At a young age we learned that violence is a poor way to solve our problems. The vast majority of us live our lives in this fashion, refraining from using violence to solve our disputes.
Some college kids spent their spring breaks partying in a hot-spot destination, and some spent theirs at home catching up with family and old friends.
As the MSU and Cincinnati men’s basketball teams prepare for the end of their season in the NCAA Tournament, the seasons of its respective baseball programs are just starting to come together. The Spartans (7-7) are looking for their bats to heat up and create a little March Madness this weekend in a three-game road series with the Bearcats (8-6) at Marge Schott Stadium in Cincinnati.
As summer draws near, many students are in the final process of applying for internships and jobs following graduation. n the social media-driven world we live in, the job-seeking process is no longer limited to just résumés and interviews. Job applicants are facing companies who look at Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts and more to determine applicants’ candidacy for positions.
After the MSU gymnastics team jumped from No. 44 to No. 28 in the Regional Qualifying Score, or RQS, rankings this past week, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Spartans got complacent and fell off a bit in their final meet of the season. But head coach Kathie Klages doesn’t think getting her team to stay focused will be an issue, considering the competition her gymnasts are up against this week.
With session one of the NCAA Tournament in the books, three of the six Spartans that made the trip to St. Louis have kept their championship dreams alive.
After he transferred to MSU from Oklahoma following his freshman year of college, Keith Nichol always has been out to prove himself. Coming in as a quarterback, Nichol saw his playing time quickly evaporate in favor of Kirk Cousins.
Once about every two weeks, David Schmitt and a few of his friends make their way through the campus and city in the dead of night, shrouded in shadows as they hunt for a place where they can get high in relative peace.
An MSU student is planning to sue Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, the popular sandwich chain, after she contracted a case of E. coli after eating a sandwich with allegedly infected raw clover sprouts at an East Lansing location.
A recent report shows MSU’s gap in graduation rates between Caucasian and black students is in the double digits. According to statistics published by The Education Trust, a group focusing on academic equality among races, and data from MSU’s Office of Planning and Budgets, between 2006-2008, black students had an average six-year graduation rate of about 56 percent, while Caucasian students had about a 78 percent rate — a gap of about 22 percent.
City and development officials continue to search for ways to fill the former site of the East Lansing Barnes & Noble, 333 E. Grand River Ave., and have both fielded inquiries and talked with businesses about the location.
A 19-year-old female student reported her bicycle was stolen between 8 p.m. Feb. 24 and 6 p.m. March 11 from a bike room in Akers Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The first thing New York Times Washington Correspondent Sheryl Stolberg did when she took the stage in the Kellogg Center Auditorium on Wednesday night was show everyone how to ride a hovercraft. Pulling up a video, she shared her experience touring a factory with President Barack Obama, who personally called her out to ride a hovercraft in front of other members of the press.
“Protect our jobs! Protect our voice!” and similar chants filled Michigan Avenue in Lansing Wednesday as close to 500 registered nurses, students and activists from across Michigan flooded the streets with signs and flags. “I think with health care really being in the forefront of politics today and nurses being the most trusted profession in the country, we can make a difference,” said Debra Nault, a registered nurse and clinical faculty member at MSU. The campaigners gathered at the Lansing Center, 333 E.
When marketing sophomore Nick Kurtenbach saw country music singer Easton Corbin in concert two years ago, he wasn’t familiar with the musician, who was the opening act at the show. But the rising star’s performance stuck with Kurtenbach, and when he heard Corbin would be performing at MSU next week, he couldn’t pass it up.
Mathematicians and dessert enthusiasts united Wednesday afternoon to celebrate Pi Day at Grand Traverse Pie Company, 1403 E. Grand River Ave.
When Rhone Eppelheimer was preparing for his career search in fall 2010, he made sure to edit what might seem like an unlikely source — his Facebook.
Representatives from the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, voted to elect next year’s executive board at their council meeting Wednesday night. All candidates won unanimously, and COGS President Stefan Fletcher was elected as a third-term president.
Instead of relaxing on a beach somewhere, Jeff Cross volunteered his time to give medical care in a Third World country during spring break.
A lawsuit filed against the city of East Lansing accusing the city council of violating a law that mandates all governing bodies hold open meetings has been thrown out by Judge Clinton Canady of Ingham County’s 30th Circuit Court. The lawsuit — filed by East Lansing resident Phil Bellfy and his attorney, Jeffrey Hank — said the city council violated the Open Meetings Act, or OMA, and made a secret decision not to investigate Bellfy’s claims of misconduct by the city attorney’s office.