Tis the season, ladies and gentlemen, for the Academy Awards are almost upon us. Better known as “The Oscars,” the best in film will be awarded with the holy grail of entertainment. Or, so one may think.
The world premiere of “The Lady Victory” opened Thursday night in MSU’s Auditorium Arena Theatre. The cast and crew are comprised of graduate and undergraduate students. Ann Folino White, assistant professor with MSU’s Department of Theatre and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, adapted and directed this play based upon the poems of Jane Taylor.
The opening weekend of game action yielded a few lessons for the MSU baseball team. After several weeks of indoor practice, the Spartans (1-1 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) split a pair of games in the first weekend of play in Greenville, S.C., losing 3-2 to Furman on Friday before defeating Northwestern 7-4 on Sunday.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, officials passed a bill at Thursday night’s general assembly meeting to provide up to $250,000 for a second spring concert.
“I want peace more than anything in the world,” said Lital Shemesh, former Israeli combat soldier in the border police unit of Israel Defense Forces, or IDF. “But I will not apologize for defending my country or my right to live.”
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, officials are looking to improve students’ studies after passing a bill at Thursday night’s general assembly meeting to postpone jury duty for full-time students.
For some students, their parents stop telling them to eat their vegetables at a young age. For others, this continues through college.
As I watched my truck slowly elevate into the back of the tower’s flatbed yesterday afternoon, only two thoughts seemed to pass through my head.
As the first official day of spring draws near, the city of East Lansing is looking ahead to construction season. The city is in the process of reviewing seven proposals for the 2.82-acre segment of downtown that would be renovated. Multiple proposals would feature a farmers market or grocery store, with parking, residential space and hotels as other points of commonality.
With three games left in the regular season, as well as the Big Ten tournament and NCAA Tournament on the horizon, the final chapter has yet to be written on this year’s MSU women’s basketball team.
Multiple flights and a day’s worth of travel, only to be welcomed by a high of minus 4 degrees. The weather of Fairbanks, Alaska, might make the frigid winters of East Lansing seem tropic, but to Tanner Sorenson, the sub-zero temperature means home.
When the MSU wrestling team takes on No. 10 Central Michigan on Friday night, the feeling will be different than anything the team has experienced this season.
The MSU gymnastics team has high hopes as they travel to University Park, Pa., to take on No. 24 Penn State at 7 p.m. Saturday.
There were two records on Suzy Merchant’s mind heading into Wednesday’s home matchup with Northwestern – one evoked nerves while the other evoked pride. The first, the Wildcats’ losing record on the season, made the sixth-year MSU women’s basketball coach nervous because she knew the number wasn’t indicative of how good Northwestern was. The second was the fruit of MSU’s 54-45 victory Wednesday night, which marked the Spartans’ 10th-straight season of 20 wins or more. “Those are always important numbers and you know how important it is to get there,” Merchant said.
An unknown individual reportedly entered a locked dorm room Monday night in North Wonders Hall, according to MSU police.
Dressed in suits and historical costumes with note cards at the ready, seven student teams made the case for their champions; a group of activists whose messages have endured the test of time. Presenting and sometimes acting out their arguments, the trios of students expounded on why their historical figure deserved their respective place in history.
Zachary DeRade was elected as the next Residence Halls Association, or RHA, president for next year’s 44th session at the general assembly meeting Wednesday night at Shaw Hall.
East Lansing is relatively safe from fires, according to experts, despite three couch fires and a dumpster fire in Cedar Village following the MSU vs. Indiana basketball game Tuesday evening.