Georgina De Moya bleeds green in more ways than one. She loves MSU, and she loves the environment. De Moya, an environmental studies and agriscience freshman, came from the Dominican Republic on scholarship to study what she loves most: agriculture and environmental issues.
It’s been more than a decade since journalism senior Tyler Hendon, then a fifth-grader, watched footage of airplanes crashing into the towers of the World Trade Center and people jumping from its floors — a day he said he will never forget.
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled a plan Tuesday that would end millions in government benefits for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, or BCBSM, the largest health insurance provider in Michigan, saying the shift will provide more options for Michigan citizens, including students and recent graduates looking to enter the workforce.
As the MSU football team’s success and popularity has elevated over the past few years, the MSU athletic department decided Spartan Stadium needed a bit of a makeover.
During the East Lansing City Council work session Tuesday night, councilmembers discussed the regulation of two celebratory substances: alcohol and fireworks.
Dozens of students gathered at the rock on Farm Lane on Tuesday to reflect on the day and to honor those who lost their lives.
After the series of invasions, the ELPD is advising residents to keep doors and windows locked, issuing a media release Tuesday morning. The robberies occurred in the Homestead Apartments, 426 W. Lake Lansing Road, and two other apartment complexes on Rampart Way and East Pointe Lane.
MSU cafeteria employees are on the decline, despite the record-setting numbers of the incoming class. Although many MSU Culinary Services Residential Dining faculty are proud of their organizations’ work, some are debating whether this fall’s worker shortage is problematic. Associate Director of Residential Dining Bruce Haskell, said throughout his 40 years working at MSU, he has noticed a new-hire shortage each year and one factor could be the timing of recruitment. “We at MSU make a strong commitment to hire student employees,” Haskell said.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon addressed the issue of accepting the largest class in MSU history at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, reiterating this was an error on MSU’s part but the university plans to solve it.
For mechanical engineering senior David Gaunt, the chance to participate in Flugtag, a national flying competition, came unexpectedly.
On the anniversary of one of the most infamous terrorist attacks in history, MSU’s Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, hosted an event to help students reflect on the worldwide impact of Sept. 11.
The last time No. 20 Notre Dame (2-0) traveled to Spartan Stadium, head coach Mark Dantonio received a grave reminder that there’s more to life than football.
Most people feel comfortable belting out their favorite tune in the shower, but when it comes to singing in front of Simon Cowell, that’s a completely different story. In many ways, this season for the MSU women’s soccer team can be seen the same way. No disrespect to Bowling Green and Eastern Michigan, but the Big Ten is the Simon Cowell of the season.
This past weekend might not have gone exactly according to plan, but the MSU field hockey team is determined to wring as many positives as they can out their two losses to Virginia and Northeastern.
With the Big Ten season just days away, the MSU women’s soccer team (5-1-1) wraps up nonconference play against Western Michigan (4-3-0) at 5 p.m. on Wednesday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
Heading into its final invitational of the season, the MSU volleyball team continues to look for progress.
Editor’s Note: Views expressed in guest columns and letters to the editor reflect the views of the author, not the views of The State News. Whenever I sit down to pen an opinion piece, I wonder if what I have to say will have any impact on the readers.
Editor’s Note: Views expressed in guest columns and letters to the editor reflect the views of the author, not the views of The State News. When I learned that MSU would be deactivating alumni email accounts a few months ago, I made all the arrangements setting up new addresses.
A few months after the collapse of the City Center II planning and construction debacle, East Lansing City Council seems to be in over its head again in the managing of St. Anne Lofts, the construction of which has caused controversy, safety hazards and contention between the developers and city council.
Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder proposed sweeping changes the state’s largest insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, unveiling a plan today that would change the company to nonprofit status.