Without a home football game to celebrate, many MSU students are headed home for the weekend. But for Adam Nelligan, home is only a 25-minute drive from Northwestern’s Ryan Field, where he will spend his Saturday afternoon in the stands cheering on the Spartans.
Local nurses made their concerns about understaffing at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital clear by filing an official report citing instances of unsafe staffing conditions. Members of the Professional Employees Council of Sparrow Hospital, or PECSH, submitted “Misplaced Priorities: The Deteriorating Condition of Safe Patient Care at Sparrow Hospital,” to the Michigan Department of Community Health on Thursday morning.
There are 900 registered sex offenders in Ingham County. And police don’t know where 31 of them are. These are the results of recent sex offender sweeps through the tri-county area of Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties.
Jon Misch is a man of many talents. The fifth-year senior’s list of off-the-field accomplishments would impress most people. But it’s his on-the-field play and excitement that’s made him stand out for the No. 8 MSU football team en route to a 7-0 start.
In just her junior year, forward Laura Heyboer, native is in a first place tie for the school’s all-time scoring record. Coming to MSU as one of the most decorated recruits ever, she likely will not only beat the record, but shatter it.
Growing up a lifelong MSU fan, sophomore Dan Conroy had a goal to one day be the Spartans’ kicker. After redshirting in 2008 and sitting behind now-graduated Brett Swenson last season, Conroy finally got his chance to shine and has been perfect this season.
The football series between MSU and Northwestern has provided some exciting games in recent history, from the Spartans’ 48-41 overtime loss in 2007 to their 35-point comeback win the year before.
With the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments in the near future, the No. 9 MSU field hockey team said its main focus is its last home game of the season against Indiana on Saturday at Ralph Young Field (1 p.m., Big Ten Network).
In its first of two straight weekends of playing on the road, the MSU volleyball team said it is prepared and excited for the challenges it will face against Purdue and Indiana.
Although others will be dressing up and going door-to-door hunting for tasty treats, Hannah Saunders said she plans on paying the children a visit on Halloween to distribute the candy and share some chocolate-covered cheer.
It seems MSU students are less rambunctious than in past years. Some might go so far as to call us “responsible.” However, in this case, responsibility is in the eye of the beholder.
Remember the art of compromise? Remember back in the day when people and politicians actually were able to come together and somehow figure out a way to come to some sort of reasonable agreement?
With a 7-0 record, MSU is off to its best start since 1966. For the first time since the same era (1965-67), the Spartans have beaten rival Michigan three consecutive times.
MSU officials are optimistic fundraising for the multimillion-dollar Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will come together despite still being more than $6 million away from the overall goal.
High-risk behavior among MSU students is continuing to decrease, according to recent student health data released by the university.
In a period of widespread economic recession on both the state and national level, the Lansing-East Lansing area was given a glimmer of hope when it was ranked seventh in the nation for highest job growth in a report conducted by a California-based think tank.
Senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker waived his right for an arraignment on a charge of driving while intoxicated Wednesday in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court, according to a court clerk.
The total number of riders at the East Lansing Amtrak station, 1240 S. Harrison Road, increased about 15 percent from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2010, said Lori Mullins, East Lansing’s community development analyst.
Habitat for Humanity didn’t just give Anna Malavisi a home. It gave Malavisi — who came to East Lansing from Bolivia several years ago — a family. And on Wednesday, Malavisi, a philosophy graduate student at MSU, was surrounded by both. The dedication ceremony for the home Malavisi and her three daughters will inhabit took place in the kitchen of the near-complete house.
This week, women are celebrating events encouraging positive body image, including the second annual Roll Out of Bed Campaign on Tuesday, the National Organization for Women’s Love Your Body Day on Wednesday and Delta Delta Delta’s Fat Talk Free Week. MSU Respecting and Understanding Body Image, or RUBI, organized the events on campus.