About 45 minutes after another grueling practice, sophomore Kalin Lucas stands with one of his assistant coaches near the far end of the court. Almost all of his teammates have vanished into the locker room, but Lucas stays on the balls of his feet. He wipes a few beads of sweat off his silky forehead as he listens to instructions from his coach.
Two recent studies by MSU researches could advance the biofuels industry. Chemical engineering and materials science professor Bruce Dale and his team of researchers found evidence against previous arguments that producing biofuels creates more greenhouse gas than it offsets.
By working with community groups and cracking down on traffic violations, MSU police earned the 2008 Excellence in Traffic Safety Award from the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, or MACP.
Two sexual assaults in two days are causing concern among law enforcement officers and students as police search for suspects in the crimes. After a student reported being sexually assaulted Tuesday afternoon while walking along Hagadorn Road near Hubbard Hall, another assault was reported to MSU police Wednesday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Star-crossed sea lampreys might soon have a serious case of heartbreak. Researchers Weiming Li and Nicholas Johnson and their team have found a way to synthesize the pheromone, or chemical, that attracts female lampreys to male lampreys. They hope to use it to lure the females into traps to help control the lamprey population, Johnson said.
For art enthusiasts, the Lansing Art Gallery, 113 S. Washington Square, in Lansing, has two upcoming exhibitions. Opened Jan. 14 and running until Feb. 25, the gallery will feature the work of two artists, Andrew Rieder and Jeff Cancelosi.
The Kings of Leon with special guest The Whigs will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Auditorium.
Many of us students have found out over the last week or two that MSU has updated the e-mail service. While the new e-mail system has many more options comparable to the likes of other services available online, it failed to correct the one issue that causes the most frustration amongst student: We are being locked out of our e-mail.
Calling professors by their first name is uncomfortable for some, but an everyday occurrence for others. The informalities between students and faculty on campus might not last much longer as more professors are sticking to rules of good old-fashioned etiquette, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
As a die-hard fan of Spartan women’s basketball, it is embarrassing to go to home games and see the student section, Merchant Maniacs, nearly empty. It compares, sadly, to the student support at other places, particularly Indiana, Ohio State and Michigan.
As the final troops withdraw from the meticulously planned campaign that left at least 1300 Palestinians dead and thousands more wounded, both the Palestinian and Israeli governments have the opportunity to finally acknowledge that either they must approach peace with nonviolence, or that they aren’t really interested in peace.
An 18-year-old student was sexually assaulted Wednesday evening in her East Holden Hall dorm room by a man who was soliciting donations for a church, MSU police said.
An important part of Rosetta Sloan’s diet has disappeared from MSU cafeterias. Sloan, who avoids eating meat when possible, is searching for other sources of protein this week after the university pulled peanut butter products in precaution of a nationwide salmonella outbreak.
On Wednesday night, the No. 7 MSU men’s basketball team committed 18 turnovers, shot 40 percent from the floor and let an opposing player to score more than 30 points for the first time since the 2007 NCAA Tournament.
Au Gres, Mich. — Seventy-seven years after leaving MSU a few credits short of graduation, Fred Sheill stood in the foyer of his house Monday proudly sporting a green-and-white MSU T-shirt.
Facebook.com could double as a study tool this spring for select students in MSU’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences.
The East Lansing Film Society Film Series will show the film “Frozen River” from 4-7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, and at 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Feb. 6-8 at Wells Hall. Admission is $7 for the public and $3 for students.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly is proposing an adviser rating system similar to how professors are rated at the end of each semester.
Abortion rights community members gathered Wednesday to celebrate and educate others about Roe v. Wade, which legalized first-trimester abortions in 1973. Today is the 36th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision.
I saw in the article MSU officials ban circus from Breslin (SN 1/15) how Students Promoting Animal Rights, or SPAR managed to have the circus banned from MSU this year and I decided to do a little research on the beliefs of the group.