Greg Jones, Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers have opportunities to put a stamp on their senior seasons in 2010-11. They’ll be doing so with newly designed Nike threads — enhanced technology, a more resounding shade of green and new designs, numerals and typography — on their backs.
In the last official ASMSU Student Assembly meeting of the year, the 47th session filled its top leadership position by electing Eric Branoff as chairperson for the coming year. Branoff, formerly the vice chairperson for external affairs, was elected Student Assembly chairperson over Chris Schotten on Thursday night. Schotten held the role of vice chairperson for internal affairs during the 46th session.
A 21-year-old female MSU student said her wristlet was stolen April 18 after she left her dorm room unlocked, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. She said the student left the wristlet on her dresser in her Holmes Hall room. She left the room unattended with the door open while she went downstairs for an hour.
Apparel and textile design students loaded their hand-made sustainable designs onto a bus bound for Nashville, Tenn.
A 28-year-old female mandrill — likened to Rafiki in Disney’s “The Lion King” — named Gladys died Wednesday evening at Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Gladys first arrived at the zoo in 1989 after she was born in Brownsville, Texas, in 1982.
When the Reo Elementary School Rockets come into class Monday, they’ll be writing about something new they see, something “exceptional” — it’s the word of the week. And considering the extent of renovations made by the MSU branch of the Student Michigan Education Association, or SMEA, on Saturday, there will be a wide variety of things from which to choose.
Nearly 2,000 people crossed the threshold of Sparty’s Spring Party 2010 on Saturday at Demonstration Field to participate in giveaways and carnival-like fare. The annual event — now in its ninth year — was sponsored by MSU’s University Activities Board, or UAB, Student Alumni Foundation, or SAF, and ASMSU.
The candidate pool for the MSU Board of Trustees continues to grow after an MSU alumnus and local business owner announced his intention to seek one of two spots open during this year’s midterm elections.
MSU professor Wendy Powers was named director of the Institute for Enhancing Michigan’s First Green Industry: Agriculture and Agribusiness.
What has become an annunal event known as the Chai Party has become an unexpected tradition since it first began in 2006 by several roommates — all MSU students — who wanted to know if it was possible to create a party atmosphere without the drinking. More than 125 people attended this year’s event hosted throughout Friday night.
After a month of practices, MSU football fans finally got to see a glimpse of their favorite team in the Spring Game on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. And if the scrimmage is a preview of next season, it should be an exciting one at the very least.
The MSU football team hope its found a winning combination at the cornerback spot this season with senior Chris L. Rucker, the team’s leader last season in pass breakups, and sophomore Johnny Adams expected to contend for starting roles.
The new Lansing City Market, 325 City Market Drive, is now at 100 percent capacity with the exception of a restaurant. The market had a “soft opening” after the initial move from its previous location, 333 N. Cedar St., in January with only 25 percent to 50 percent of vendors in place.
If the MSU football team took one negative out of Saturday’s Spring Game, it would be the lack of a strong running game from either the Green or White squad.
Blair White went undrafted but signed a free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday after hearing interest from a handful of teams in the final round.
Although there were many big plays made by many great players, nobody stood out more than field hockey senior Floor Rijpma.
The MSU men’s golf team and Ferris State both posted scores of 879, resulting in a shared championship Sunday at Forest Akers West Golf Course. Both teams were 15-over to finish the 54-hole, seven-team tournament.
On April 7, Sgt. Benjamin Anthony spoke on campus. Anthony, a former Israeli soldier, is the founder of Our Soldiers Speak, an organization dedicated to bringing truth from the front line of Israel’s battlefields to people all over the world.
Because of the recent court case of United States v. Stevens, the law in place to mostly target criminalizing “crush videos” has been overturned so as not to punish those who were unable to qualify films showing animal cruelty as legal under the law.
After years of various designs for its uniforms, the MSU athletics department has taken a giant leap to bring every varsity athletic team into one uniform design.