A new bill proposed by Michigan Sen. Glenn Anderson, D-Westland, would offer tax credits to graduates from in-state universities who stay in the state.
Despite so far losing its student tax funding for the second straight academic year, Impact 89FM has been nominated for the 2013 College Radio Station of the Year Award, given by the College Music Journal, the top North American journal for college radio. Impact 89FM will be competing against three other college radio stations for the award.
East Lansing City Councilmember Kathleen Boyle is no stranger to mid-Michigan. Boyle was born in St. Johns and moved to East Lansing in 1985 after going to school and working in Syracuse, N.Y. She’s running for a partial two-year term on the East Lansing City Council this election season.
Six victorious sets, two interceptions and one game-winning goal later, three athletes have won Big Ten honors from the weekend. All three Spartans contributed in giving their teams a combined four victories on the weekend, putting them on top of the conference.
A year after making its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1979, the MSU baseball team narrowly missed the 64-team field this past spring. The Spartans finished with a 33-17 overall record and a 12-9 Big Ten record, but couldn’t quite crack the field as they were the first team left out of the tournament.?
Though she was listed as a starter early in the season, a bout with mononucleosis delayed freshman Chloe Reinig’s season debut. But judging by her performance since returning to the lineup three weeks ago, it’s easy to see why PrepVolleyball.com rated her the No. 4 recruit of the 2013 class.
Let’s cross our fingers and hope this bill passes for the sake of curbing student loan debt and for the sake of Michigan’s future.
Sometimes things might seem overwhelming or uncomfortable, but that does not mean you shouldn’t pursue these experiences.
On Monday, 11 organizations began a weeklong process of creating a float worthy of winning over a panel of judges at Friday’s Homecoming Parade. Various organizations, including Spartans Fighting cancer, Lyman Briggs College and the MSU Black Alumni and Black Graduate Student Association, are working on the floats in Spartan Stadium that fit this year’s “Creating Spartan Super Heroes” theme.
Students planning to throw away anything from textbooks to old furniture can look to the MSU Surplus Store for a more sustainable alternative. The store’s Community ReUse Days allows MSU students, faculty and alumni to haul in their unwanted household items, which are then resold in the store or recycled.
Senior cornerback Darqueze Dennard has been named the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
The autopsy and toxicology reports of MSU student Andrew Singler, as well as testimonies from Singler’s girlfriend Shay McCowan, were brought forward Monday morning in the trial of Okemos resident Connor McCowan. McCowan is on trial in Ingham County Circuit Court for allegedly stabbing and killing Singler on the night of Feb. 23 after a disagreement between the two went awry. He was charged with open murder and could face life in prison if convicted.
Welp, I’m 0-1 as a coach. At the MSU hockey Green and White game, head coach Tom Anastos asked yours truly and other members of the Lansing media to put down their notebooks and pick up a whistle.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Let’s pump the brakes a little, Mark. Knocking off a team that was weaker than advertised and a program that hasn’t won a Big Ten title since 2004 is a landmark win?
IOWA CITY, Iowa — It was a brief moment in time. But for Darqueze Dennard, it has been on his mind for weeks. During the first quarter of September’s 21-6 victory against South Florida, the senior cornerback dropped an easy interception for a touchdown, forced to watch helplessly as a ball well within his grasp fell incomplete to the finely manicured grass.
In the early morning of Feb. 23, Okemos resident Connor McCowan received a text from his sister, Shay McCowan, saying her boyfriend, MSU student Andrew Singler, had broken one of her ribs. “I’ll beat the s*** out of him,” his reply read.
As East Lansing moves toward a new phase of comprehensive planning and development, city officials are striving toward creating a safer and more diverse downtown that will entertain and retain students while they are at MSU and after they graduate.
To celebrate the life-changing impact Spartans have all over the world, MSU’s 2013 Homecoming will include superhuman touches to support this year’s superhero motif.
Some feet were bare, while others wore tennis shoes as they tapped the floor in sync with the beat of the fiddle and guitar Saturday night at the Central United Methodist Church in downtown Lansing.