With losses aplenty for the MSU hockey team, Tom Anastos holds to the belief that his team doesn’t lose because of a lack of effort. The head coach believes the Spartans (6-15-3 overall, 5-12-1-0 CCHA ) are failing to convert games into wins because of a lack of execution.
Tom Izzo is among the most highly-respected and intelligent minds in the game of college basketball. After nearly two decades and 429 victories at the helm for the MSU men’s basketball team, there’s not a lot of disputing that.
For many students, the facilities located south of Mount Hope Road are unknown. But there are many research sites south of main campus where MSU students and faculty are learning and conducting research.
After a handful of Michigan cities successfully decriminalized marijuana and some Michigan activists are pushing statewide decriminalization, local officials and students still aren’t sure whether East Lansing will follow suit. At least four Michigan cities already have adopted decriminalization ordinances for recreational marijuana.
With some students worried about job prospects after college, MSU is offering steps to get ahead by networking early. Students of all majors can attend MSU’s Diversity Career Fair 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Kellogg Center to talk to companies about future internships and jobs.
Although MSU students might fear the nights they walk alone along the banks of the Red Cedar River, the “rape trail” isn’t real, according to MSU officials and the term might be creating a false sense of fear on campus. Using the term “rape trail” not only gives the wrong impression about the walkway next to the Red Cedar River on campus but about rapes and sexual assaults themselves, MSU sexual assault program coordinator Shari Murgittroyd said in an email.
Neighborhood fitness centers will open in each neighborhood across campus next week, Director of Residence Education and Housing Services Kathy Collins at the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, general assembly meeting Wednesday night.
Despite declining application and placement rates, the decision to go to law school was never in question for law student Bobby Smith. Smith is one of many law students at MSU who are looking to pursue careers in the law field, previously unaware of the steadily decreasing employment rate. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported the job market for law school graduates has been declining in recent years. To combat those ratings, MSU’s College of Law limited its enrollment numbers by making its incoming 2013 class 6 percent smaller than in 2012, said Charles Roboski, assistant dean for admissions and financial aid at MSU’s College of Law.
As a student with a Christian upbringing, Chris McClain never thought his first trip abroad would be to Israel. McClain, a political science and pre-law junior, admitted that he had never given the country much thought.
With temperatures in mid-Michigan dipping into single digits, it’s no question that getting to class has become a little chilly.
It’s that time of year again. The Roial Players, an improv group, are holding auditions for their spring one-act plays and full-length production, and they’re looking to take a few steps outside of the box.
It’s the time of year when roommates give each other the sniffles, and germaphobes go on high alert against any and all viruses. Unfortunately for the American Red Cross, that leads to some problems for the organization, according to Todd Kulman, the communications manager for Red Cross in the Great Lakes area.
Ever wonder how street lights work? MSU alum Bobby Claeys pondered that thought as a child. Now an adult, that same curiosity is what inspired him to write his first children’s book, “The Fiddles Go On Strike.”
Take a moment and consider how you would explain East Lansing to someone who was new to the area.
It was syllabus week, and I was seated in Wells Hall’s biggest lecture room waiting for class to begin when I heard the name of a new iPhone app called “Lulu” being tossed around amongst fellow classmates seated behind me.
The House passed the Republican-created “No budget, no pay” bill today to temporarily fix the debt ceiling crisis for the next three months.
At Tuesday’s regular work session, the East Lansing City Council debated solutions to parking problems related to renovations to the property formerly known as Evergreen Arms and a proposed ordinance that would ban more hookah lounges from establishing in East Lansing. The abandoned buildings at 341 and 345 Evergreen Ave. are owned by City Center Two Project, LLC, which is the same group that owns the property on 124-140 W. Grand River Ave, formerly the project site for City Center II.
A population of 36,747 undergraduates, filled with individual ideas and philosophies, is enough to make anyone’s head spin.
Following a 3-0 loss to the U.S. U-18 National Team Development Program, the MSU hockey locker room was filled with tension. Despite being an exhibition loss, the Spartans (6-15-3 overall, 5-12-1-0 CCHA) loss to the U.S. was as frustrating as any, and it was apparent the players felt that way after the game.
For several weeks, MSU head coach Tom Izzo has emphasized the importance of Keith Appling putting together a consistent game from start to finish.