Student voter turnout in East Lansing local elections is historically dismal, and there’s scant evidence to suggest Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council election will be any different.
After months of campaigning and debating, most of the work for the six East Lansing City Council candidates is done. Now, only the most difficult part of the election process is left — the waiting game. East Lansing residents will decide between six candidates to fill two four-year terms replacing incumbents Kevin Beard and Vic Loomis, as well as one two-year partial term Tuesday. When the polls close at 8 p.m., residents and community members will begin to see what the future of East Lansing will look like.
Election day for the East Lansing City Council has arrived and MSU faculty, students and community members will be heading to the polls.
Legacies can be a tricky thing to discuss. It’s hard in a community of different viewpoints for a consensus of what a public servant means.
A male student recently was arrested by MSU police for assaulting his girlfriend at about 2 a.m. on Nov.
Many fall weekends are marked by the influx of cars onto MSU’s campus: tents are erected, grills fired up and tailgates opened. It’s an eagerly anticipated ?ritual close to the heart of MSU football. But many tailgaters might be unaware of the mark they leave on MSU’s landscape.
A committee of consultants working on East Lansing’s Comprehensive Plan update met with the public and officials on Monday evening to display potential future developments ?involving main attractions across the city. A few of the suggested changes included ?re-engagement with the Red Cedar River to make the walk more pleasant, larger senior community housing and increase in parking options.
MSU students are developing Carbon Cash, a web and smartphone app that will help monitor how much electricity university buildings are using. The hope is for fellow students to download the app and compete with one ?another to save energy. The program will allow them to earn points and redeem rewards for being the most conservative energy users.
?The preseason finale for men’s basketball started the same way how many fans expect the regular season to play out: with a slam dunk. Five seconds after the tip, senior guard Keith Appling lobbed an alley-oop to high-flying junior forward Branden Dawson to send the crowd into an early frenzy. “We execute that everyday in practice,” Dawson said. “It just felt good to get that, and it’s been a while since I’ve been out there with Keith Appling throwing me an alley-oop.”
The preseason finale for men’s basketball started the same way how many fans expect the regular season to play out: with a slam dunk.
If students and residents read one thing in The State News today, we hope it’s this.
Excitement surrounded the MSU men’s soccer team on Friday as they defeated defending national champion Indiana 3-2 in double overtime.
It was a season plagued with injury, offensive inefficiency and inexperience for the MSU women’s soccer team that ended by failing to reach the Big Ten Tournament for the second straight year.
The American Red Cross kicked off the 20th annual MSU-PSU Blood Challenge Monday to celebrate two decades of saving lives through healthy collegiate competition. The target goal for this year’s three-week challenge is 2,000 blood units donated each from MSU and Pennsylvania State University. During the last 19 years, the schools collectively have gathered more than 68,000 units of blood and potentially have saved more than 200,000 lives.
Maybe it’s just me, but I kind of like being the “little brother.” Coined by University of Michigan star running back Mike Hart in a 2007 postgame interview, the little brother insult has grown from simple trash talk into a central component of U-M’s ideology regarding Michigan State.
With legendary MSU running back Lorenzo White in the house, the Spartan men’s basketball team ran all over the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and lead 47-26 at the half. MSU lived from behind the three-point line as 19 of their 31 attempted field goals were three-pointers. An alley-oop from senior guard Keith Appling to junior forward Brandon Dawson just five seconds into the game got the IZZONE on their feet early. Two three-pointers from sophomore guard Gary Harris and one that senior center Adreian Payne rattled home pushed the Spartan lead to five points with 15 minutes left. Eight of the Spartans first ten shots were from behind the arch. MSU didn’t start to pull away until there was ten minutes left in the half when two more three-balls from Harris and a huge dunk by Dawson gave MSU a 12-point lead. Not to be outdone, Dawson lobbed a pass high into the Breslin Center sky the next time down the floor, that a flying Pyane hammered home with authority to put MSU up 14. Freshman forward Gavin Schilling skied for a put back slam after a missed three by junior guard Travis Trice. IUP had some success getting the ball low, and were led on the score sheet by Uruguay native Marcel Souberbielle with 10 points. Harris led all scorers with 14 points, and went 4-6 from the floor, all three-pointers, while Payne led the way on the boards by snatching 4 rebounds.
As part of their aim to expand MSU students’ music experience, Impact 89FM hosted a live-streaming event of the first YouTube Music Awards on Sunday. The event started with Impact 89FM showing their best YouTube videos, showing local bands and artists, hosting a short trivia and giving out prizes.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow came to Lansing Tuesday to discuss new economic opportunities for the state’s agricultural industry while dealing with issues related to climate change. Stabenow, the chairwoman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, hosted U.S Sen. Ron Wyden, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, in Lansing earlier this afternoon at a forum with many of Michigan’s agricultural leaders.
The honors are rolling in for the MSU defense following a historic 29-6 pounding of Michigan in which the Wolverines were held to a record-low -48 rushing yards and their lowest point total against the Spartans since 1967.
On Sunday night, junior forward Becca Mills enjoyed the fruits of her labor. A summer spent on developing a post game was shown in Sunday’s 91-47 win over Grand Valley State, where Mills posted 18 points, five rebounds and two blocks in just 24 minutes.