By Ian Martin imartin@statenews.com Progress has been ‘stable,’ according to Dale Blakeslee, alumna Stacy Blakeslee’s dad. If not familiar with Stacy Blakeslee’s story, it was just last December when she suddenly fell sick with a severe staph infection that ended up creating a hole in one of her heart valves. http://www.gofundme.com/664b58
By Kayman Whaley kwhaley@statenews.com Bubble Island “I think what I love most about Bubble Island is the amazing smell right when I walk in.
Making national news for burning couches and receiving attention for sport successes, MSU has a reputation for being a well-known “party school.”
With an idea to improve the process of buying and selling books on college campuses, MSU alumnus Darin Gross started Booklify in 2012. The website connects student buyers and sellers and aims to deliver the best prices for textbooks.
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will have found themselves in the middle of the sexual assault issue in 2014. While Sullivan has been a rallying point of the response to the scandal at the University of Virginia, Will has been the target of much furor over his remarks about sexual assault.
I'm not someone who can be considered a role model for expressing oneself and owning your emotions.
MSU officials come together to examine weather conditions and determine whether to cancel school.
Many people have begun to argue that Facebook is dying.
Founded in October 2011, the MSU League of Legends Club gives students on campus a place to meet fellow players and sponsors events like tournaments and giveaways.
As the No. 3-seeded men’s soccer team (12-4-6 overall, 4-2-2 Big Ten) prepares for its second Elite Eight game in as many years, the team has to be confident that what they’ve done all season will lead them to a win over the No. 11-seed Providence Friars (15-4-2 overall, 5-2-2 Big East) Saturday at noon in DeMartin Soccer Stadium.
Due to a notable increase in the report of home invasions after students return from break, the East Lansing Police Department increases focused patrols in popular neighborhoods to safeguard vacant residences.
It’s dancing time for the volleyball team. MSU (18-13 overall, 11-9 Big Ten) will play in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night against Loyola Marymount (23-7 overall, 11-7 West Coast Conference) at Stanford’s campus in Palo Alto, California at 7:30 p.m.
With a living Spartan population of about 500,000 worldwide, the MSU Alumni Association works to keep the Spartan family connected beyond graduation and engaged in Spartan achievements.
MSU finished the season 10-2 and most likely will play in one of the New Year’s Day six non-playoff bowl games. That’s a pretty successful season and something Spartan fans should be pleased with in the end. However, MSU gets only a B+ grade simply because the Spartans didn’t live up to the high expectations.
After splitting all five of their two-game series this season, MSU hockey (5-8, 1-1 Big Ten) will look to string together two wins this weekend.
Before MSU students can pack up for winter break next week, there’s a list of requirements that need to be completed.
Finals begin next week so the libraries on campus will become among the busiest places on campus.
To acknowledge Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, Amnesty International MSU hosted a writeathon to help raise awareness and urge the government to help people facing human rights abuses. "Amnesty (International) focuses on 10 cases that could really benefit from social activism at this moment in time," said Taylor Dombrowski, vice president of Amnesty International MSU. Amnesty International dedicates the period from Dec.
Another dorm room invasion occurred on Nov. 21, this time in East McDonel Hall.
With the regular season over, MSU football now turns its attention to bowl game season. Here's a breakdown of the bowl games MSU could potentially play in on New Years or New Years Eve.