MSU football fans got their first look at sophomore quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichol on Saturday during the Spartans annual Green and White game Saturday at Spartan Stadium. And the two quarterbacks didn’t disappoint the fans who stuck it out through monsoon-like rains and gusty breezes.
MSU police are investigating a sexual assault that reportedly occurred at about 2 a.m. today near the Main Library, according to a crime alert issued this evening.
Students living in university housing will see a 5.25 percent increase in room and board rates for 2009-10, as approved by the MSU Board of Trustees on Friday. MSU has one of the lowest rates in the Big Ten, with the University of Minnesota, University of Iowa and University of Wisconsin having lower rates. Students will now have to pay $7,395 to live in a residence hall, an increase of $369 from the 2008-09 year.
One swing was all that kept the MSU softball team from sweeping Oakland in a double-header with the Golden Grizzlies at Old College Field on Thursday. Instead, the Spartans had to settle for a split, winning the first game 5-1 and dropping the nightcap 4-3 in the extra innings.
When Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed a $9.1 million cut to MSU’s funding in February, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said there would be cutbacks. To compensate for the lack of state funding, she said it would take an almost 9 percent tuition increase or more than 700 faculty and staff layoffs.
RHA passed a revision to its bylaws Wednesday to fix a discrepancy regarding hiring practices. On April 8, RHA’s committee on internal affairs was asked to review bylaws because it was unclear if Chief of Staff David Averill had followed them in recent hiring.
A collaborative grant awarded Tuesday to MSU will give the university $50,000 to research development in Africa. The university is one of 20 U.S. colleges and universities to receive funds to address Africa’s environmental and developmental challenges.
The sequins on the dancers’ long skirts gleamed from the stage as they twirled and bounced to the beat that echoed through the Auditorium at Wednesday’s dress rehearsal for Satrang.
As the nation celebrates planting trees for Arbor Day, East Lansing crews work to reforest areas of the city stricken by a tree-killing insect, and await the day when increased blight and inadequate funding make it impossible to continue replacing the trees.
Hundreds of students and other concerned citizens gathered Thursday at the Capitol steps to lobby for legislation to ban smoking in Michigan workplaces. The health care rally was organized by the American Medical Student Association, or AMSA, Student Osteopathic Medical Association and the MSU College of Human Medicine.
I’ve been interested in doing a vegan recipe for a while now, but was afraid of all the ways that I could mess it up. Thanks to contributing confectioner, vegan extraordinaire and psychology junior Irida Mance, I was able to not only face my fear but learn some fun vegan cooking tips along the way.
Mastering the serve is one of the most important aspects of tennis. Whether your serve features blistering speed or pinpoint accuracy, it’s important to put your opponent on their heels right away.
Once upon a time, junior A.J. Jimmerson was the heir apparent to Javon Ringer’s throne as the MSU football team’s star running back. Some, including then-head coach John L. Smith, even predicted Jimmerson would become a better player than Ringer, who finished his career second in school history with 4,329 rushing yards.
In 2007, the MSU men’s golf team won the Fossum/Spartan Invitational. MSU head coach Sam Puryear is expecting the same results this year. In fact, he’s not going to be satisfied with anything but a victory.
We were delighted to read Kate Jacobson’s column Women’s rights a worldwide issue (SN 4/21). It was an insightful and passionate account of the situation for some Afghani women struggling to stay free of violence in their streets and homes. We also appreciated Jacobson’s reflection on the relationship between our rights at home and the rights of women in other countries. Too often citizens in the U.S.
Before leaving MSU’s main campus for my clinical rotations as a third year medical student, I feel compelled to express an ongoing problem.
“R-E-C-Y-C-L-E, recycle! C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E, conserve! Don’t you P-O-L-L-U-T-E pollute the water, sky or sea, or else we’re gonna get, what we deserve!” Do you remember that song from the Nickelodeon TV show “Rocko’s Modern Life?”
It’s something everyone has thought or felt at one point in their college career — they’re being robbed blind by buying books.
The State News caught up with former MSU running back Javon Ringer during Tuesday’s football practice to talk about this weekend’s NFL draft. Most draft experts project Ringer, who rushed for 1,637 yards and 22 touchdowns last season, as a middle-round pick.