NEWS
Heart of the city
Thousands of visitors flocked to East Lansing for the 48th annual East Lansing Art Festival this weekend.
NEWS
Arts show offers community handmade items
For the 47th straight year, the MSU Spring Arts and Crafts Show invaded the grounds near the Union, injecting some life into campus this past weekend.
NEWS
Art festival offers exposure to businesses
The weather was that of a sticky summer Saturday — one of the first in East Lansing — as customers picked through outdoor sales racks at La Bodega. But it wasn’t just the actual climate looking up — the store’s business climate was that way, as well.
NEWS
Protest focuses on education cuts
More than a 1,000 students, teachers and auto workers gathered outside the Capitol Saturday afternoon to protest Gov.
BASEBALL
Spartans earn share of Big Ten championship following weekend series
When junior pitcher Tony Bucciferro took the mound for the ninth inning of Friday’s game against Northwestern, he knew a complete game and the Big Ten championship were just three outs away. With a touch of swagger, Bucciferro dialed up his fastball and slider to strike out the side and deliver the first Big Ten title to the MSU baseball program since 1979. Bucciferro and senior pitcher Kurt Wunderlich threw a pair of complete games for the Spartans (34-19 overall, 15-9 Big Ten) over the weekend and capped off a strong pitching year for each of the players and for the program. “I knew it was going to happen, and I was fired-up,” Bucciferro said. “(Boss) has turned this program around.
NEWS
Police Brief 05/23/11
A 30-year-old female vendor at the MSU Arts and Crafts Show reported $1,500 stolen between 2:40-2:50 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Win the game, Mr. president
Dear President Barack Obama: I was relieved to hear Navy Seals killed the man responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The world is a safer place now that the functional head of al Qaeda cannot order the mass murder of innocent people.
COMMENTARY
Sparrow’s nicotine policy hazy, invasive
Smoking is widely acknowledged as being bad for your health. But is it also bad for your wealth? If you want to work in medicine, it might be. A new policy at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital requires that prospective employees have to be nicotine-free. At first glance, it’s an example of a hospital practicing what it preaches: health.
BASEBALL
Jake Boss Jr. returns MSU to Big Ten glory
As the MSU baseball team mobbed the right side of the pitcher’s mound in a towering dogpile Friday after clinching a share of the Big Ten championship, the weight of three decades of losing had been lifted.
SPORTS
Powers finishes sixth at NCAA Women's Golf Championships, sets MSU records
Recording the best place finish ever by a Spartan at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, MSU women’s golfer sophomore Caroline Powers tied for sixth with an even-par finish at 288 (70, 76, 96, 73). Her score also is the best 72-hole score earned by a Spartan at the championships, which ended Saturday in Bryan, Texas.
NEWS
Students, citizens rally against Snyder at Capitol
Hundreds from all over Michigan gathered outside of the Capitol Building in Lansing Saturday afternoon petitioning for the recall of Gov.
BASEBALL
MSU falls to Northwestern, still celebrates Big Ten championship
Unfortunately Northwestern (20-29, 10-13) had other ideas for the Spartans (34-19 overall, 15-9 Big Ten), as they upended Senior Day at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, 6-5. The day was not a total loss for MSU as they were presented with the Big Ten championship trophy by Athletics Director Mark Hollis and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, along with championship shirts and hats, following the conclusion of the game.
BASEBALL
MSU baseball clinches its first Big Ten title in 32 years
After 32 years of waiting, under five different head coaches, the MSU baseball team has earned a share of the Big Ten championship after defeating Northwestern, 10-1, Friday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field.
NEWS
Hidden Key fashion show unites community in support
As she stood on the runway, microphone in hand, lights flickering around the stage of the Spartan Club in Spartan Stadium, former MSU basketball player Lauren Aitch grinned from ear-to-ear, Thursday night. Her charity, the Hidden Key Fashion show, had been in the making for more than seven months and in her eyes, it had turned out even better than she expected.
NEWS
University members take home 8 Michigan Emmys
The glitz and glamour of the Emmys rubbed off on MSU this past weekend as members of the university took home eight awards at the annual event.
BASEBALL
Wunderlich throws complete game shutout, MSU beats Northwestern
In his last career start at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field, senior pitcher Kurt Wunderlich threw a complete game shutout, as the Spartans (33-18 overall, 14-8 Big Ten) downed Big Ten foe Northwestern (19-28, 9-12), 3-0. With the win, the Spartans edged ever closer to winning a Big Ten championship — the program’s first since 1979.
NEWS
Bill could mean increase in health costs for new public sector employees
A bill passed Wednesday in the state Senate could mean increased health costs for recently-hired college graduates working in the public sector. The bill would require local government and public school employees to pay 20 percent of their health insurance premium. Many people in the private sector already pay at least part of the cost of their health insurance, said state Sen.
NEWS
University Club sees $1M upgrade
Jim Sukenik thinks the recent renovations at the University Club of MSU, 3435 Forest Road, in Lansing, are something he would expect to see in Chicago or New York, not Lansing. Sukenik, president of Bakergroup Hospitality & Foodservice Design and the head of the design team behind the renovations, said the club’s new bar, called Mixx, and the accompanying restaurant, Mingle, represent “large-city outcomes” in terms of the club’s dining experience. Sukenik, an MSU alumnus, said he was approached by the club in August to design the changes, which he said sought to restore the club’s reputation as a premier dining location.
MICHIGAN
Hospital policy prohibits nicotine-positive hires
Prospective employees at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital will have to be nicotine-free in accordance with a new hospital policy that went into effect May 1. The policy prohibits the hiring of any employee who tests positive for nicotine or tobacco and is part of an initiative that Sparrow took to help promote healthier lives throughout mid-Michigan. John Foren, a spokesman for Sparrow Hospital, said implementation of the new hiring policy was going well. Foren declined to comment further on the policy. Teri Wilson, a consultant and researcher for the Michigan Department of Community Health, said testing for tobacco is done by assessing the level of cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, in a person’s system.
NEWS
Two new area restaurants added to Campusfood
David LaPratt will do whatever it takes to improve his business — so he set his restaurant up on Campusfood.com, an online food-ordering system for college campuses. LaPratt, the owner of Samuel Mancino’s Italian Eatery, 401 N.