I view my four transformative years at MSU as the utmost privilege, but I’m feeling a little entitled to a bigger Pell Grant after delving into the world of private student loans.
Perhaps one of the greatest worries of our generation is that despite being at critical junctions for a multitude of important issues — climate change, health care, higher education, renewable energy, etc. — students have shown what seems to be apathy, but is probably closer to complacency.
A driver in an accident that killed five and injured an MSU student was found to have traces of marijuana in his system, the Green Oak Charter Township Police Department said. A toxicology report shows Okemos resident Matthew Kolstoe tested positive for cannabinoids and THC.
Kilo Paw is small for his age — thinner and shorter than his peers. A few tufts of black hair stick up on the back of his head. Huge, deep-brown eyes absorb the chaos around him as almost a hundred children, accompanied by a hundred police officers, raced around Walmart Saturday morning for Ingham County’s fifth annual Shop with a Cop.
The No. 7 MSU football team will spend the holidays in Orlando, Fla., for the third time in four seasons to play against No. 15 Alabama in the Capital One Bowl, MSU announced Sunday.
I know the system is a joke. I know it makes no sense to send an 11-1 Big Ten championship team that’s ranked No. 7 in the country to the Capital One Bowl, the same bowl it played in two years ago when it had a 9-3 record and finished behind Penn State and Ohio State in the conference.
A recent study has found public universities decrease their tuition and fees when states increase merit-based financial aid, but increase them when states increase need-based financial aid.
Lansing resident David Marion Jr. has been declared fit to stand trial in front of a judge for the alleged murder of finance freshman Darren Brown, according to a letter from the state’s Center for Forensic Psychiatry.
The MSU Extension 4-H youth group held its annual Day with the Lady Spartans event Sunday at Breslin Center.
A long line of people wrapped around the streets of downtown East Lansing on Sunday afternoon as they braved the cold to eat free chili and interact with others in the community.
On a chilly December afternoon, community members stood in the cold to help collect coats for those who might not have something warm to wrap themselves in during the holiday season and letters for soldiers who won’t be home to celebrate it.
For Muslim students across campus, the new year rings in with reflections of personal growth and prayer instead of noise-makers and kisses at midnight. The local Islamic community is preparing for the Islamic New Year on Tuesday.
For the second consecutive game, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team (7-1) took on a ranked opponent. Perhaps out of their element, No. 17 Texas traveled to the chilly state of Michigan for a showdown with MSU and were defeated, 71-57.
MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo long has used the anyone, any place, any time thought process when putting together his team’s schedule. But after Saturday’s 74-39 win against Bowling Green at Breslin Center, Izzo said he is a little concerned with how the constant traveling to play big games is affecting his players.
When Lansing resident Marilyn Bria entered Munn Ice Arena on Saturday with her husband, she was anxious for MSU to light the lamp early and jump ahead of No. 20 Ferris State.
Scoring an early goal sometimes is all it takes to get an offense going, as the MSU hockey team found out this weekend.
Swaying back and forth and clapping their hands in time, members of the MSU Gospel Choir moved to the music they sang Friday evening. The choir was among several groups that performed at Worship 2010 at St. Paul Lutheran Church and Worship International Church, 3383 Lake Lansing Road.
Governor-elect Rick Snyder spent nearly $11 million in his bid to win the primary and general gubernatorial elections, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday with the Secretary of State.
The No. 7 MSU football team will play the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, MSU announced Sunday night.
After attending the Westboro Baptist Church’s protest outside East Lansing High School, I walked away having a newfound respect for the WBC and a newfound dislike for my fellow students and neighbors who had happily congealed into the spiteful mass opposing the WBC members.