Gov. Rick Snyder got an unexpected surprise Thursday — one he likely wasn’t happy about. Sparty, a rival of Snyder’s University of Michigan Wolverines, paid an unannounced visit to the governor’s office when he was between meetings Thursday.
Benjamin French’s confession of involvement in the murder of MSU student Darren Brown and his roommate Owen Goodenow in March 2010 will stand as valid evidence, according to a ruling from Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court.
In 1981, Linda Stevens enrolled in a stained glass class at Lansing Community College, a decision that would change the course of her life. Motivated by a desire to produce Victorian windows, Stevens began to learn the art of glass cutting.
Valerie Fraser woke up on New Year’s Day of 2007 with a slight swelling in one of her breasts. Right away, she knew something was wrong.
After being reprimanded for violating House rules last month, East Lansing’s state representative now is in danger of being found guilty for violating campaign finance laws.
Occupy MSU, a group based off of the national movement Occupy Wall Street, was canceled because of lack of attention, group organizer and psychology junior Shay Berman said via Twitter.
ASMSU representatives voted at a Thursday night committee meeting to delay funding of an anti-racism task force until a clearer purpose of the task force could be declared. ASMSU discussed the recent racist incidents on campus at committee meetings Thursday night in Student Services. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. Finance committee representatives discussed the formation of a task force, proposed by representative Robert VanKirk, to combat the further incidents of racism on campus through cultural events. VanKirk recommended ASMSU’s programming board fund its development and implementation at a cost of $20,000 to $40,000. VanKirk said a response to the issue should be more than “lip service,” and ASMSU should do more than just talk about addressing it. ASMSU adviser Cathy Neuman said ASMSU is not ignoring the issue but suggested forming a clearer definition of what the task force would entail. But after a lengthy discussion, representatives voted to refer the proposal to the Student Affairs committee for further discussion. ASMSU Chairman Steve Marino said the finance committee cannot vote to fund something without a clear definition. Representatives in the Academic Assembly also discussed the excused absence policy, which aims to prevent students from being penalized for missing classes in the case of an emergency. ASMSU is aiming to make changes to the policy to allow students more leniancy in missing class in the case of ilness of the death of a loved one, ASMSU Provost Zach Taylor said. Taylor said the majority of faculty are sympathetic to students’ concerns, but some use their authority in ways that aren’t responsible. The only group currently protected by the policy is athletic groups, he said.
As they sat in a classroom in the MSU College of Law on Thursday, members of Successful Black Women shared inspirational quotes to help connect on a personal level.
Almost 100 years ago, my grandfather bought 160 acres facing South Harrison Road between the Michigan State Police, almost to the railroad tracks.
Guest columnists should be entitled to their own opinions but not to their own facts. The recent column about the Occupy Wall Street movement (SN 10/13) is so egregiously flawed factually that it has no credibility whatsoever as an opinion.
I didn’t expect the presidential hopefuls to mention the Occupy Wall Street movement because of the general conservative disregard for the movement as a whole. However, the issues of a lack of middle-class jobs and an inability of recent graduates to pay off student loans without those jobs is a completely separate issue.
Most students would frown upon decreasing the number of days in winter break, but adding those days to a weekend in October might be worth the sacrifice. The fall break university officials have been considering could prove to be beneficial to students and their study habits.Research has proven that for optimal memory retention, sleep is a necessity.
After winning the Big Ten outright for the first time in program history, the Spartans are looking to continue that success with a much younger squad this season. Thursday afternoon, head coach Suzy Merchant and members of the team met with members of the media to discuss the team’s upcoming season.
The MSU volleyball team will face its biggest test of the season when it travels to Champaign, Ill., on Saturday to take on the No. 1 Illinois Fighting Illini, but the Spartans are not looking past Friday when they will face the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Ill.
The Spartans (6-9 overall, 0-3 Big Ten) are coming off a tough 4-2 loss against Indiana while the Buckeyes will be looking to rebound from a 3-0 shutout at home from No. 17 Iowa.
The Spartans will open up a two-game road series this weekend at Taffy Abel Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., against Lake Superior State.
Friday, the annual Midnight Madness will tip off the 2011-12 basketball season at Breslin Center. Doors will open at 9:30 p.m., and admission is free.
President Barack Obama will have a seat on the USS Carl Vinson this Veterans Day to watch Head Coach Tom Izzo’s Spartans take on North Carolina, an Obama spokesman said in an email to The State News on Thursday.
Robert VanKirk was one of the many Michigan college students to receive a letter in March stating that his Bridge Card would be canceled because he was no longer eligible for food assistance.
With the countdown to next year’s elections in full swing, MSU Trustee Joel Ferguson and MSU Trustee Melanie Foster — the board’s two longest-serving members — said they both plan to run for re-election, and Ferguson said he has no doubts about winning back his spot on the board.