On Sunday Nov. 9 the 2025 Lansing Train Show and Sale took place at the Farm Bureau Pavilion. Sponsored by the Lansing Model Railroad Club (LMRC), the event hosted over 500 tables of new and used trains for sale, along with 9 layouts, making it the largest train show and sale in Michigan.
The 28th Annual East Lansing Film Festival held its opening night at Studio C in the Meridian Mall. This is the 28th year of the festival, with the first East Lansing Film Festival being held in 1997. The festival will run from November 6 to November 13 and will showcase over 40 films, ranging from feature-length films to short documentaries. The opening night feature film, “Souleymane’s Story,” was an exploration of a man’s struggle to obtain asylum in France while working tirelessly to make money through food delivery. Souleymane is an asylum seeker from Guinea-Conakry, and the film follows him as he navigates exploitative individuals, homelessness as he prepares for his make-or-break asylum interview.
Samuel Jaffe, under the name Del Water Gap, releases his third studio album, "Chasing the Chimera."
A Michigan State University student facing disciplinary charges for his engagement in a campus protest of university investments was found not responsible for either charges by a hearing board.
The Union of Tenure System Faculty held its first membership meeting earlier this week. This meeting marks another milestone for the union, which received recognition from Michigan State University earlier this semester after years of negotiations.
Students make the adjustment to celebrating a major holiday without family.
Strange Matter Coffee has collected more than 1,500 pounds of food in just six days through its new donation drive, offering free drinks to customers who donate to the Greater Lansing Food Bank.
MSU's Department of Theatre and Williamston Theatre's collaboration offers theater students creative opportunities.
Michigan State University has apologized for the misspelling of a former MSU Humphrey Fellow’s name in its annual student memorial plaque.
MSU professor Melanie Balbach wrote a paper recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, where her group mapped, for the first time, the precise steps sperm use to create and control energy.
The popularity of athleisure, a category of clothing that combines athletic wear with leisure, style, and comfort, has been on the rise for the past few years. For luxury athleisure brands like Lululemon and Alo, their products offer a wide variety of characteristics that may appeal to customers.
The Ingham County Clerk website announced early Wednesday morning that former candidates Steve Whelan and Chuck Grigsby are the newly elected members of East Lansing City Council. Whelan won with 22.36% of the vote, earning 2,609 votes across all precincts. Grigsby followed closely in second with 20.01% of the vote, earning 2,335 votes across all precincts.
The halted enrollment adds to a growing list of tangible effects being felt on campus from the university’s mission to reduce its operating budget by 9% over the next two fiscal years.
A nonprofit led by MSU Trustee Rebecca Bahar-Cook is facing scrutiny over its role in potentially helping business leaders gain special influence with state officials. Bahar-Cook said her work as the executive director of the Michigan Economic Development Foundation is "wholly unrelated" to her work as a university trustee.
Eiffel Waffle Creamery is set to open its doors on the first weekend of November
The bids vary greatly in scope — and cost.
Though MSU has reason to be amenable to Barrett's demands, adopting the controversial definition would be likely to spark backlash.
On October 31st in the Union Ballroom the University Activities Board hosted a When Scrapbooks Met Frames event that featured crafts, trail mix making, and a showing of the classic movie When Harry Met Sally.
At Friday’s Michigan State University Board of Trustees meeting the sweeping university-wide budget cuts were a significant topic of discussion. Students and faculty relayed the concerns which the reductions brought to university operations which ranged from layoffs to graduate admission pauses.
Condemnation over an MSU trustee’s presence at a vigil for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the discovery that a plaque memorializing an MSU scholar killed in Gaza contains a misspelling and update on delays for G.I. Bill benefits for veteran students punctuated Friday's Board of Trustees meeting.