Brett Perlini and Tanner Sorenson are at the opposite ends of their career at MSU. Both forwards for the Spartan hockey program, one’s a senior, one’s a freshman. One is headed to the NHL after this season, the other more than likely back to his dorm room. One represents the wave of the past, one is a major part of the arc of the future.
About a year ago at this time, the MSU baseball team returned home to a frozen baseball field and the bitter chill of March. This year has been a much different story. Having won six of their last seven games to cap a 17-game road trip, the Spartans (10-7) return home to host Oakland in the first series of the year at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
After years of being at the end of jokes, Detroit finally is looking at some serious restructuring. The emergency manager law has come to its ultimate test, starting in Benton Harbor, then to Flint and finally to Detroit.
A couple weeks ago, many MSU students got a jump on the recent warm weather by traveling south for spring break to catch some waves and sun. Others, however, left their bathing suits at home and instead packed up old sweatshirts, blue jeans and ratty tennis shoes.
Just a month after Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero unexpectedly announced his unlikely plans for a city casino, he is moving forward with plans that are still unlikely to come to fruition. Few expected the first announcement for the project, and even fewer expected him to move forward before receiving the necessary approvals.
An East Lansing man has been charged in federal court on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography, according to U.S. District Court records.
When MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon was a little girl, she wanted to play catcher for the New York Yankees. Someday being the face of a university with more than 45,000 students was far from her mind.
The East Lansing City Council approved an ordinance at its Tuesday night meeting to amend the city’s current conditional rezoning process. The process allows landowners to submit new requests to lift or limit their property’s restrictions.
It was a typical Monday morning for prenursing freshman Quishanna Coleman until she was slammed with a devastating reality. Her roommate and longtime best friend Olivia Pryor, with whom she had eaten dinner with the night before, was lying unresponsive in her bed.
An MSU sophomore with the modeling name Marla Marie fluffed her shoulder-length brown hair, pouted her lips and posed seductively as Playboy Magazine photographer Matt Wagemann snapped shots with his camera Tuesday afternoon. The student was one of about 50 women auditioning for Playboy Magazine’s October 2012 “Girls of the Big Ten” pictorial. Representatives from the magazine held the casting call Tuesday and auditions are scheduled to continue today.
The fate of the City Center II project will hang in the air for another week, after the East Lansing City Council decided last night to hold an additional session next week to discuss the project.
Starting July 1, MSU students who choose to help pay for college with the Stafford Subsidized Loan will have to pay double the current interest rate once they graduate. MSU’s Associate Director of Financial Aid Val Meyers said about 15,200 students received the Stafford Subsidized Loan in the 2010-11 academic year.
The times are changing in the media world. With a new digital era, many news organizations are trying to figure out how to best present information to our readers.
Owner of Restoring Nature With Fire David Borneman lights a patch of dead vegetation in the Towar Gardens neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon. Prescribed fire improves the quality of the environment in the area by helping plant species grow faster. The fire also helps rid the environment of non-native plant species.
Fans of the popular NBC show, “30 Rock,” have the chance to see the show come to life next month when one of its cast members visits campus for a comedy performance. The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, is presenting comedian Judah Friedlander, who plays Frank on the show, at 7:30 p.m. April 13 in Fairchild Theatre.
Hip-hop music blared out of Room 132 in Hubbard Hall on Tuesday evening as members of the MSU Breakdance Club showed their skills and inspired others to strut their stuff.
Since Alex Bradley was mugged in summer 2011, he has been in severe pain from a shoulder injury. After undergoing surgery, the international relations senior was prescribed a variety of pain medications, but he has found the side effects nearly unbearable. Now, Bradley is considering an alternative — a medical marijuana card.
Michigan state-level politicians can get away with some of the most corruption in the nation, according to a study released this week.
When it comes to international relations, U.S. diplomat Grant Smith has the perfect analogy.
After growing up in northern Michigan with about 90 acres of land surrounding her home, civil engineering senior Chloe Grabowski said her passion for helping the environment came as no surprise.