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.
More than a 1,000 students, teachers and auto workers gathered outside the Capitol Saturday afternoon to protest Gov.
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.
A 30-year-old female vendor at the MSU Arts and Crafts Show reported $1,500 stolen between 2:40-2:50 p.m.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hundreds from all over Michigan gathered outside of the Capitol Building in Lansing Saturday afternoon petitioning for the recall of Gov.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Three MSU students reported various valuables allegedly were stolen from them between 3:30-5:30 p.m.
The University Seventh-Day Adventist, 504 Ann St., will hold a gospel concert at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, with Hyman — a Christian artist who records Jewish music — performing.