MSU
New online business certificates launched
MSU is extending the reach of one of its top-ranked programs this summer with the launch of new online master certificate programs.
MSU
Students, staff discuss water conservation
Instead of buying Aquafina bottles, Lauren Weber, an interdisciplinary studies in social science senior, totes a refillable water bottle with her on campus to make water conservation a daily priority. Although MSU promotes water conservation on campus, some universities, including Seattle University, have taken the practice further by ending bottled water sales on campus.
MICHIGAN
Word on the street: City Center II
On Tuesday night, the East Lansing City Council approved a predevelopment agreement for the City Center II project near the intersection of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue.
BASEBALL
Baseball tops Eastern Michigan, 6-1
The MSU baseball team continued its winning ways with a 6-1 victory against Eastern Michigan on Wednesday in Ypsilianti, Mich. With the Crosstown Showdown with the Lansing Lugnuts on Thursday at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing along with a three-game series this weekend with in-state rival Michigan, head coach Jake Boss Jr. limited the innings of his pitchers in the game.
BASEBALL
MSU excited to play professionals in Crosstown Showdown
Jimmy Pickens considers himself blessed to have played in professional baseball stadiums multiple times since he picked up the game as a kid. As a freshman out of Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Pickens even has had the chance to play in the Detroit Tigers’ Comerica Park in the Catholic League Championship. Still, Pickens said he can’t wait to get a taste of his first Crosstown Showdown at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, when he and the MSU baseball team take on the Single-A Lansing Lugnuts at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing.
BASEBALL
Lugnuts love energy at crosstown game
For the sixth-straight year, the Lansing Lugnuts will open up the season against the MSU baseball team. The Lugnuts — the Single-A affiliate of the MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays — made it to the Midwest League Championship series last season, a few months after the Spartans won the Big Ten championship. The annual Crosstown Showdown provides Greater Lansing baseball fans a chance to see two top-of-their-level teams face off at Cooley Law School Stadium.
FOOTBALL
Departing football seniors pass responsibility to new leaders
The last time Anthony Rashad White took the field in a competitive atmosphere, he secured MSU’s first bowl win since 2001 with a blocked kick on the final play of a 33-30 victory over Georgia in the 2012 Outback Bowl. Three months later, the senior nose tackle is back on the field for MSU’s spring practices and working to fill the void left by the person who was lined up on White’s left during the play — defensive tackle Jerel Worthy, who elected to forgo his senior season and declare for the NFL draft just a few days after the bowl game.
ICE HOCKEY
Krug has strong performance in first NHL game
Two weeks ago, Torey Krug led the MSU hockey team on the ice in the NCAA Tournament in the bright lights of college hockey’s biggest stage. On Tuesday, the stage might have been a little bit bigger. After forgoing his senior season in favor of signing a professional contract with the NHL’s Boston Bruins in March, the defenseman was called upon to play in his first official game Tuesday night at TD Garden in Boston.
SOFTBALL
Softball ends losing streak, defeats Central Michigan 6-1
The MSU softball team was able to snap a seven-game losing streak when it knocked off the Central Michigan Chippewas 6-1 at Varsity Softball Field in Mount Pleasant, Mich. Leading 1-0 heading into the top of the seventh inning, the Spartans (11-23 overall, 0-6 Big Ten) blew the lead open on a five-run rally kick-started by a single from junior outfield Kylene Hopkins that drove in a pair of runs.
FEATURES
In review: 'Les Misérables' delights with tale of love, revolt
“Les Misérables” is the go-to Broadway production, whether you’re a romantic looking for a sweet love story, a thrill seeker who wants an action-packed war tale or a history buff in search of an educational experience.
FEATURES
Guerilla knitters take over rock
When it comes to recovering from a stressful week, apparel and textile design senior Amanda McFee said knitting among friends is the best medicine.
COMMENTARY
Blame businesses for pollution
Although Christian Hokans’s sentiments of bicycling and recycling (SN 4/2) are laudable, the impending global devastation that will be on our doorstep before the end of most of our lives requires far more than personal lifestyle changes.
COMMENTARY
Bucket list brings back good times
In honor of the class of 2012 and its upcoming graduation in May, I felt compelled to compile a list of “to do’s” for MSU students during the course of their undergraduate studies.
COMMENTARY
MSU, state petulance harms student body
House Republicans haven’t tried to hide their displeasure with MSU’s health care mandate, and students are caught in the crossfire as the two parties battle out their differences.
MSU
Requirements for resident mentors cause issue
Starting this fall, resident mentors will be trading in their single rooms and will be required to have a roommate.
Julia Nagy
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NEWS
Marion sentenced to 40-60 years for murder of MSU student, roommate
David Marion Jr. was sentenced to 40-60 years in prison for the March 2010 murders of MSU student Darren Brown and his roommate Owen Goodenow on Wednesday morning in Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court.
NEWS
Preparations begin for City Center II project
A small crew of construction workers converged on the site of a vacant building at the City Center II project this morning, starting initial preparations for what officials hope will be demolition of a city-owned property related to the proposed $105 million redevelopment effort.
Katie Abdilla
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NEWS
Running with purpose
Most runners startle at the sound of a car horn — but sociology junior Alex Perez revels in it. After hearing that his co-worker’s wife currently is fighting breast cancer, Perez decided to take his concern about the disease to the streets with his campaign, Think Pink, Run Pink.
NEWS
City Council votes to move ahead on City Center II plan
The East Lansing City Council approved a predevelopment agreement Tuesday night for the City Center II project, a hotly contested move that will allow demolition to start at a city-owned building related to the project.
BASKETBALL
Nix’s future uncertain after arrest
MSU basketball player Derrick Nix was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle with the presence of drugs and marijuana possession at 12:20 a.m. Tuesday in East Lansing, according to East Lansing 54-B District Court records.