MSU
Future Spartans sell ice cream
Like many students preparing for college, incoming freshmen Alex Wrobleski and Jon Drury were looking for a summer job to earn money before beginning college.
SPORTS
Spartans top Wolverines in rivalry golf match
As a friendly competition between in-state rivals, MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis and Michigan Athletics Director Dave Brandon teed off against one another in the B1G AD Golf Challenge Monday at Eagle Eye Golf Club, 15500 Chandler Road, in Bath, Mich.
SPORTS
Hollis set to take on role as amateurism cabinet chairperson
Representing MSU and the high standards of ethical conduct, Athletics Director Mark Hollis was recently elected Chairperson of the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet.
BASEBALL
Pair of Spartans named to Cape Cod League All-Star team
Senior pitcher Tony Bucciferro and junior second baseman Ryan Jones have been selected to play in the 49th annual Cape Cod League All-Star Game on July 29 at Fenway Park in Boston.
COMMENTARY
MSU’s research-rich legacy
The word “research” appears four times in MSU’s official mission statement. That’s twice as much as any other word, discounting common conjunctions, articles and prepositions. That’s significant.
COMMENTARY
Fraternity should be allowed to build
What do you get when you blend inane ordinances with inert development projects? A conflict that restricts the actualization of further development near campus.
NEWS
Snyder looks to immigrants to help economy
Not many international students attending MSU and other Michigan universities decide to stay after their graduation and set up shop in state, but Gov.
NEWS
A global future
When then-Vermont Sen. Justin Smith Morrill proposed the idea of a series of industrial colleges in every state across the country in the 1850s, that legislation brought with it a host of unknown opportunities.
NEWS
Exploring with an MSU family
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., resident Jack Bahm and his son Jackson, 10, play with a marble stone rolling ball fountain Sunday afternoon in the The Frank’s Nursery and Crafts Rose Garden.
NEWS
Citizens plotting council campaign
A group of East Lansing residents quietly are making preparations to run for city council this fall, pitting themselves against three one-term incumbents. East Lansing resident Don Power leads a coalition of three challenging candidates for the open positions, who are racing to get the 50 required petition signatures each before the Aug.
NEWS
Police Brief 07/25/11
A 19-year-old male reported a cell phone and money stolen between 6:30-7:30 p.m. July 13 from IM Sports-West, MSU police Sgt.
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MICHIGAN
E.L. firefighters live, work as a family
For Cam Howie, firefighting has been a part of his life since childhood. His grandfather, the fire chief in Grand Traverse County, Mich., would let Howie ride in the back of his pickup truck when he went on calls.
MSU
Teenagers, parents explore campus
It’s something almost every high school senior has to face at one point or another: touring universities to find the best fit for their university careers.
MICHIGAN
E-readers become more popular, practical
More people are jumping on the digital bandwagon and buying e-readers, the Pew Research Center said in a study published last month. According to the study, 12 percent of adults owned an e-reader in May 2011, doubling from 6 percent in November 2010.
MSU
Potter Park Zoo welcomes Charlie
Alongside about 30 other families who have been helped by the Michigan chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 3-year-old Charlie Waller ran through Potter Park Zoo Sunday and played with his 7-year-old sister, Esther.
FEATURES
MSU professor examines religion, pop music
Interested in how America drastically changed from 1970-80 with a radical current running through Americans’ lives, MSU English and religious studies professor David Stowe’s research led him to publish his third book, “No Sympathy for the Devil.”
SPORTS
Stacey earns silver at Junior Pan Ams
MSU track and field sophomore Ashley Stacey competed at the 2011 Pan American Junior Championships Saturday, earning the silver medal in the women’s long jump. She posted a 6.13-meter jump and finished as the top American.
SPORTS
Former MSU rower wins gold with Canada
Recent MSU graduate Laura Cowal competed for Canada in the Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam Sunday, bringing home gold in the women’s eight boat.
BASEBALL
Former Spartan pitches well, records loss in return to Lansing
Former MSU pitcher A.J. Achter returned to Lansing Saturday night when he pitched for the Beloit Snappers against the Lansing Lugnuts at Cooley Law School Stadium. Achter took the loss as the Lugnuts defeated Beloit, 3-1.
COMMENTARY
Engineering will save the US
When one listens to the news at night, reads the newspaper, gets a tweet or follows blogs from every Tom, Dick and Harry who feels the need to expound on every issue from Libya to malnutrition, one becomes both confused and depressed.