Gov. Rick Snyder’s state budget proposal contained some ideas worth considering and several that should sound alarm bells for those concerned about Michigan’s future: a $222 million cut to colleges and universities; a $100 million cut to revenue sharing, which funds essential services provided by communities; and a $470 per-pupil cut to K-12 educati
I recently had the opportunity to attend the teach-in panel on the uprisings throughout North Africa and the Middle East hosted by the Arab Cultural Society. The panel featured several professors from various colleges at MSU.
A proposed change to Michigan’s item-pricing laws boils down to choosing between jobs and consumers or businesses and money. Michigan’s Legislature should think hard about who it’s working for when considering a bill to loosen an item-pricing law that currently requires most groceries to be labeled with individual price tags.
For MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant, being crowned Big Ten champions was something she and the No. 10 Spartans aspired to do when the season began.
Spartans set for rematch against Minnesota.
After about seven to eight inches of snow it the Lansing area yesterday, the worst of the storm is done for now. Nathan Jeruzal, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said about an inch of light snow can be expected this afternoon and the next few days will remain chilly with temperatures hovering around the 20s. “Right now the heaviest snow is pretty much done for the Lansing area,” Jeruzal said. Although yesterday there were a high number of automobile accidents — 15 alone in the span of several hours and 19 total — today has been relatively quiet on the roads, said East Lansing police Capt.
After five consecutive years of watching Ohio State reign atop the Big Ten conference and raise banner after banner, the No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team — with a 69-56 victory at Illinois — have dethroned the former champions and will carry the trophy a few hours north to East Lansing.
One MSU student remains in the hospital while another awaits trial after an altercation broke out early Friday morning involving a knife. Ryan Ravary, a 20-year-old MSU student, was arrested Friday morning for allegedly stabbing two other MSU students in the back and side repeatedly during the altercation, which occurred in the 100 block of Spartan Street, according to a press release from the East Lansing Police Department. Ravary was arraigned later that day and faces two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, a 10-year felony, and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, a four-year felony. The injuries to both students were nonlethal, but they were taken to Sparrow Hospital.
After freshman center — a.k.a former Spartan Alyssa DeHaan’s replacement — Madison Williams went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, would anyone have believed me if I said MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant would be able to reshape her offense and turn the No.
Saturday night’s 61-57 win over Illinois wasn’t enough to take the MSU men’s basketball team off the bubble or make the Spartans a lock for the NCAA Tournament.
After the heavy snowfall Sunday night and Monday morning, accumulations of about six or seven inches of snow were projected as well as a quarter inch of ice, said Walt Felver, a meteorologist National Weather Service in Grand Rapids. Some areas saw as much as an inch of accumulation per hour, causing dangerous driving conditions and limited visibility, Felver said.
A 21-year-old male student reported his parking pass allegedly stolen from his car between 2:20 a.m.
At two different points in her life, Chelsea Hill has been a victim of sexual violence. The psychology senior said it often is hard for women to find an outlet to talk about their experiences and the negative things that have happened to their bodies. For Hill, “The Vagina Monologues,” a series of stories that was performed this past Friday and Saturday at Wharton Center, has given her and many other women that outlet.
The MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education was full of wrangling, roping and riding action during the weekend as part of the 42nd MSU Spartan Stampede International Professional Rodeo Association, or IPRA, Rodeo.
Members of Radiating Excellence in All Areas of Life, or R.E.A.A.L., and student models strutted down the runway Saturday to promote HIV/AIDS awareness during the fourth annual AIDS benefit fashion show, “Red Alert 2011.”
Faculty from MSU’s Community Music School will provide local elementary students with the opportunity to explore string instruments in the upcoming weeks thanks to available funding.
Visitors to Munn Ice Arena normally are greeted by the sights and sounds of MSU hockey on a typical Saturday night.
Three players helped in their own way in Saturday’s win against Illinois.
Opening the weekend on Friday hosting No. 11 Michigan, the Spartans (9-9 overall, 1-8 Big Ten) fought for a comeback before losing their final two matches with a technical fall for redshirt freshman 133-pounder Chris Lyon and a pin against redshirt freshman 141-pounder Levi Stace. MSU fell to the Wolverines (11-5, 6-3), 24-15.
The MSU hockey team saw its chances of having a first-round home game in the CCHA tournament fade this weekend as it split with Alaska on the road.