After an up-and-down, inconsistent preseason, the field hockey team welcomes the start of Big Ten play against Ohio State on Saturday. It’s like a fresh start.
Pop singer Aaron Carter reintroduced hits from the late 90s and early 2000s, generating a nostalgic timbre Wednesday at The Loft. Fans of Aaron Carter stood in line down Michigan Avenue to see the pop singer and loudly chanted his name while anticipating his performance. When the Florida native finally hit the stage, fans were ready to hear some of his hits, such as “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)” and “That’s How I Beat Shaq.” He opened up for eager fans with “I Want Candy” and his 2002 hit “Another Earthquake.” When asked what song she looked forward to hearing Carter sing, mechanical engineering sophomore Leah Iseler and her group of friends simultaneously said, “I Want Candy”! “I’ve been listening to him forever; since I was little,” Iseler said.
The last time the hockey team had more losses than last year’s 25-loss squad was the 1977-78 team, with 27. The 2012-13 team was coming off of its first playoff berth since the Spartans won the National Championship in 2007. However, with the graduation of nine seniors and Torey Krug’s departure to the NHL, MSU found itself with with a sizable incoming class with 10 true freshmen and two transfers.
Guests at the first tequila tasting event, Tequila UNCORKED, poured into the State Room at Kellogg Center Wednesday. The UNCORKED tasting series, which includes scotch, wine, bourbon, and tequila, has taken place at Kellogg Center for a little more than a year. “The event is meant to show people a good time,” said John Trasky, general manager of the State Room. There were six types of tequila, all served with Hispanic-inspired appetizers. The liquors at the event included Blue Nectar Reserve, Casa Nobles, Don Julio 1942, Kah Reposado and others.
Thousands of 20-pound metal bicycles barreling down the streets of Farm Lane and Auditorium Road around noon is an unnerving sight to see while walking to class. It’s absurd how fast some bikes zoom their way through crowded sidewalks. But with an enrollment of more than 40,000 students, everyone has to commute to class somehow — and in the warmer seasons, bikes seem to cause the most problems.
Before I lived on the East Coast, I hated hopping on a sweltering bus with dozens of other sweaty students as much as anyone.
For psychology senior Rebecca Wallington, pushing herself to her physical limit was something she had never done until she went on the first season of The CW show “Capture.” Only eating about 400 calories a day, being in 32-degree weather at some points and struggling across the terrain took a tole on Wallington. “This was the most difficult thing I have done in my entire life” Wallington said.
The man accused of committing four sexual assaults in East Lansing this summer made his first court appearance Tuesday and soon will face testimony from all four of his alleged victims. Police believe Wilder, 26, initiated four sexual attacks near MSU’s campus between March 30 and May 16.
New drone technology at MSU will prove useful for farmers and journalists alike. Associate professor of geological sciences Bruno Basso will be conducting a three-to-four year experiment using a drone to monitor crop fields, advancing MSU’s roots as an agricultural school with modern-day innovations.
In the last five years alone, international student enrollment at MSU has skyrocketed by 82.9 percent.
It remains unclear when the East Lansing City Council will discuss a proposal that would cap bar patrons and effectively prevent any future bars from opening in the city, potentially creating issues as November’s election approaches.
Student athletes’ academic achievements became a point of pride for MSU after athletes received above-average academic scores across the board, officials said Tuesday. MSU’s athlete graduation rate is similar to that of the student body and is higher than the NCAA Division 1 average, said Michael Kasavana, MSU Athletic Council chair and professor of hospitality business, during a University Council meeting on Tuesday. The faculty-based athletic council evaluates student-athlete academic progress every semester. The university’s Academic Progress Report, or APR, scores, which measure eligibility, retention and graduation over a four-year period, are above the national median for every sport, Kasavana said.
ASMSU teamed up with Student Health Services and MSU Social Norms to campaign for medical amnesty awareness Tuesday afternoon outside Olin Health Center. The event, titled “Step up. Step in. Be a good Wingman!” was targeted to teach students about the positives of taking advantage of the Michigan law.
MSU is slated to profit to the tune of $111,500 from an abnormally high tuition increase for Wayne State University students. WSU’s tuition increased by 8.9 percent this year — more than double that of other Michigan universities, whose average tuition increase was 3.45 percent.
During the Iraq War, international relations senior Anas Attal never knew if the people he grew up with would still be alive the next day. Attal, who is originally from Syria, had a different experience of the war than many of his fellow students. He constantly feared for his family’s safety — his 10-year-old cousin had guns, knives and hand grenades as toys in order to protect his family.
MSU’s Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab, or the GEL Lab, recently released their latest application for iPhone and Android that is aimed at teaching a younger audience responsible financial habits. The lab partnered with MSU Federal Credit Union to create Saving Magic, an app in which players control a wizard-in-training protagonist who battles dragons that are stealing magic while collecting coins along the way.
Chaz Miles and the Ultimate Training Camp band rocked the Skandalaris Football Center Tuesday night, performing a Christian-themed mini-concert at the Athletes in Action, or AIA, weekly meeting. The Ultimate Training Camp, or UTC, band is composed of former student athletes from across the country and plays Christian-themed music. Spartan athletes gathered to watch as the five-member UTC band sang variations of old and new musical arrangements.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, has decided to shut down their five on-campus movie rental offices for the fall semester and hopes to get them up and running in spring 2013. RHA elected to close the movie rental offices for the fall to improve the system and give the program an overall makeover, said Greg Rokisky, RHA’s director of public relations. The movie rental service, which has been offered since 1992, had locations in Akers, Gilchrist, Holden and Mason halls, as well as Brody Complex. Rokisky said throughout the past two years, there have been several problems concerning the service. In the past few years the office directors were only trying to maintain the movie rental program, hurting the program’s advancement, he added. “The service was on and off for the past couple of years,” said Zachary DeRade, the RHA president.
A drunk driving crackdown in late August yielded more than 260 arrests throughout Michigan — including 45 drivers with a blood alcohol content of .17 or higher, according to an Office of Highway Safety Planning, or OHSP, press release. “Enforcement efforts like this save lives by putting extra officers on the road to stop and arrest impaired drivers and prevent other dangerous driving behaviors,” said Michael Prince, director of the OHSP in the press release. There were eight traffic deaths during Labor Day weekend, according to Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center.
With the first of two bye weeks underway, the MSU football team is hoping the extra rest will prove beneficial for players on the mend. For senior linebacker Jairus Jones, it will be at least six weeks before he returns to action after suffering a medial collateral ligament, or MCL, injury against Notre Dame, head coach Mark Dantonio announced.