She jumped straight out of the comic strip and onto the streets. Standing in the corner of Wells Hall surrounded by signs proclaiming “anxiety,” “depression,” “culture shock,” and “stress” was Lucy Van Pelt, of “Peanuts” fame, ready to offer her brand of psychiatric advice.
For Abby Schirmer, debating offers the chance for a challenge after doing hours of careful and detailed research.
The Great Lakes were at the center of a debate on water use this weekend as environmentalists criticized Democratic presidential candidate and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for suggesting that Great Lakes states could help quench some Southwestern states’ thirst for water.
Hours of tailgating leading up to the Spartans’ victory Saturday night kept campus police busy this weekend.
MSU will open a residential program for students of all levels in the College of Engineering beginning next fall, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said Monday.
After serving the local and statewide performing arts community for 25 years, MSU’s Wharton Center is receiving an anniversary gift.
If the Michigan economy is going to add up to something more, the state’s three leading research universities believe they’ll need to be a part of the equation.
Three bills aimed at punishing repeat drunken drivers and heavily intoxicated motorists passed in the Michigan House of Representatives late last week with heavy bipartisan support.
The East Lansing City Council is exploring the possibility of making residents in most households conform to the Automated Waste Collection Program.
Between burgers, beer and games of bag toss, some tailgaters found themselves discussing a topic not typically associated with college football — renewable fuels.
Although the university’s $1.4 billion fundraising campaign has come to a conclusion, officials do not expect donations to come to a halt.
Burgers were back on students’ plates this weekend as a campus-wide ban on ground beef came to a close, MSU officials said. The beef was banned at all campus cafeterias on Oct. 6 at the request of ground beef supplier J&B Meats, which was testing for E. coli.
Local students and permanent residents joined together early Sunday to help clean up East Lansing. The Spartan Football Cleanup, sponsored by the Community Relations Coalition, or CRC, united residents to help clear the aftermath of Homecoming weekend.
Using this year’s theme of “Where Heroes are Made,” student organizations created floats for the Homecoming Parade on Friday. Throughout the week, student groups met in the concourse of Spartan Stadium to assemble their floats on top of flatbeds or to create banners. Here are a few examples of what some student groups are doing in honor of Homecoming.
The color-coded wristbands for lower-bowl Izzone members at men’s home basketball games are no longer in effect.
The East Lansing City Council elections are approaching, but the scarce number of lawn signs throughout the city wouldn’t indicate it.
Recipients of 2007 MSU Alumni Association awards range from former NASA employees to former MSU Trustees members and multi-million dollar philanthropists. Fourteen individuals and organizations are expected to receive awards Thursday at the Kellogg Center commemorating them for their work with the university.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, along with a host of others, is fighting to influence U.S. House of Representative members to override President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP.
Two female students were each assaulted twice Sunday between 12:45-1:15 a.m. after an argument over a picture on Facebook.com, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The Wharton Center is getting ready to blow out 25 birthday candles this week.