Team: Michigan State Spartans
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Conference: Big Ten
Sport: College Football
Background: Michigan State University is
a university in East Lansing, Michigan near the state capital
of Lansing. Michigan State University is known for its programs
in agriculture and veterinary medicine. The school's most
famous alum may be former basketball superstar Magic Johnson.
Michigan State University was founded as the Agricultural
College of the State of Michigan in 1855 as an act of the
Michigan Legislature; the school was the first agricultural
college in the United States and served as a prototype for
future agricultural institutions as would be defined by the
Morrill Act. The Michigan State University campus is located
in East Lansing on the banks of the Red Cedar River; the campus
is bordered by Michigan and Grand River Avenues to the north,
Mount Hope Road to the south, Harrison Avenue roughly west,
and Hagadorn Road to the east. The southwest corner of the
university has access to Interstate 96. |
 |
Click
here to |
 |
| |
|
Michigan
State Spartans Tickets |
|
With its large student body, MSU has a wide variety of
campus activities. ASMSU is the undergraduate student government.
It is known for its unusual bicameral structure, which includes
the parallel Student Assembly and Academic Assembly. The
State News is the widely distributed campus newspaper. Other
important campus groups include COGS, the Council of Graduate
Students, RHA, the MSU Resident Life Association, and the
Greek System, which had has a moderate but loyal following
compared to other major universities.
Michigan State University is also credited with developing
cisplatin, a leading cancer fighting drug, and homogenization
of milk amongst many other recent innovations.
5 External links (Name Changes)
» |
Agricultural College of the State
of Michigan (1855) - This was the name by which the
1855 legislation referred to the nascent college. |
» |
State Agricultural College (1861) - After a massive
reorganization in 1861, the name was changed to something
less unwieldy. |
» |
Michigan Agricultural College (1909). By 1909 there
were many agricultural colleges in the US. The name
was changed to M.A.C. to remove ambiguity about what
state the college was in. |
» |
Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied
Science (1925). M.A.C. wanted to remove the word "agriculture"
from its name, but the University of Michigan opposed
the name change. This name was created as a compromise,
but M.S.C. rarely used the "Agriculture and Applied
Science" part of its name. |
» |
Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied
Science (1955) On its hundredth anniversary, M.S.C.
became a university, but wasn't allowed to remove its
"agriculture" moniker. Michigan State University
(1964). With the Michigan Constitution of 1964, M.S.U.
finally dropped the words "Agriculture and Applied
Science" from its name. |
Shipping :
When you find Michigan State tickets that you would like
to purchase, they can be purchased online via our encrypted
safe and secure server. Or if you prefer, you may order
by phone. For faster service, please order online. Your
Michigan State ticket's order will be fulfilled within 6-24
hours. All tickets will be sent via Federal Express. The
shipping address must be the same as your billing address
at which you receive your credit card statement. If this
is not the case, we will need to obtain a fax written authorization
from you. If you would like to do this, you should contact
one of our ticket representatives.
Availability :
The ticket inventory is updated on a hourly basis. However,
if the tickets you wish to purchase are no longer available,
we will contact you immediately and you will be given other
options or you may choose an alternative set of tickets
that we wil try to offer similar to the price range of your
original order.
|
|
Florida
State 
Arizona
Indiana
Pittsburgh