When senior swimmer Jenny Rusch emerged from the water, she wiped her eyes, looked up and saw that she had achieved a dream more than a year in the making.
Swimsuit season finally has arrived, and the search for the perfect beach ensemble commences. With all the clothing stores in the area, there are plenty of swimsuits to choose from, but not all come at a price the average college student can afford. I used to shop online for my new suit every year, but since I started college, I found a lot of beach apparel to be too expensive for my budget. So this year, I explored many of the Lansing area’s shops in search of some less expensive but equally stylish alternatives.
Over my past four years at MSU, try as I might, I have never been able to successfully pay for college on my own. When I say “pay for college,” I am referring not only to the rapidly rising cost of tuition, but also the added costs of food, clothing and shelter — not to mention the exorbitant price of textbooks.
East Lansing residents and MSU students have been known to be at each other’s throats at times. But in more recent years, the relationship between students and the city has been strong, creating a positive atmosphere for residents and students alike. With the city virtually being split down the middle, 45,998 students to 48,579 residents, families and students have found a way to coexist, regardless of different lifestyles.
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Jessica Reiss always has had a soft spot for special needs animals, and when she spotted a one-eyed cat laying in a cage waiting to be adopted on Sunday afternoon, it was love at first sight.
Thousands of area residents descended on Lansing’s Adado Riverfront Park Saturday afternoon for the 17th annual Board of Water and Light, or BWL, Chili Cook-off.
For MBA student Scott Gordon, taking risks paid off to the tune of $867,000 — if only it were real. Gordon was the winner of the first MBA Stock Market Challenge, which ended April 27, after three months of trading. Competitors were given $100,000 in virtual money and 12 weeks on the stock market through the website investopedia.com. Gordon said he did it because there was no risk. “You always want to see what you could do if you had money,” he said. Gordon said his strategy was a bit more risky than everybody else’s because he used option trading, where you have the right to buy the stock at a predetermined price at a later time, even if the price goes up. He targeted big companies like Apple and Qualcomm and invested with them if he knew they were going to have a financially productive day. With option trading, Gordon said you either win or lose, and he didn’t always win. “At some point, I was down $70,000,” he said.
Dick Beals was a Spartan through and through. When Homecoming came around, he left Hollywood behind for the autumn air of East Lansing each year.
Janet Ashton filled her car at least three times with everything from used furniture, wood, Styrofoam, paper to be shredded and scrap metal she had been saving for a year to donate in the annual Project Pride recycling event. On Saturday, East Lansing residents brought all types of reusable or recyclable items to the Abbott Center, 1400-1500 Abbot Road.
There was no California love for the MSU baseball team this weekend, as it bowed out of the NCAA Tournament following back-to-back losses to teams from the Golden State at the Palo Alto Regional in Palo Alto, Calif.
Alumna Rebecca Allen has had her MSU email account for about 17 years. It was her first email account and she still uses it for everything, including an entrance into a lottery so her daughter can attend her top-choice school.
Dan Delaney worked several part-time jobs in high school and went to a community college to save money before coming to MSU last year.
Dozens of East Lansing residents gathered in the field behind the Bailey Community Center, 300 Bailey St., to enjoy warm weather and live music at the third annual Pumpstock event Saturday afternoon.
The MSU baseball team returned to East Lansing on Sunday following a pair of weekend losses in the NCAA Tournament in Palo Alto, Calif. Crushed and empty-handed, the Spartans enter the offseason with more questions than answers and have plenty to think about during the next eight months until they resume play.
If you asked me where I would be attending school for college at any point during my junior or senior year of high school, I never would have told you MSU.
The university’s decision to renovate residence halls has caused minor disturbances and inconveniences to students and faculty.
Despite a strong effort by junior pitcher Andrew Waszak, the Spartans couldn’t overcome a late surge by Fresno State in addition to their own offensive inadequacies — leaving six runners on base on the day — and fell to the Bulldogs, 8-2, in the Palo Alto Regional of the NCAA Tournament. season.
Just as in 1979 — the last year Spartan baseball qualified for the NCAA Tournament — MSU lost in the opening regional game Friday to Pepperdine.
MSU might not see as high of a funding increase from the state as other public universities if a budget proposal is approved by the House of Representatives next week. The Michigan legislature is set to approve the 2012 fiscal year higher education budget on Tuesday, after failing to meet a self-imposed June 1 deadline. The general budget, which covers 17 state agencies including school aid and transportation, was approved yesterday.