Students and faculty gathered Wednesday night at the Rock to celebrate Transgender Day of Remembrance and recognize the deaths of transgender individuals through a candlelight vigil. The national annual event brought out students and faculty members to show their support on issues faced in the transgender community and remember those were killed for being transgender.
MSU’s Black community started tweeting out various issues about what it’s like being a black student. The hashtag they’ve been using is #BBMSU which translates to “Being black at Michigan State University.” The tweets ranged from problems with university policies to the importance of the black student population.
Memories of a tragic winter night made Caiti Berry’s pledge not to drink and drive an easy choice. Berry, a criminal justice senior and a member of Spartans Against Drunk Driving, said she learned the true effects of driving drunk when one of her close friends was killed in an accident involving alcohol.
The No. 21 MSU women’s basketball team had no trouble putting away Detroit-Mercy on Wednesday night as the Spartans rolled to an 80-41 victory. The outstanding play of redshirt freshman Branndais Agee as well as a pair of double-digit runs were key in helping the Spartans (3-1 overall) secure the 39-point victory against the Titans (1-4). After Detroit-Mercy guard Senee Shearer hit a 3-pointer to briefly tie the game at 11, MSU started to pull away with 3-pointers by freshman Tori Jankoska, senior guard Klarissa Bell, Agee and sophomore guard Cara Miller on four of the next six possessions to give MSU a 23-13 point lead.
When it comes down to it, there are no excuses. Whatever reason someone dreams up to somehow justify drunken driving is total garbage, and here’s why.
It was the half of the jumpshot for both teams, but the No. 21 MSU women’s basketball team is leading Detroit-Mercy, 42-22, at Breslin Center. The Spartans started the game off with an opening jumper from the top of the key by redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers, shortly followed by a corner 3-pointer by senior guard Klarissa Bell.
While the new park space is perfectly nice, I can’t help but think “what a missed opportunity” in regards to the demolition of the historic 113-year-old landmark and only example of Chicago-style architecture on MSU’s campus.
For the first time, East Lansing is hosting the Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships at Suburban Ice Nov. 19-23. The competition features 234 novice and intermediate skaters from 22 states, all competing for the chance to advance to the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in January in Boston.
MSU recently opened a new center to provide support for MSU students who are veterans. In 2007, ASMSU anticipated the need for an organization dedicated to addressing and advocating concerns of veterans who were students at MSU.
As Thanksgiving approaches, many students will head home to enjoy the holiday with family. However, for many international students, the break is too short to travel home.
For about 50 years, students and faculty have walked into the Abrams Planetarium to learn about stars, galaxies, black holes and constellations. Out of the 38 planetariums in Michigan, this planetarium has been in the center of MSU’s campus since 1963.
For a brief moment, it looked as though a time-honored tradition at the Breslin Center of giving all fans in attendance a free taco if the basketball team scored more than 70 points was in jeopardy. It appears the worry may be coming to an end. Taco Bell Corp. said in a statement that the company plans to continue the promotion at 10 local Taco Bell stores, the Associated Press reported.
A new Twitter hashtag has opened the doors for a slew of comments providing an honest, uncensored look at how black MSU students view their university experience. The hashtag “BBMSU,” short for “Being Black at MSU,” recently was created to publicize both positive and negative experiences and aspects of the university that black students have noticed.
The Breslin Center is known for its various traditions regarding MSU basketball. From the Izzone jumping whenever the Spartans are on defense to popping paper bags after the team’s first field goal, these traditions have become a part of experiencing a game at the Breslin Center. One of those traditions has officially been discontinued.
A new student group on-campus has been “on the rise” lately, promoting social involvement and community service. On The Rise was formed through a casual conversation between social relations and public policy junior K’Lynn Victoria Thomas and Joshua Gillespie, assistant director at Residence Education and Housing Services, or REHS.
When the No. 13 MSU football team takes the field Saturday against Northwestern, they might be getting a glimpse of the past. A season ago, the Spartans lost six games by an average of five points, often failing to capitalize in critical moments before sneaking into a bowl game. That’s been the story for the Wildcats (4-6 overall, 0-6 Big Ten) this season, who now have lost six straight games by an average of 10 points, including overtime losses in two of the past three matchups.
When the No. 21 MSU women’s basketball team returns to action Wednesday night, the Spartans will square off against Detroit Mercy at 7 p.m. at Breslin Center. MSU (2-1 overall) is coming off of an overtime victory against then-No. 21 Dayton, and Detroit Mercy (1-3) is off from back-to-back losses against Western Michigan and Michigan.
The 2014 USA Curling Arena National Championships will be sliding into greater Lansing for the first time June 12-15. The Arena National Championships is the newest curling competition designed specifically for curlers who utilize arena facilities. Hosted by the Greater Lansing Sports Authority, USA Curling, the Lansing Curling Club and the Summit Sports and Ice Complex, the championships will welcome hundreds of male and female curlers from across the country to face off on the ice. Originating in 16th-century Scotland, curling is played by two teams of four players, each aiming to slide stones across a sheet of ice with a broom or brush toward an area segmented into four rings. Each team has eight stones weighing around 40 pounds a piece.
The appointment of East Lansing’s new mayor and the swearing-in of councilmember-elects Kathleen Boyle, Susan Woodsmk and Ruth Beier will be at 6:30 p.m.
More than $100,000 in travel and entertainment expenditures by MSU trustees in the past year have been defended by the university with claims that officials are following policy, but in some cases, those policies aren’t written, and in others, actions are in direct conflict with what is written. University spokesman Kent Cassella has said some trustee travel — such as expensive hotel rooms and paying for a spouse’s travel — are subject to exceptions, although there are policies that prohibit those practices. Despite a report from Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ that revealed some international trustee travel expenses that were above what university policies normally allow, a review by The State News of a 730-page expense document shows that most of the expenses incurred by trustees are allowed under limits set by the MSU Manual of Business Procedures. University reimbursement for hotel rooms costing more than established per diem rates and spouse travel expenses — including meals, airfare, ground travel and other incidentals — seem to be the only violations of the Manual of Business Procedures. But many of the board’s spending practices are neither authorized nor banned by university policy.