ANN ARBOR — President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Michigan on Wednesday to rally support for raising the federal minimum wage, a change he said could drive down student loan reliance.In front of hundreds of students, many of whom had camped overnight earlier in the week to receive their admission tickets, Obama addressed what he called a need for fair wages in America.
When purchasing fan gear representing your favorite college team, it is easy to get riled up by the sight of a rival team's gear displayed on the same shelf.
A day before playing the Lansing Lugnuts, MSU baseball reached a season high winning streak Wednesday afternoon, topping Oakland 5-3 in the home opener.
When hospitality business senior Celeste Wolf’s boyfriend picked her up from class, neither of them expected they would suddenly find themselves purchasing tickets to Cirque du Soleil’s opening night “Varekai” performance.
Junior defensive lineman Lawrence Thomas joined the football program as a four-star recruit in 2011.
ASMSU, representative elections are coming up, which means deciding whether or not voting is a worth-while choice.
An alleged sexual assault that was said to have taken place on March 23 is now being said to have been a false report.
The women’s tennis team is looking toward two home matches this weekend after picking up its second and third conference wins against Nebraska and Iowa on Friday and Sunday.
MSU’s undergraduate student government general elections are underway, but hundreds of students across four colleges have no candidates to vote for.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — President Barack Obama gave a speech at the University of Michigan on Wednesday to garner support for raising the federal minimum wage.
A downed power line in Lansing near the East Lansing border caused a large number of power outages for residents Wednesday morning.
When computer science sophomore Tim Taviano woke up from surgery, the first thing he wanted to know was how the men's basketball team fared in the Elite Eight.Despite an MSU loss to UConn, basketball was the last thing on the minds of his loved ones.
Malik McDowell is finally a Spartan.Nearly two months after National Signing Day, McDowell tweeted early Wednesday morning that he had sent his signed letter of intent to MSU on Tuesday night.The announcement brought with it fanfare and a Wednesday afternoon press conference with head coach Mark Dantonio.According to rivals.com, the 6-foot-6, 292 pound recruit is Dantonio’s only five-star player in the class, and brings the 2014 recruiting class to 22 players.This concludes the saga of McDowell, who announced his commitment to the Spartans on National Signing Day, but didn’t officially sign because disagreement with his parents, specifically his mother.
A new exhibit at the MSU Museum looks to illuminate the rough lives turtles live and the fate the population might face if nothing is done.
This past Thursday marked the end of graduate student Betsy Ferrer’s art presentation in the RCAH Art Studio above the The Gallery at Snyder-Phillips Hall, which featured works from different artists hailing from the greater Kisumu area, located in western Kenya.The gallery displayed beautiful pieces ranging from still lifes to animals scenes to daily Kenyan life, which were being sold in hope of raising money for a new Kisumu art gallery for local artists to showcase their works.
After a long, drawn-out wait, Spartan fans can finally rest easy after class of 2014 defensive lineman Malik McDowell announced he signed his national letter of intent with MSU,
An MSU student was arrested for possession of marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs during the early morning hours March 26 in Emmonds Hall, according to MSU police Sgt.
MSU used five runs in the top of fourth inning to earn a road victory over Eastern Michigan, 5-3, Tuesday evening at Oestrike Stadium.
An unexpected 15-minute intermission highlighted the Failure:Lab event put on by ASMSU Tuesday night at Wharton Center.In front of a mostly-filled crowd, ASMSU welcomed the popular lecture series out of Grand Rapids to MSU, only to be interrupted about halfway through by what ushers said was smoke detected on the 4th floor.Audience members were ushered outside of Wharton Center until the East Lansing Fire Department was called and declared the scene safe.The theme of the night was overcoming past failures in life and using them to foster future success.
The city of East Lansing continues to struggle with an overload of available taxi services operating in the city, and local taxi drivers are starting to speak out.At the East Lansing city council meeting Tuesday night, cab drivers from the East Lansing cab company Shaggin' Wagon Taxi spoke out about the current cab situation, citing too many licensed cab drivers in the city taking away business from them.According to a previous interview with East Lansing city clerk Marie Wicks, there are over 190 licensed taxis with permits in the city.On top of that, there are plenty of other taxi services available that aren't licensed and are just started up by people who want to make some extra money.