In the Big Ten race, the MSU men’s basketball team might almost be out — but the Spartans are going into every game like they have everything to play for.
Students and residents will have an opportunity today to critique a $117 million project that could lead to the elimination of rental housing along the 300 and 400 blocks of Evergreen Avenue.
Members of MSU’s undergraduate student government received death threats before passing a bill asking the university to define hate speech during a Thursday meeting.
A month before East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert’s May 2005 appointment, he stood at the scene of a fatal accident on Grand River Avenue and vowed to take on drunken drivers.
Going through law school can be a stressful experience for a student, and Connell Alsup knows it. That is why Alsup, the associate dean for student affairs with the MSU College of Law, is working with the school to start an in-house counseling center for law students.
Nichole Shepherd has danced to heal people in need ever since the idea came to her in a dream 10 years ago. “I had a dream about it, and if you dream about it, you’re supposed to do it,” said Shepherd, an English doctoral student enrolled in an Ojibwe language course. Shepherd performed the women’s jingle dress dance, a healing dance, during the seventh annual Ojibwe Language Pow Wow in Snyder-Phillips Hall Auditorium on Saturday.
Radio station WJR (760-AM) and MSU recently launched Greening of the Great Lakes, a Web site aimed at providing insight into Great Lakes environmental issues.
Before Sunday’s Spartans Against Drunk Driving Survivors’ Forum, the only time Marley Gluf spoke publicly about being hit by a drunken driver was during that driver’s trial.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, has been in Lansing since the Feb. 16 Michigan Republican Convention. He sat down for a one-on-one interview with The State News about MSU, the state of Michigan and other issues concerning college students.
Having plunged into a cold tub to soothe sore muscles many times during his career, former MSU quarterback Drew Stanton knew what to expect at Sunday’s Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge in Lansing.
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has one advantage over his opponents — experience. Nader declared his candidacy for the fifth straight election Sunday, and members of the MSU community said they don’t expect his losing track record to change.
It was two weeks after losing his mother to cancer when a boy came to the summer camp that Caitlin Costello helped organize last year.
African sculptures decorated the tables. Stars hung from the ceiling with quotes from famous black people. The upbeat music of jazz musician Miles Davis echoed throughout the room, and epic struggles and biographies covered the walls.
MSU head coach Suzy Merchant had no reason to be “scared to death” going into Thursday night’s game against Northwestern at Breslin Center.
Chains can be binding. National chain businesses can erode a community’s identity. And as many downtown East Lansing independent businesses have discovered, chains have stifled their growth. From Cosi and Buffalo Wild Wings, to Chipotle Mexican Grill and Barnes & Noble, chain businesses have taken a dominant presence in downtown East Lansing in recent years.
A book bag valued at $40, a Coach wallet and a Motorola Razr phone were stolen from two lockers in North Kedzie Hall between 11:30 a.m. and 1:25 p.m. Tuesday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Renovations to two residence halls and a proposed loan increase to finance MSU in Dubai will highlight the MSU Board of Trustee meeting today. The board’s decisions will involve more than $9 million in imporvements to Holden Hall, more than $12 million in upgrades to Mary Mayo Hall.
On the 43rd anniversary of Malcolm X’s death, three student groups brought his message to life Thursday. Brothers of the Struggle, Sisters of the Struggle and Black Student Alliance followed in the footsteps of the Black Panther Party and other liberation groups in ensuring that his ideas live on.
Organizations on ASMSU’s Programming Board are looking to slash upcoming program costs after approving more than $60,000 in funding during a meeting Wednesday.
The unarmed robbery charge against former MSU linebacker SirDarean Adams has been dropped because of a lack of evidence. Adams still faces one charge of misdemeanor assault.