Unity. Consistency. Recognition. With the unveiling of a new logo, the MSU athletics department seeks to make these thoughts a reality in regard to the university’s identity crisis.
The sinister eyes of the new logo are abhorrent. We all understand the virtue of toughness. Clean, honest competition is a defining value of our culture.
The recently released book “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime” not only has become a New York Times bestseller, but also has been the subject of national discussion.
Although funds for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum still are short of where they need to be for its completion, finally beginning construction on the building is what MSU needs to do to move the project forward.
An 18-year-old male with no MSU affiliation reported his car broken into Saturday in Lot 31, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The City Center II stalemate between Strathmore Development Co. and the city of East Lansing moved one step closer to ending Tuesday when Strathmore paid its remaining $96,000 balance in city taxes.
I’m still waiting. Waiting for Michigan to crash the boards or someone to put a hand in the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year’s face. I’m waiting for U-M fans and students to show up for every game like they did Tuesday. Waiting for the Wolverines to make winning this game a point of emphasis as much as the ever-winning Spartans do.
Best-selling author, charity advocate and Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson will be in East Lansing on April 16 for Kaleidoscope 2010 — A Day for Women.
Village Summit, a Lansing nonprofit child care and family resource center, will host a pancake breakfast from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday at Gone Wired Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing.
Corn is about to get some competition in the biofuel industry. A team of professors from MSU’s Department of Entomology examined several biofuel crops to see how many beneficial insects were attracted to the plants and found several other potential biofuel crop candidates.
MSU’s University Activities Board will host an open mic night in the main lounge of the Union.
Conversational English classes will be available for $15 in Wells Hall on March 16 through April 22. Six levels of classes, taught by graduate students in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program, will be offered to accommodate all proficiency levels.
Since 1973, Ray Walsh’s Curious Book Shop at 307 E. Grand River Ave. has been 18 feet wide. And although the store is about 100 feet deep with three stories of inventory, it still gets overlooked among the hustle of the downtown.
The East Lansing City Council was receptive to adding taxicab stands on Albert Avenue during peak hours at its Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
The third annual (SCENE) Metrospace Folk Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St. Doors open at 7 p.m. and performances will begin at 8 p.m.
For the second straight game, junior guard Kalin Lucas demanded the ball in the final seconds. For the second straight game, Lucas delivered. Lucas nailed a mid-range jumper with 3.5 seconds remaining and a last-ditch layup by Michigan forward DeShawn Sims rimmed out Tuesday as the Spartans defeated rival U-M, 57-56, at Crisler Arena.
Megan Donahue is taking her sights out of East Lansing and setting them 219 million years away. The MSU professor of physics and astronomy is part of a team of researchers from across the globe keeping an eye on an unusual, two-pronged, star-creating tail of gas first discovered three years ago.
Ingham County will have a more accurate representation of the number of homeless people living in the area as officials undergo a countywide homeless census today.
President Barack Obama is giving his State of the Union address today at 9 p.m. According to White House officials, the address will focus on the federal deficit and job creation.
The exit of Democratic front-runner Lt. Gov. John Cherry from Michigan’s gubernatorial race three weeks ago left the Democratic candidacy wide open, and the position still is sparking interest among party leaders.