The band Hellogoodbye will headline the seventh annual Sparty’s Spring Party on April 19 at Demonstration Field, according to a release. The University Activities Board, or UAB, announced Monday the free event will host local bands Bishop’s Collar and A Letter To You and another national band.
While probation departments in district courts across the state feel the pressure of growing caseloads, technological and personnel updates have helped East Lansing’s 54-B District Court cope.
The first place Lillian Collins searches for her required text books is her computer.Collins, a social relations and policy junior, started purchasing books from Amazon.com after spending about $800 for books her freshman year.
With Michigan’s Democratic delegates still not being counted at August’s national convention, pressure from the Democratic National Committee to hold a second primary in Michigan has been mounting as the presidential nominee race remains close.
Various items valued at $5,939 were reported stolen from a Hubbard Hall dorm room between 3 and 4 a.m. Feb. 29, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Police have suspended the criminal investigation into the death of MSU student Rylan Cotter following an Indiana coroner’s ruling that Cotter’s death was a suicide.
Fewer parking spots and apartments are among the changes that could be made to the proposed development between Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue.
After more than two years in bureaucratic gridlock, The State News may soon know whether MSU can withhold a 2006 police report detailing a campus assault.
To Liz Schweitzer, stories are the heart of the Catholic Church. So the best way to commemorate St. John Student Parish’s 50 years in East Lansing, she said, was to put personal stories of alumni on display. Collecting stories and experiences of at least 50 alumni from the past five decades was an easy feat, said Schweitzer, a pastoral associate who has been working at the parish for 30 years.
East Lansing police have ruled the death of a 21-year-old Lansing man who jumped from a downtown parking ramp Thursday a suicide.
Ernest Delfosse will become chairman of the MSU Department of Entomology May 1.
The value of a mechanical engineering degree from MSU could increase after a cutting-edge, 250-ton hydraulic press is delivered to campus in July.
Music blared through the Harry Hill Center Saturday night as more than 1,600 fans made their way around a massive cage at the center of the dimly lit room for the area’s first mixed martial arts showcase.
Clarification: The Oct. 17, 2006 letter mentioned in the page Page One article “Law school dean involved in possible conflict of interest” (SN 2/19), Page One article “College of Law seeks stable, reliable dean in new search” (SN 10/8/07), page 4a editorial “Stability, longevity needed for college of law” (SN 10/10/07) and Page One article “Move to strike” (SN 10/27/06) from the president of the law college to then-Dean Terence Blackburn said “the office of Provost has investigated the oral charges made against you by certain faculty members and found such charges to be unsubstantiated and without merit.”
A white iPod nano, gift cards, $8 in cash, a Motorola Krazr cell phone valued at $547 and a brown Dockers wallet containing various forms of ID were reported stolen from a West Holmes Hall dorm room between 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
While students seize the opportunity to forget everything about MSU for the next week, the Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments about how much information the university can legally withhold from them.
With an increase in the use of road salt this winter, Michigan environmental agencies are uneasy about the effects of its runoff. “The concern is that it can run off into nearby waterways and affect animal life and plant life,” said Robert McCann, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
The U.S. presidential election is an international affair. With the primary season coming to a close, many MSU faculty and students agree the world is focused on the race.
Although some students choose to don bathing suits and relax on the beach during spring break, others are exchanging swimwear for shovels and paint brushes. Fifty-one congregates from Martin Luther Chapel will leave for mission trips to one of four sites today and Saturday: El Paso, Texas, Phoenix, Haiti and Nicaragua.
MSU is expected to issue a report to Congress today detailing MSU’s use of its $1.2 billion endowment, MSU spokesman Terry Denbow said.