Summer 2010 was an ugly one for Europe. International markets halted in the wake of a sovereign debt crisis. European countries, once thought to be the example of generous welfare state, seemed to be as fiscally unfounded as those in the third world.
Labels are an unavoidable part of life. Tall or short, blonde or brunette, big or small, and so on. But, what happens when numbers become our labels?
Wes Haskell said the latest role he’ll be playing onstage is one he has idolized since he was a child. Haskell will portray the straw-stuffed character in the Department of Theatre’s “The Wizard of Oz,” which premieres Friday at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium’s Fairchild Theatre. The show will run through Feb. 27.
MSU Career Services Network will sponsor the Summer Employment and Internship Fair from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Kellogg Center.
For the MSU wrestling team, there is more at stake this weekend than bragging rights over its archenemy.
The University Activities Board, or UAB, will hold the Frozen Fifties Festival from 9 p.m. to midnight this Saturday at Munn Ice Arena.
In the past week, the No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team has taken first place in the Big Ten and sold out Breslin Center for the first time. To say the team is on an emotional high would be an understatement.
The cause of the fire at Capitol Villa Apartments, 1708 E. Grand River Ave., was determined to be an accident by East Lansing Fire Inspector Gerald Rodabaugh. Rodabaugh said the fire was caused by the electric stove in apartment 48 being left on and was compounded by combustible materials that were in close proximity to the stove. The fire destroyed apartment 48 and caused sever smoke damage to apartment 51 on the same floor. “No one was hurt in the fire and that’s what’s important,” Rodabaugh said. The conditions that caused the fire are no ones fault and there for will not affect the insurance claim on the building, Rodabaugh said.
It was a valiant effort, but the MSU men’s basketball team simply ran out of gas. Playing with a severely limited junior forward Delvon Roe and an invisible senior guard Durrell Summers, the Spartans still nearly escaped Columbus, Ohio, with a monumental victory. Yes, the Spartans are just three games above .500, but there were so many positives to take out of Tuesday’s 71-61 loss to No.
The East Lansing City Council listened to public opinion regarding medical marijuana distribution at its Tuesday meeting, 410 Abbot Road, and voted to postpone a decision on the matter to its March 15 meeting by issuing another 90-day moratorium.
A preliminary examination and pretrial for MSU student Charles King III and his two roommates, Michael Freund and Jordan Henika, has been set for late March after the three appeared for a preliminary examination conference Tuesday at the 55th District Court in Mason, Mich. The three men are charged with providing alcohol to four minors on Jan.
Gov. Rick Snyder spoke at the iNet International Conference today at Kellogg Center in front of more than 200 educators from across the globe attended. Teachers traveled from countries as far away as Nepal, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates to come to MSU for the week, where they discussed education issues and heard speakers, including Gov.
A 19-year-old female student reported her boyfriend allegedly damaged the screen of her laptop during a verbal altercation Feb.
The Code and Academic Policy Committee of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday to advocate for a preferred-name system at MSU.
Columbus, Ohio – The MSU men’s basketball team fell to No. 2 Ohio State, 71-61, on Tuesday night at Value City Arena. MSU falls to 14-11 overall and 6-7 in the Big Ten.
The West Circle Neighborhood is the only one on campus without any sort of fitness facility, but Lora DiBlasi and Luke Miller have worked out a plan to change that.
Federal regulations and their impact on grant money and research at MSU were discussed during Tuesday’s Faculty Council meeting.
In what might have been an epic battle of man versus machine, students gathered Tuesday night to watch the second episode between two Jeopardy! contestants — and a computer named Watson.
As a freshman, Rodney Singleton was unsure about what his future as an engineering major would be like.
Nicole Butler wanted to enroll in a class that would help her become more informed on the issue of food insecurity and malnutrition worldwide.