Bagels and cereal thrown in the air, crowd surfing, a naked man and an inflatable Sparty on the first floor outside his window — that was the atmosphere at Cedar Village after the MSU defeated Louisville and advanced to the Final Four on Sunday afternoon.
MSU students have to take certain classes to graduate, ones that meet very specific requirements.
It happened twice this weekend. In the early morning on March 28, 2015, following MSU's victory over Oklahoma, fans took to the streets to celebrate. Then on March 29, 2015, after the men's basketball team defeated Louisville to advance to the Final Four, Cedar Village was packed once again. See our Storify to get the story in chronological order. [View the story "A weekend of revelry at Cedar Village" on Storify]
Participants came from around the country and the state with varying disciplines, from computer science to environmental science.
While the Spartan basketball team was fiercely fighting in the NCAA Tournament this weekend, the streets of East Lansing were ablaze with a different kind of heated competition.
Tinkering with wheels, pedals and handlebars, members of Together We Riseap, a national non-profit that helps improve the experience of children in the U.S. foster care system, hosted a bike build during the weekend in Case Hallap to support Lansing area children in foster care.
University Activities Board, in junction with the Women’s Resource Center and Spartan Body Pride, provided relaxing activities that MSU students and a guest could take part in.
According to MSU Athletics, Gate B will open at 8:30 p.m. and the team is expected to make an appearance at 9:15 p.m.
In an effort to gather students to "celebrate the success of MSU," ASMSU will be hosting a viewing party at the Breslin Center to cheer on the MSU Men's Basketball Team in their Elite Eight game against Louisville, ASMSU president James Conwell said.
After MSU defeated Oklahoma Friday night to advance to the Elite Eight, crowds gathered near Cedar Village apartments in celebration.
Amidst the basketball excitement of March Madness, MSU football fans have an opportunity to see the team in action this Saturday.
East Lansing City Council has altered its plans to engage the community in discussion regarding the future of Bailey Community Center.
Last week, Angie Buttigieg was one among other medical students that received an envelope at the Match Day ceremony. Enclosed was a letter explaining where they would spend the next three to seven years furthering their education as residents.
If approved in the House of Representatives, Michigan will join a list of 29 states that have already approved “Choose Life” license plates.
Hazing and bullying could be more clearly defined in university policy, per an action taken by University Council on Tuesday to modify the general student regulations to include more specific language on a number of offenses.
College students in Texas may be able to carry their guns to class soon. Due to Senate Bill 11, introduced by Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, Texas public college and university campuses would allow licensed carriers to have handguns on campus.
Amid the silence of the MSU corporate test kitchen on the upper floor of McDonel Hall near midnight, five workers continue a process that will last long until daybreak.
Beginning on Monday, students, faculty and East Lansing community members will come together to “release the stigma.” The second Mental Health awareness week, themed “Releasing the Stigma,” week begins on March 30 and will continue until April 3.
Elementary students on their capitol tours stood two floors above about 200 Michigan Student Power Network members in Michigan’s Capitol as they chanted, “this is what democracy looks like.” Student activists from around the state converged on the capitol this morning to present a list of demands for a more progressive state, and to show politicians that young people do care about the future of Michigan. “We’re here to show solidarity with students in Michigan and to show that we care about the environment and how people are treated,” Central Michigan University senior Vince Roncelli said.
Students at MSU utilized the Black Lives Matter activism campaign to start a new organization on campus, HandsUpMSU, drawing attention to human right issues locally, nationally and internationally.