important task of electing the new office of the president this week, which consists of six vice presidents and 1 president.
In an effort to prevent MSU falling to last place in faculty compensation rates among Big Ten schools, the Faculty Senate approved a relatively high faculty merit and market pool increases for the 2015-2016 school year on Tuesday afternoon.
A few weeks ago, there I was, sitting at the latest Final Four in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 4.
With the warmer weather, spring provides a great opportunity for those who might be interested in birding – slang for bird-watching – and have been looking for a good time to start.