Friday Find-it Prize #4

I've been running out of places to hide Jabber Jaw, so this prize is going to be an easy one. We've got a handful of the 3"x5" postcards commemorating the MSC smokestack, and you only have to find JJ in one picture to win.

Just as a reminder, here's how:

1. Watch for a link to the “Friday Find-it” link to be posted on Twitter and Facebook at 2:30pm on Friday
2. Save a copy of the image onto your computer
3. Find Jabber Jaw
4. Put a circle around him using Paint, PhotoShop, or an online image editor like Pixlr
5. Send the image (with Jabber Jaw circled) back to us in a Facebook message
6. Come to the MSU Surplus Store during open hours to claim your prize!

Good luck!

Friday Find-it Prize #2

Congrats to the 32 winners who won our first prize, the MSU CD bundle! Now it's time to announce the next prize for the Friday Find-it giveaway:

We've got 15 copies of then-College Historian Madison Kuhn's Michigan State: The First Hundred Years, which was published in 1955 for the University's centennial.

The book holds roughly 500 pages of MAC, MSC, and MSU history. It starts with Michigan settlers crossing the Erie Canal in 1825, and it continues through the post-war boom, acceptance into the Big Ten, the 1954 Rose Bowl, and Michigan State achieving University status. This is definitely a collector's item for any true Spartan fan!

Anyone can enter, including those who won Prize #1, but you can only win one of each prize. However, feel free to enter each week--it's not just a contest, it's also fun!

For those of you who are just tuning in, here are the steps again for winning the Friday Find-it prizes:

1. Save a copy of each image onto your computer
2. Find Jabber Jaw
3. Put a circle around him using Paint, PhotoShop, or an online image editor like Pixlr
4. Send the image (with Jabber Jaw circled) back to us in a Facebook message
5. Come to the Surplus Store during open hours to claim your prize

Good luck!

MSC Smokestack Brick Sale

Thank you very much to all that purchased but we have Sold Out.

We do still have bricks from the base of the original Sparty Statue dedicated in 1945. Along with many other MSU collectible items from; MSU Sterling Silver dishes, Game worn Baseball, Football, Softball Jerseys, and much more!

Bricks will be $50 each and include a numbered certificate of authenticity signed by Cynthia A. Ghering, Director of University Archives & Historical Collections at Michigan State University. Proceeds from the sale of bricks go to the State is Great Endowment.

The sale begins Saturday, August 27 from 9:00am to 2:00pm at our store or online at www.msusurplusstore.com. Bricks vary in size and condition. In most cases mortar is still attached and small pieces may come loose in shipping.

As with all of our items, bricks may be purchased online and picked up in store during regular business hours by selecting the local pickup option the shipping section.The original "MSC" smokestack at Michigan State University's Shaw Lane Power Plant was demolished in the summer of 2011. About 400 bricks have been set aside to be made available to Spartans everywhere. This beloved landmark was erected in 1952 and was in use, supplying energy to campus, until 1975 when the power plant could no longer keep up with demand. The letters "MSC" were embedded into the structure, prominently declaring the Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. As the smokestack was dismantled, a portion of the bricks were carefully preserved and left in their original condition. Some bricks still have fragments of mortar attached, just as they were when the smokestack stood sentry over campus. Each brick is a piece of Spartan History.

Spartan Charge for Auction on eBay

The "Spartan Charge" is a hybrid electric vehicle designed and built by a team of Michigan State University students from the colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business and Engineering during 1992-93. The car was entered in a Ford HEV National intercollegiate competition and won several awards for materials usage and body styling.

The car has been in storage for several years and is thus being sold as a non-working, experimental project vehicle. This is a great opportunity to own a piece of MSU history. If you happen to know anyone who worked on this project please pass this link along.

Spartan Charge Auction