Ranked as the 29th Pokémon player in North America this year, journalism senior Tracy Key received an invitation-only offer to compete in August at the 2010 World Championships, held in Hawaii, where she finished 36th internationally.
This semester, the “Letters” section of the opinion page started out with a bang. First, there was the letter from an MSU alumnus castigating the greek community for paying lip service to what the author felt was a serious problem. A week later, the vice president of the fraternity in question responded in another letter.
MSU has taken heed to the complaints about cafeteria food on campus being lackluster and has provided students with a dining experience known as Brody Square. Attacking the square in droves, students are acting such as a child in a candy store would: “I want this and that. Oh, and that.”
Pushing the series all-time record to 8-0, the MSU volleyball team (7-3) downed Oakland in four sets to keep their series record undefeated. The Spartans’ attack overpowered the Golden Grizzlies and demonstrated their offensive depth.
The East Lansing City Council is seeking to make information regarding potential medical marijuana ordinances more accessible to the general public after discussion at the council’s work session Tuesday at East Lansing’s 54-B District Court.
A $10,000 reward fund for information leading to the identification of the person or persons involved in the recent Quran burning in East Lansing will be announced today, East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton said Tuesday.
From running horses on high speed treadmills to examining respiratory problems to dissolving urinary stones with lasers and performing open heart surgery on dogs, MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine, or the CVM, has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1910.
East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert, who has managed the infamous Cedar Fest riots, jumped into crowded intersections to direct traffic and served as chief for the past five years, is one of three finalists for the position of police chief of New Braunfels, Texas. Next week, Wibert will arrive in the city for a series of face-to-face interviews before a final decision is made in mid-to-late October.
MSU and Grand Valley State University, or GVSU, are teaming up to provide students with more opportunities in health care education through two new initiatives, MSU officials announced Tuesday.
Two students were robbed Monday after leaving the room key in the door to their West Holden Hall dorm room, Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Lansing community organizer Jennifer Middlin spoke to a group of more than 20 students, community members and entrepreneurs from around the state at the MSU Union on Tuesday about how entrepreneurs can use social media to build relationships with their customers. The speech was sponsored by the Mid-Michigan Innovation Club for Entrepreneurs, or ICE, as part of its meeting for the month of September.
Students walking by the rock on Farm Lane on Tuesday afternoon were greeted with international music, dancing, free ice cream and the chance to interact with several different cultural organizations and university departments.
At MSU, there are multiple expressions of creativity throughout campus. Some come in the form of sculptures, or in something such as graffiti. And every so often, these art forms collide. The abstract red and black statue outside of Snyder and Phillips halls has been vandalized twice since the start of the semester. The structure, called The Funambulist, was first tagged sometime between Sept.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, will give an update on its new parking permit program for graduate students at its meeting Tuesday. The COGS meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m.
Antics about the number of gubernatorial debates to hold continued Monday evening between Democratic candidate and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and Republican candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder after Bernero unexpectedly arrived at one of Snyder’s town hall meetings. As he campaigns across the state, Snyder holds many town hall meetings that are free and open to the public; this, his 59th, was in Westland, Mich., near Detroit.
The sounds of laughter and festive music could be heard down the halls of the Wilson Hall basement as more than 40 students gathered Tuesday for a meeting and in celebration of Semana Latina, or Latino Week.
The East Lansing City Council approved a plan Tuesday to support a new jail booking system, which will help the East Lansing Police Department coordinate moving files between the ELPD, the Lansing Police Department and the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office.
For the No. 19 MSU men’s soccer team, the best offense is a good defense. During the team’s weekend home stand, the Spartans gave up just one goal and scored eight in a 4-0 win Thursday against Providence and a 4-1 win Sunday against Niagara.
With Saturday’s matchup against Notre Dame looming, MSU will look to junior quarterback Kirk Cousins to leave last year’s loss in the past and take his game to the next level. Game time is set for 8 p.m. on ABC.