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Quick Stats

Campus Size

  • 1,170 acres

Student Centers

  • Strand Union Building (SUB)

Popular Places to Chill

  • The Brewed Awakening
  • The Centennial Mall

Libraries

  • Creative Arts Library
  • Renne Library (main library)

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The Hosaeus Health and PE Complex offers students a place to play basketball, tennis, racquetball, take a swim, and lift some weights. The complex is undergoing renovations that are sure to add to its appeal. Students on varsity teams have their own training facilities next door in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. MSU’s Renne Library offers every type of studying environment possible. With a gathering area and coffeehouse on the main floor, students working on projects or taking time for a quick review before a test have a place to work. During finals week, however, the designated quiet study areas by the fountain are jam-packed with people cramming for the big exams.

There are also study rooms students can reserve for quizzing one another, or for what often happens: laughing, talking, and not doing much studying. Mediocre is the most accurate way to describe MSU’s buildings and design. The Planning Board is currently working to develop a campus plan to make everything more aesthetically pleasing, but so far, the only piece of evidence they have for their plan is the empty field on campus cleared to build a new chemistry research building. Noisy construction equipment and chopped down trees are not exactly the most beautiful thing to see while walking to class.

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Anonymous says:

As far as campus beauty, this...

As far as campus beauty, this isn’t Harvard or anything. What we do have are a lot of choices for places to work out, places to study, and places to chill with friends.

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Anonymous says:

A lot of the buildings are not...

A lot of the buildings are not much more than functional; they are, for the most part, just old and ugly.

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Anonymous says:

The facilities are grand. Money...

The facilities are grand. Money goes where it needs in order for everything to be nice.

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Anonymous says:

I think everything is pretty nice...

I think everything is pretty nice here. The computer labs are definitely nice, and so are the buildings. I have heard the on-campus gyms aren’t as nice, and I must agree that the pool and the rock wall both suck. As an athlete, though, I have access to very nice facilities and love our gym and facilities.

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Anonymous says:

I am really pleased with all the...

I am really pleased with all the things that are available to the students as far as recreation goes. Academically, I think that the library should be expanded and the hours extended to 24 hours a day.

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Favorite Things To Do

The Procrastinator Theatre offers cheap student movies from Thursday through Saturday. Other entertainment options include plays, concerts, an indoor swimming pool, and workout facilities. The Brick Breeden Fieldhouse is famous nationwide for bringing in top concerts.

Thursday nights are “Miss Kitty’s Nights” at the Procrastinator where local businesses give away prizes and admission is only $1. The SUB is a great place to go for some cheap entertainment any night: pool, bowling, and foosball are all in one place.

Coffeehouse on Campus

  • Brewed Awakening in Renne Library
  • Standing Room Only (SRO) in basement of SUB

Bar on Campus

  • None

Movie Theater on Campus

  • The Procrastinator Theatre

Bowling on Campus

  • Yes, in the SUB Rec Center

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