Many volunteers have strived to work in the spirit of giving at the MSU Student Food Bank — even before the holiday season, volunteer Meg LaLonde said.
Claud Risner’s Thanksgiving included a nearly 30-pound turkey, 20 pounds of mashed potatoes, eight pies, about a dozen friends and family members — and 10 MSU international students.
Crime in East Lansing remained low while most students left the city for Thanksgiving break, East Lansing police Capt.
As an international student from Saudi Arabia, Hashim Alsadah had never celebrated Thanksgiving before coming to MSU his freshman year.
Although virtually no Libyan students were enrolled at MSU three years ago, almost 60 Libyan international students are enrolled this fall, said Anne Schneller, coordinator of sponsored student recruitment for the Office of International Students and Scholars, or OISS.
East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, and all local post offices will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving. East Lansing’s 54-B District Court, located in City Hall and Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, will be closed for the holiday Thursday and Friday.
For Ibrahim Miari, “In Between” not only is a performance, it’s his chance to share a part of his life with audience members.
The MSU volleyball team not only will be playing for a win tonight but also for extra fans who see them as more than just athletes, but as mentors and role models.
Preparing a Thanksgiving meal for 12 people costs between 70 cents and $1.38, Consumers Energy calculated. The company provides natural gas and electricity to the East Lansing area.
The city of East Lansing now is accepting applications for the Community Development Block Grant, or CDBG, and the General Fund Human Service Activities budget.
In a local episcopal church, students and community members listened to readings from religious holy books, including the Torah, the Bhagavad Gita and the Quran. Despite religious differences, people from many faiths celebrated Thanksgiving together on Monday evening at All Saints Episcopal Church, 800 Abbot Road.
It’s a long drive to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but Katie Nelson thinks it’s worth it. Nelson, a medical technology senior, will make the four and a half to five hour drive to Newberry, Mich., this Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday. “It’s a big holiday for us,” Nelson said.
After seven years in East Lansing, OZ Gallery and Hand-Blown Glass, 551 E. Grand River Ave., is moving to Lansing to expand its Pizza Pi restaurant.
MSU could see an influx of students from the Lansing area with the help of a new high school scholarship program. Lansing’s plan to develop a scholarship program — the Lansing Promise Zone Scholarship — was approved by the Michigan Department of Treasury on Oct.
Campus Barbers Inc., 612 E. Grand River Ave., has been in East Lansing for more than 40 years, and is the only shop of its kind in the city.
Applying for jobs and internships now is more accessible for MSU students thanks to a new mobile application, or app, launched by the MSU Career Services Network, said internship developer Paul Jaques, one of the co-creators of the app.
MSU Computing officials will flip the “on” switch on an enhanced MSUnet Wireless network, should all go as planned early today.
Although the sky was overcast with sporadic thunderstorms, Monday’s low 60s temperature was just right for Genevieve Beaulieu.
Brian Middleton decided to join Spectrum, the LBGT caucus for the East Neighborhood, as a way to meet other people in the LBGT community. In his hometown, there weren’t the type of resources and groups for LBGT people he’s seen so far at MSU.
Representatives from the Coalition Against Sexual Violence will meet with university administrators in the next few weeks after about 40 members rallied in President Lou Anna K. Simon’s office Friday.