After a successful 5K race on July 28 to raise money for Ele’s Place a center for grieving children and families, the organization now is asking MSU fans to show their Spartan spirit by participating in the second annual Ultimate Spartan Challenge. The online challenge allows individuals to create a web profile about why they are the “Ultimate Spartan” to compete for votes.
It’s never crossed my mind that I would be ashamed to be a Spartan. Never, until Friday night, when those venomous thoughts attempted to creep in against my will.
In November, Lansing residents will vote on an initiative to legalize the use, possession and transfer of marijuana on private property within the city, leaving citizens with questions about their rights and protection under law.
The MSU women’s soccer team won its first road game of the season Sunday afternoon against Dayton, 2-1.
The MSU volleyball team (3-1) had a solid performance at the Hokie Invitational this weekend as they opened up their season at Virginia Tech.
“Over one, over all we will reign.” Neither team exactly reigned, as the above verse from Western Michigan’s fight song implies. But it did rain over all at Spartan Stadium — including a nearly hour-long weather delay — in MSU’s uninspiring 26-13 win against the visiting Broncos on Friday night in the 2013 season-opener.
Much of the talk surrounding the MSU football team’s fall camp involved the need to make plays to come out on the right side in a game of inches.
Losing two starters last weekend to injury, MSU women’s soccer head coach Tom Saxton knew the team would be in for a tough match Friday evening against No. 21 San Diego State.
MSU kicked off its 2013 football season with a 26-13 win against visiting Western Michigan in a sloppy, rain-soaked contest under the lights at Spartan Stadium Friday night.
Once play resumed following a weather delay at approximately 10 p.m., it didn’t take long for Western Michigan to even the score before halftime. Bronco quarterback Tyler Van Tubbergen connected with receiver Keith Timmy for a 45-yard bomb down the sideline to the MSU 14-yard line.
As expected, the MSU defense outperformed its offensive counterparts through the first quarter and some change during Friday’s season-opener against Western Michigan.
When the lights go on in Spartan Stadium, fans have come to expect the MSU football team in primetime form.
If you (somehow) miss whatever happens inside Spartan Stadium tonight, don’t feel bad.
MSU officials hope that the phrase “Go Green” will take on a whole new meaning for the 2013 MSU football season.
As MSU football kicks off its season, East Lansing police are putting in extra effort to ensure students know how to stay safe and keep out of trouble.
A fiery, fresh sub shop with a mission to help local police and firefighters is rolling into East Lansing’s business landscape Friday. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Firehouse Subs is set to open a new location Friday at 245 Ann St. to welcome the new students. Franchised by brothers Steven and Anthony Karmo and cousin Marius Essak, the East Lansing Firehouse Subs will be the eleventh to open in Michigan.
Hundreds of dollars were replaced by hundreds of pages of reading material with the swipe of a card when MSU students bought textbooks for the fall semester this week. Textbook prices rise about 3-5 percent each year, and this year is no different, said Tom Muth, manager of Collegeville Textbook Company, 321 E. Grand River Ave. Although they are more aware of prices than they used to be, according to a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, or GAO, nationally, most professors are more concerned about the appropriateness of course materials than the price of them.
The College of Engineering welcomed its largest freshmen class in more than a decade. The class is estimated at 1,284 students, an increase of more than 100 from last year. The number of incoming freshman has more than doubled since 2006, when the class was 640. Thomas Wolff, the college’s associate dean of undergraduate studies, said this year’s class is the largest in more than a decade.
Agriculture Hall was rededicated Thursday afternoon as the Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture in an event that brought together members of the MSU community and the Morrill family. In a ceremony complete with hors d’oeuvres, a harpist and a ribbon cutting, the hall was renamed following approval from the Board of Trustees in April.
Off to a hot start early in the season, the MSU women’s soccer team will be in for a demanding weekend against tough non-conference teams.