“I would rather try doing something I love to do and fail than be successful doing something I don’t love to do.” Former MSU student Sam Silverstein rolled into a room on roller skates packed with over hundreds of people on March 29.
Fresh out of the police academy, a 21 year-old Jeff Murphy moved to East Lansing to join the police force expecting to stay for a short amount of time.
Every year on April Fools’ Day, people around the globe either succeed or fail at pranking their loved ones, friends, or even random people.
The new Chick-fil-A in Okemos is officially open for business. Members of the community camped out overnight before the grand opening to receive free Chick-fil-A for a year.
Jazz studies major Dakota Peterson has been playing the drums for a little over eight years. Peterson doesn’t just play for a hobby but rather she plays in multiple groups and uses her skills to raise money for different organizations around Lansing. The senior is involved with a group named SHRIMP which stands of Solidarity Helps Raise Impoverished and Marginalized People.
MSU Student Housing Cooperative practices the idea of cooperative living throughout its 15 houses across the East Lansing area and consists of approximately 240 members. One of its main goals is to provide sustainable living for all its members and making their homes efficient by going 100 percent carbon free through electricity usage. One co-op member wanted to start that pushing that goal harder, so he created the Green Energy Initiative Project.
In major college sports such as basketball and football, the atmosphere with fans in the stadium and tailgating beforehand, is what draws fans to watch MSU athletics. For the players, it’s the atmosphere within the locker room and going to war with your teammates against your opponent. For the players of the men and women MSU Ultimate Frisbee teams, the friendly atmosphere on the field between both teams is what separates ultimate frisbee from the rest of the pack. “I do like that aspect of ‘Hey, we hate these guys guts (so) let’s tear them up,’” supply chain management senior Charles Robertson said.
The MSU Figure Skating Team brought the heat to the ice during the Fire and Ice event hosted by the University Activities Board on March 25 at Munn Ice Arena.
“Michigan State University, come on down. You’re the next contestant on The Price is Right!” A group of Spartan alumni from Los Angeles filmed the College Rivalry version of The Price is Right on Feb.
Social relations and policy senior Michael Ruddock has knocked on hundreds of doors in Lansing during the past year. He has walked from house to house and has talked with hundreds of people with one thing in mind: give the voiceless a voice.
Some Saturdays are “for the boys” but for the James Madison College (JMC), this Saturday was for the books.
In a social media dominated world, new tools are being created to help combat how future decision-makers perceive you based off of your posts.
Brian Regan is one of the most famed comedians in the U.S., ranging from his recent Comedy Central special “ Brian Regan: Live from Radio City Music Hall,” to the big screen in “Top Five” to his current tour. A tour which doesn’t have a title. “When I first started playing (in) theaters, I was told I should title the tour,” Regan said.
Fraternities and sororities of Greek life typically don’t come together, instead do their own thing and embrace their own frat or sorority. But for one week, this all changes during Greek Week.
During her high school years, international relations and economics sophomore Kelly Eusebi witnessed something traumatizing: domestic violence. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, or NCADV, on average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.
When Olympic synchronized skaters first start their careers, usually it’s at a young age and most tend to start younger than others in other sports. For kinesiology senior Clair Husaynu, it started when she was two years old. Her family would ice skate as a family activity and eventually started to practice synchronized skating when she was 10 years old.
As sustainability and recycling become main goals at MSU, one organization is making the community aware of another way to help the Earth.
There are five D’s of dodgeball according to the legendary Patches O’Houlihan: Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.
For James Madison College's 50th anniversary this year, the MSU Dairy Store is giving it a special present: its own ice cream flavor. A survey of 10 potential flavors will be voted on. Then, the store staple will create that flavor in honor of the college.
Beginning life at a large university is a challenging adjustment for many freshman, but for criminal justice senior Madge MacLean, she sought to treat that challenge as an opportunity to improve herself.