SOFTBALL
Spartans open new Stadium with 8-0 win
The MSU softball team hopes Saturday’s game at the new Secchia Stadium is a beginning of things to come.
NEWS
ASMSU Student Assembly votes to recreate Academic Assembly
ASMSU’s Student Assembly passed two bills Thursday night to postpone filing for 501©(3) nonprofit status and to recreate an Academic Assembly to come back into accordance with the bylaws of Academic Governance.
NEWS
Police Brief 04/01/11
A 34-year-old East Lansing man reported his medicine allegedly was stolen from a bag he left unattended between 6 a.m.
NEWS
Bridge out ahead
By the time the letter reached Jeremy Grafmiller, he already knew its contents. He’d heard the rumors and read the news stories.
MSU
Potential presidential candidate visits campus
Potential 2012 presidential hopeful Gary Johnson was at MSU on Thursday evening to share his views on key issues with students.
MSU
MSU suspends Booster Club’s raffle in wake of investigation
Sources within the Downtown Coaches Club booster organization said the group will be disciplined by the Michigan Lottery Commission for the mishandling of funds.
MSU
Trustees to discuss 2020 Vision plans
In 2020, the center of campus might be composed of academic buildings and green space instead of the parking lots currently near the Farm and Shaw Lane intersections.
MICHIGAN
Request for access to emails from faculty, staff made by think tank
A Michigan public policy think tank has set its sights on MSU and two other state universities in what some say could be a showdown between free speech, academic freedom and partisan politics.
MICHIGAN
East Lansing business incubator opens
Student entrepreneurs, community members, city officials and university representatives gathered on Thursday to celebrate the Hatching, an event to commemorate the opening of a student business incubator in East Lansing.
MICHIGAN
E.L. ranked 6th smartest college town
For a normal town, East Lansing is pretty smart. For a college town, it’s even smarter.
MSU
First Fridays offer local entertainment
Starting today, the first Friday of every month could get more interesting in Greater Lansing as businesses, the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, and downtown planning agencies collaborate to provide a fun, cheap way for residents to travel and entertain themselves throughout the area.
MSU
Queer and Career Conference slated to be held Saturday
Helping LBGT students transition from college to corporate America, the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender, or LBGT, Resource Center and the Career Services Network will host the first Queer and Career Conference on Saturday.
COMMENTARY
When it comes to Libya, US actions morally justifiable
The past few days have been really shocking to me. Before NATO — backed by a United Nations resolution — began airstrikes March 19, I read news reports of the slaughter Muammar Gaddafi committed against his own people in Libya. I naturally expected Americans to be disgusted by such inhumanity on the part of a tyrannical dictator.
COMMENTARY
The benefits of high-speed rail
High-speed rail has been criticized as a progressive delusion and a waste of taxpayer money. Conservatives have treated it like communism — a concept that seems utopian, but when implemented only will hurt us further. These are all conservative horror stories, perpetuated by their delusions of economic “truths;” the reality is much more ambiguous than they wish to admit.
COMMENTARY
University officials need to clear air with ASMSU
Something is rotten on the campus of MSU. The “ASMSU/MSU” saga regarding the organization’s unconstitutional March election needs to end — and soon.
SOFTBALL
MSU opens up home season, stadium against Wisconsin Saturday
After opening the Big Ten season with two losses to Illinois last weekend, the MSU softball team is looking to “get back on track” this weekend when it hosts Wisconsin at 1 p.m.
SPORTS
MSU looks for success with nothing to lose
The MSU gymnastics team heads to Oregon for NCAA regionals.
BASEBALL
Spartans hope to start Big Ten season strong
The MSU opens up its Big Ten season against Iowa.
FOOTBALL
Football players switch positions
Spring football is a time for position changes, and the MSU football team is working on some key switches as spring football continues. One of those is senior Todd Anderson’s move from the defensive line to fullback, where he’s listed as No.
FEATURES
Spartan gains valuable experience during internship with NASA
Many kids grow up with a love of gazing at the stars, having posters of spaceships plastered on their bedroom walls and hope one day to be able to work at NASA. Daniel Alexander II wasn’t one of those kids. Alexander, a computer science senior, spent the past fall semester in California working as an intern for NASA, but it was a unique opportunity he originally hadn’t considered.