SPORTS
Field hockey earns NCAA Tournament berth
The No. 11 MSU field hockey team will open its NCAA Tournament playing No. 3 Virginia at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
NEWS
Officials take look at area transportation
Students and residents using public transportation might see some changes in the near future if a plan to restructure the Michigan/Grand River Avenue corridor is put into action.
NEWS
MSU aims to improve global understanding
Officials are touting MSU’s participation in a national conversation to prepare its students for a global society and its drive to become a leader in worldwide education.
NEWS
Police Brief 11/10/10
Two women reported items stolen from their purses when they left them in a room to move to a safer area during a tornado warning, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
ASMSU to offer iClicker rental program
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly officially will begin an iClicker rental program in the spring semester after approving a bill at its Tuesday night meeting.
MICHIGAN
Bill could increase bike education if passed
Bicyclists could see a safer roadway if a bill passed Tuesday by the state House of Representatives becomes law. The bill, which passed by a 74-30 margin, would amend the Driver Education Provider and Instructor Act to require more education about laws pertaining to bicycles during the classroom instruction of segment 1 driver’s education.
NEWS
Living City
Lansing resident Raphael Adley points to the game board Saturday evening at Fortress Comics & Games, 425 Albert Ave.
MSU
Journal features, honors MSU nursing professor
When Barbara Given was a master’s student in the nursing program at Ohio State University more than 40 years ago, she noticed one of the cleaning ladies spent more time with cancer patients and their families when they were being discharged than the rest of the staff.
MSU
Students celebrate African culture
African students reconnected with their roots on Tuesday by moving their bodies in a traditional African dance called the coupé décalé.
MICHIGAN
Temperature in E.L. above normal, meteorologist says
There usually would be nothing remarkable about David Bulgarelli walking down Grand River Avenue in a T-shirt, except that it’s mid-November.
MSU
Trustee Owen, husband doing well after car accident
MSU Trustee Faylene Owen and her husband, Larry, were discharged from Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital on Friday following a car crash Nov.
COMMENTARY
Alumni: It's time for the student section to shape up
My dear wife and I attended MSU during the “Duffy” years. We graduated with bachelor’s degrees in 1965, at the height of MSU football’s greatness prior to MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio taking over. Our football season tickets date back to the 1970s.
COMMENTARY
Look forward to seeing 'zipsters' on campus
Playing vertical Twister on a Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, bus or trucking through the snow this winter might not be the only option for getting around campus if Zipcar comes to MSU’s campus this January.
COMMENTARY
Regulation isn't a partisan Issue
It is a politician’s job to get elected every two to four years. Once elected, constituents re-elect incumbents overwhelmingly. Given that narrative in American politics, our politicians have very little incentive to take a detailed look at policy measures.
ICE HOCKEY
Comley looks for more scoring from icers
Coming into the season, MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley knew scoring would be a challenge for the team, but he didn’t expect scoring problems from so many of his forwards, only six of whom have scored this season.
FOOTBALL
Dantonio to recruit, see family more during bye week
With his No. 10 MSU football team off this week for the first time since the season began, head coach Mark Dantonio said he still will be watching football Saturday.
FOOTBALL
Former Spartan Rayner signed by Lions
Former MSU kicker Dave Rayner was signed by the NFL’s Detroit Lions on Tuesday. Rayner will assume the kicking duties for the Lions while longtime kicker Jason Hanson is out with an injury.
NEWS
A walk in their shoes
Phillip Katzmann, a Bloomfield Hills, Mich., resident, finished a four-day, 73 mile walk from the Volunteers of America administration building in Southfield, Mich., down Grand River Avenue, through downtown East Lansing and to the Lansing shelter in order to raise money for the homeless.
NEWS
Council to discuss pot moratorium
The East Lansing City Council is expected to vote on implementing a second 90-day extension atop a current moratorium on medical marijuana ordinances.
NEWS
Partnership allows study in Brazil
MSU and Kansas State University have partnered with two Brazilian universities — Federal University of Para and Federal University of Bahia — to launch The Brazil Partnership Program, a multidisciplinary collaboration that will focus on global development, as well as economic, environmental and human health issues.