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.
Anything from an on-campus laboratory to an MSU student’s dorm room has a chance to earn Green Certification from the Office of Campus Sustainability.
For the first time in 141 years, MSU officials formally recognized the Greek community as student organizations during a relationship statement signing.
Swedish clothing retailer H&M will be a part of the Meridian Mall, taking the space currently occupied by Abercrombie and Fitch, according to Meridian Township Community Planning Development director Mark Kieselbach. H&M filled out a redevelopment permit that recently was approved by Meridian Township. Kieselbach said the timeline of the project redevelopment is up to the mall and has not yet been announced.
For weeks leading up to Tuesday, social media was peppered with pleas to vote on a website which promised an advance screening of the movie “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” to the college with the most votes. The website was cryptic and provided little information about the contest’s organizer, Cross Culture Marketing Group; yet MSU students appear to have flocked in droves to the poll, winning the contest by more than 4,500 votes.
The 2013-14 budget update was presented at Tuesday’s University Council meeting, with the report stressing the estimated impact of the federal budget sequestration, or series of federal spending cuts, that took more than $16.7 million out of MSU’s research budget alone. “This represents the sequester as it is currently implemented,” MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said during the meeting. “There is another fear of the sequester that if there is no budget deal, there will be a 12 percent decrease effective in the January or February timeframe.”
For physiology senior Mohkam Singh, every morning is somewhat the same. The alarm wakes him up about an hour before class; he showers, eats, then begins to get ready for the day. Singh picks out what he will wear without forgetting to add a very important final touch — his turban. “It takes me about 5-10 minutes to tie my turban in the morning,” said Singh, who’s been wearing a head turban since childhood.
“Music is more than we are — we have to go beyond ourselves,” world renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma said while pushing students and the audience to feel the music during his masterclass Tuesday. The masterclass was held for the College of Music through a contract Ma had with Wharton Center that also included a Monday night concert.
While fans and media are anticipating a clash with Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game after the conclusion of the regular season, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio is striving to keep his team focused in the moment.
College sporting events can seem like a whole new world through the eyes of a young child, like something unreachable. An idea struck David Harns, the founder of Spartan Kids Ticket Exchange, when he saw the wonder in his son Elijah’s expression when they attended the 2010 MSU-Notre Dame football game at Spartan Stadium. This happened to be the game of the famous Little Giant play, named for the 1994 movie based around youth football. Harns watched his son, who was only eight years old at the time, as the Spartans worked their magic on the field and said that he felt the impact that seeing it made for his son.
Handing out student IDs needed to end — however, friends and family of students shouldn’t have to pay the price. One way to prevent this would be taking the ID out of the equation.
He’s slept under overpasses, pushed through unrelenting rain, faced the brutality of an unobscured summer sun and wrapped T-shirts around his legs to keep warm. For about four months, East Lansing resident Brian Zygmontowicz traveled from Brunswick, Maine to Key West, Fla. without a penny in his pocket.
Whether it happens in our neighborhoods, or other cities or states, we must come together as one community, because this killing and others like it affect us all. As MSU students, faculty and staff, many of us come from Detroit and have loved ones across Michigan; and though we currently live in Lansing, this tragedy has a direct impact on our quality of life.
A pool of 100 candidates for MSU’s new Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities, or VP for SIPF, was narrowed down to one today when the recommended candidate was announced. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon recommended Kemel Dawkins to be the next VP for SIPF. The announcement comes more than two months after Dawkins was named as one of the three finalists for the position.