As businesses grow and develop in Detroit, students searching for a place to live, work and have fun after graduation are looking to the city. Since 2000, the number of young people with bachelor’s degrees living in downtown Detroit has grown by 59 percent, according to the Detroit Regional Chamber.
We all know someone who has had the phrase, “I don’t want to start a relationship because we’re graduating soon,” dropped on them. But what if you meet someone now, just mere months from graduation? Should you jump into a new relationship head first? Or avoid the potential pain and messiness you could face at the end of the semester? Opinion editor Katie Harrington and opinion writer Greg Olsen share their views on whether or not to take the leap.
Xiaobo Tan, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, created a robotic fish, or robofish, named Grace that can glide long distances and collect data for research.
When MSU alumnus Marty Shea first became involved with the making of short film, “The Owner,” he didn’t expect to break a world record.
To Catherine Babcock, the executive director and curator for Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center, art is a community effort for both artists and viewers.
In the basement of IM Sports-West, with the clock nearing 8 p.m., chemical engineering junior Adam Wingate sets his shoulders and strides onto the basketball courts.
Every day this week there has been a sign hanging on the MSU wrestling training room door to motivate the team to focus on the little things and be persistent, because the team is counting on them.
The MSU hockey team got a taste of sweet victory last weekend, and as Travis Walsh put it, when you get a taste of something good, you’re going to want more.
If Klarissa Bell, MSU’s leading scorer, didn’t have the attention of the visiting Hawkeyes when they got off the bus, they definitely did when her half court heave tied Thursday’s game at 25 at the halftime buzzer. Behind Bell’s career-high 25 points, the Spartans downed Iowa 65-54. Tied at 51 apiece with 3:37 left to play, MSU took advantage of a 9-0 run over the next three minutes to pull away — led by Bell and the outside shooting of junior forward Annalise Pickrel. Pickrel was fouled with 59 seconds left and hit one of two free throws to give the Spartans a 13-point lead at which point Iowa stopped fouling and let the time run out.
The Hawkeyes jumped out to an early 8-2 lead as MSU struggled shooting from the floor in the early going. The Spartans battled through a shooting slump that dipped to 21.4 percent at one point halfway through the first 20 minutes and kept the margin within five.
MSU police are investigating a death after an incident at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education on Tuesday.
After a year of higher education budget cuts, right-to-work protests, the end of Bridge Cards and making K2 synthetic drugs illegal Gov.Rick Snyder had a chance to reflect on 2012 during his third State of the State address Wednesday evening. He celebrated the Michigan Legislature’s successes and the state’s growth before an audience of hundreds, including a shouting crowd of protesters outside the Capitol.
As Greater Lansing stores sold out of assault weapons in the aftermath of the December elementary school massacre, President Barack Obama announced his plans to intensify gun regulations Wednesday.
With hours to prepare the No. 18 MSU basketball team for battle with Penn State, MSU men’s head basketball coach Tom Izzo first had to deal with a battle of a different variety.
Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital opened the doors of the East Lansing Urgent Care clinic Wednesday, providing students and East Lansing residents access to another health care site within blocks of campus.
Advertising junior Brandon Carmack likely will be headed to trial within the coming months, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said.
Packed udder to udder in the MSU Dairy Teaching and Research Center’s milking parlor stood some of MSU’s finest — 14 Holstein cows — in place and ready to be milked.
On Wednesday, the Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, officially welcomed in its newest animals — Seba’s short-tailed bats. Seba’s short-tailed bats are small, fruit-eating bats native to South and Central America, said Melissa Lincoln, one of the two primary caregivers for the bats.
From the knit German flag pillow lying on Kate Freiberger’s sofa to her excited talk of trips to Mexico, Costa Rica and Germany, Freiberger’s craving for diversity is shown in every aspect of her life.
Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, announced the discounted MSU vs. University of Michigan hockey game at Joe Louis arena deal sold out earlier this week. The package included transportation and ticket to the Feb. 2 rivalry game for $7. At the meeting, COGS also announced it will be a co-sponsor for the next Taste of East Lansing at its monthly full-council meeting Wednesday.