Heading into the Sweet 16, the Spartans hope to overcome injuries. Junior guard Kalin Lucas will be sidelined for four to six months after rupturing his left Achilles tendon. Delvon Roe continues to fight through pain in his right knee. Junior guard Chris Allen did not practice Tuesday, but both Allen and Roe are expected to play.
Philosophy senior Brittany Collins held perfectly still as needles were inserted into her ears and wrists Tuesday evening, while other students watched in amazement. Collins was one of several students who volunteered to try the treatment when East Lansing acupuncturist Shalena Havens visited the MSU Chinese Club Tuesday at Wells Hall. The presentation was one of several activities used to teach members of the club parts of Chinese culture and prepare them for study abroad in China.
A grant awarded to the MSU Extension will allow researchers to look into the feasibility of planting crops that could be used for biofuels on nontraditional croplands such as Michigan roadways, vacant lots and state-owned pieces of land. Provided by the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, or DELEG, the $24,950 grant was announced Friday.
It might have come as a bit of a disappointment that Felix Yeboah has never seen a tiger. Yeboah, a natural resource management graduate student, is one of MSU’s international students from Ghana, a small country in Western Africa. He spoke Tuesday at Holt High School’s fourth annual World Language Week. The weeklong event began Monday and will continue through Friday.
The Census Road Tour Celebration will make a stop at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ann Street Plaza in downtown East Lansing and will bring giveaways, free food, a DJ and surprise celebrity guests. The event, which lasts until 10 p.m., is part of the U.S.
The fifth annual Women’s Health Fair will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The event will be held on the first floor of Union.
Poet, author and political activist Suheir Hammad will perform for the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Center for Poetry at 9 p.m.
The Pre-Student Osteopathic Medical Association will hold a suture clinic at 7 p.m. April 20 in Room A149 of the Plant and Soil Sciences Building. Doctors and medical students will be on hand to teach attendees suturing techniques on pigs’ feet.
MSU’s American Cancer Society Relay For Life will be hosted at 5 p.m. April 16 at the Ralph Young Field track. The event is held each year in honor of cancer survivors and their fight against the disease.
A fundraiser hosted by the Lansing Board of Water & Light on March 4 collected more than $7,500 to help pay the utility bills of area families who are struggling to make the payments. BWL customers contribute nearly $40,000 every year to the event, which is known as Pennies for Power.
Patrons of Pizza House, 4790 S. Hagadorn Road, have the opportunity to win a $50 gift card to the restaurant. Customers can enter to win by submitting photos of themselves and a Pizza House delivery box in various locations.
Big Sky Brewery, based out of Montana and founded by former Spartans Neal Leathers and Brad Robinson, along with mutual friend Bjorn Nabozney from Montana, are introducing their beers to Michigan this week, starting in East Lansing. Leathers will introduce Moose Drool, one of the brewery’s beers, to local bars and will be at Crunchy’s, 254 W. Grand River Ave., Thursday night to meet with old friends and promote his craft beer on MSU’s campus.
The MSU softball team is more than ready to come home. After being on the road for 27 straight games dating back to Feb. 12, the Spartans will play their home opener at 4 p.m. Wednesday against Western Michigan at Old College Field.
Fifteen years ago, Kordell Stewart made waves with his athleticism as a multiple-weapon threat with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers. On Tuesday, the opening day for MSU football spring practice, head coach Mark Dantonio seemed convinced the Spartans have found their own “Slash.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt went down in history for by the New Deal. Ronald Reagan helped bring down communism. George W. Bush will be remembered for Sept. 11. Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed into law a massive health care reform that is likely to define his presidency for decades to come.
By signing the massive health care reform bill into law, Obama will go down as passing one of the most epic pieces of legislation in American history, no matter how a person views it. And instead of failing and weakening his stance on other issues after making health care a top priority, Obama likely will see a little bit of a increase in support, despite all the naysayers.
A 21-year-old female MSU student died Tuesday morning after her vehicle struck a tree Tuesday morning in Saline, Mich. Horticulture senior Ruthie Smith, of Midland, Mich., died after her Lexus SUV hit a tree at about 2:50 a.m. Tuesday morning, Saline police said. She was described by friends and family as a loving person who enjoyed nature and flowers and was kind to everyone she knew.
Four football players have been reinstated to the MSU football program, while two others have chosen to transfer following November’s Rather Hall incident, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio announced Tuesday. Sophomore wide receiver B.J.
MSU’s four seniors deserved better than the way their careers ended Monday. The Spartans’ 70-52 loss to Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday at Freedom Hall signaled the end for Lauren Aitch, Allyssa DeHaan, Aisha Jefferson and Mandy Piechowski, and the ugly loss was an unfortunate final chapter for four women who gave everything they had to the program for their entire careers. It wasn’t just that the Spartans loss — by seeding, No.
A 42-year-old Adrian, Mich., man was cited for trespassing at Breslin Center on Thursday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. The man was attending a high school basketball game and was heavily intoxicated, McGlothian-Taylor said. He was placed under arrest and officers requested the man seek medical attention. He was transferred to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital.