When Steve Hershfield was looking for a fun way to blog last year, he never expected companies would be sending him clothing for his friends to model and review on his website, stateofproper.com.
Although just one Spartan finished “in the money” — meaning a top-eight placing — at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships last week, solid showings by MSU athletes has coach Walt Drenth hoping the experience pays dividends in the future.
MSU announced Monday that former basketball forward Draymond Green was chosen as the 2011-12 George Alderton Male Athlete of the Year, while women’s soccer forward Laura Heyboer and golfer Caroline Powers shared the George Alderton Female Co-Athlete of the Year honors.
While many students are out ordering their favorite drinks at one of East Lansing’s various bars, Diana Henry is stuck behind the counter serving them.
I’ve always found religion … interesting. I had it shoved in my face a bit last semester. First, when I was sent to take pictures of the Wells Hall preacher on a random Monday and spent 20 minutes trying not to listen to him telling anyone who would listen — and of course, everyone who wouldn’t — that we were all going to hell.
An email is a type of communication college graduates utilize to approach possible employers and to remain in contact with college associates. For alumni who still use their MSU accounts, this form of communication could be truncated, leaving many angered and confused about how to handle transferring their information and alerting their associates of this change in contact information.
Surrounded by piles of metal stacked several feet high, 16 groups of artists, welders and sculptors gathered to collect recycled material to be used in the fourth annual Old Town Scrapfest. The event, which is hosted by the Old Town Commercial Association, or OTCA, took place at 1 p.m.
Woody’s Oasis on Trowbridge Road is one step closer to serving alcohol with its Mediterranean cuisine, thanks to the East Lansing City Council.
For Jay Martello, selling textbooks back to bookstores at the end of each semester isn’t worth the hassle when he considered how much he’d actually get paid back. The graduate student said he prefers to buy his books and save them to hopefully sell to another student in his graduate program.
The MSU baseball team will have a new look in the infield in 2013, as it is tasked with replacing three players who started all 60 games this season.
After leaving his job with Afghanistan’s government and fighting for his home country of Afghanistan, losing one of his legs to an exploding land mine and spending time in a refugee camp in Moscow, Mohamad Nurzayee came to the U.S. in 2003 with goals and dreams he is now fulfilling.
Several Michigan legislators are working to repair crop damage caused by an early thaw by seeking financial relief for fruit farmers who have suffered crop losses.
When MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant was flipping pancakes Sunday morning, she knew she was doing it for the right reasons.
Despite displeasure from the state Legislature, fellow students and parents, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon seems bent on keeping the new health care mandate in place.
Tuition increases are a hassle both students and administrators detest. But as the MSU Board of Trustees has its upcoming decision on whether or not a tuition increase is necessary — and how much it will increase — the board must take all necessary steps to keep tuition low despite a lack of appropriate state funding, placing less of a financial burden on MSU students.
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, is one step closer to receiving $40 million in funding after several instabilities over government funding in the past few months. The Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which was approved by the U.S.
Becoming a police officer for MSU was Sam Miller’s dream job. “It was the number one goal for a place to work,” he said. Miller’s dream became a reality on Monday morning as the recent graduate was sworn into the MSU police force by Chief Jim Dunlap.
Do you worry about a lot of things? Do you find yourself worrying all the time? Have you tried to control your worrying and had difficulty doing this?
Two MSU women’s golfers were honored by the National Golf Coaches Association, or NGCA, this week for their performances in the 2012 season that helped the Spartans win their second consecutive Big Ten championship and earn a berth in the NCAA Championship. Junior Caroline Powers was chosen as an honorable mention All-American for the second time in two years.
MSU had a strong showing on the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship Wednesday. Redshirt freshman Leah O’Connor advanced to the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase finals by placing ninth overall in the event.