For many East Lansing businesses, an influx of MSU football fans and alumni coming to the city for major football games, particularly Homecoming matchups, are big money makers.
With this year’s Homecoming football game fast approaching, I decided it’s time to start thinking about what I am going to wear to the game.
When Dustin Baker walks onto the football field in Spartan Stadium on Saturday to be recognized as a member of MSU’s Homecoming Court, he knows the two generations of Spartan alumni in his family watching in the stands will be burning with pride. “My dad’s parents have had season tickets (to MSU football games) since they graduated in the 1940s,” he said.
On Friday, a former MSU football player will return to East Lansing for the Homecoming weekend — but not to watch the sport he spent four years playing.
The countdown for MSU’s Homecoming parade has begun, and student organizations will spend the week creating a float they hope will impress the panel of judges Friday.
With No. 4 Wisconsin coming to East Lansing on Saturday for a much-hyped Homecoming night game, not much could make it more of an event rather than just a football game.
Few believed MSU’s defense could contain Denard Robinson, Michigan’s quarterback and Heisman Trophy frontrunner, until Saturday, to the same 86 rushing yards he had in 2010.
Mark Dantonio is a defensive-minded head coach, and that’s evident every time the Spartans step out onto the football field.
A 20-year-old male student reported a shirt stolen between 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 and 10 a.m. Oct. 7, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The Spartans (7-9 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) endured high winds, cold weather and the field sprinklers coming on before the first half ended to notch their first Big Ten victory of the season.
With basketball season not far off, Midnight Madness gave MSU fans their first look at the men’s and women’s basketball teams Friday.
Premedical freshman Paige Holton’s out-of-the-ordinary approach to dressing herself makes her personal style truly unique. Holton, who pairs together articles of clothing most students would not think to wear in the same outfit, said she typically wears tennis shoes with her dresses, rather than heels or other formal footwear. “A lot of people dress up their dresses, and I really don’t,” she said. What she’s wearing: A colorful paisley print dress from Walmart, tan shoes from Payless ShoeSource and a green flower headband. Personal style: Holton said she dresses for comfort, and the outfit she is wearing is representative of a typical outfit for her. Favorite articles of clothing: Dresses and tennis shoes Favorite local store: Forever 21 for everyday clothing and SBS for Spartan apparel
Despite losing three captains to graduation, the Spartans aren’t worried about playing as the top dog this season.
Late scoring and mistakes ultimately doomed the Spartans this weekend as they were swept in two games by CCHA opponent Lake Superior State. The Lakers’ victories snapped a four-game MSU winning streak in the series, which spanned back to 2009-10.
When Bill Malone was offered a position in Root Doctor, a Lansing-based blues band, he jumped at the opportunity. “I came to Lansing, and Root Doctor was ‘the name,’” he said.
Coming off a mid-week 2-0 win against in-state rival Michigan, senior forward Hannah Peterson was vying to keep the momentum rolling. Peterson netted her second goal of the season in overtime to give the Spartans (12-4-0, 5-3-0 Big Ten) a 2-1 win against Indiana (6-9-1, 2-6-0 Big Ten).
Coffee is crucial to most college students’ lives, myself included. I’ve found pulling all-nighters to study for exams, staying awake during early morning classes and making it through a long shift at work all are difficult — if not nearly impossible — to do without the help of a delicious caffeinated beverage.
Students climbed on top of a maize and blue painted car on Saturday morning at Delta Chi Fraternity and dented the hood, shattered the headlights and knocked in the doors.
While campus was thriving with tailgate parties and Spartan spirit wear on Saturday morning, five miles away, protestors clad in green and white dotted the lawn of the Capitol.
Student bus riders could be riding new or rehabilitated busses in about a year because of a $4 million federal grant awarded to the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA.