For two straight weeks, the MSU defense laid low and pressured the quarterback solely with a four-man rush, dropping linebackers and the secondary back into coverage. The Notre Dame offensive line and quarterback Jimmy Clausen learned Saturday what can happen when the Spartans’ linebackers and cornerbacks are let loose at the line of scrimmage.
Despite Saturday’s highly anticipated MSU vs. Notre Dame football game, hockey fans had a reason to get excited and leave the tailgate early. The Stanley Cup was outside Spartan Stadium to support the MSU hockey team’s effort to raise money for children’s cancer.
MSU’s dominance over Notre Dame in the trenches played an integral role in the Spartans’ 23-7 victory over the Fighting Irish on Saturday in which MSU’s linemen imposed their will on the Irish.
Approving a renewable portfolio standard for Michigan has been about numbers just as much as politics. Michigan legislators debated for months about the amount of electricity that should come from renewable sources before they agreed on 10 percent by 2015 in a comprehensive energy package that was signed into law Thursday.
Finding a job or internship after graduation is a top priority for telecommunication, information studies and media senior Sean Kelly, who participated in a tech tour of area businesses Friday. Capital Area IT Council sponsored the tour that sent Kelly and about 30 other business students to four Lansing-area IT companies, and provided students a look at the available opportunities after graduation.
With each breath, the mass of black-and-white vinyl that Evan Chisholm clutched in his hands grew a little larger. The kinesiology senior puffed life into the vinyl curtain as one fin popped up, followed by the rest of the inflatable orca. Lights from the IM Sports-West swimming pool illuminated the pool toy’s outline as its details became lost against the night sky.
ASMSU’s Student Assembly voted Thursday to remove three of its members who had not attended a meeting yet this semester. Representatives Ben Morlock of the College of Social Science, Kelsey Holsinger of the College of Arts and Letters and Stuart Kelly of the Eli Broad College of Business were removed. Morlock and Kelly were returning members to ASMSU.
The National Science Foundation awarded the College of Engineering a $2.5 million grant last week to increase the number of students who stay in the program until graduation. With the help of the grant, MSU plans to implement a program aimed at increasing retention rates by 10 percent to about 78 percent, engineering associate professor Jon Sticklen said.
As Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” played on the loudspeaker, more than 400 people walked Sunday to support Alzheimer’s research at the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk on campus. The 18th annual event took place under gray skies that didn’t manage to dampen the festive mood of the day.
MSU has taken a leading role in planning construction and supplying volunteers as the ABC TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is making its way to Lansing this week. MSU and Mayberry Homes, the company building the house, are partners on the project. MSU Director of Media Communications Kent Cassella said there’s been a large response from the MSU community wanting to help.
To walk down one of our residential avenues on a Friday night is a sobering experience. Not for any lack of alcohol imbibed — that, at least, is open and apparent — but for the insights it offers into human behavior. A casual stroll on a weekend evening will reveal spectacles that would be horrifying if their constant presence had not already desensitized us.
I picked up The State News for the first time Sept. 12. I optimistically skim through the paper and excitingly start with my first article Retro hippie chick fashions cheap, feminine wardrobe (SN 9/12). Fashion always has been a passion of mine; little did I know I’d be offended after reading the article.
There’s no shame in asking for help. If you’re struggling through a math class, you can hire a tutor. Lost on a road trip? Pull over and ask someone at a gas station for directions. But what happens when you find yourself having to decide between paying the rent and buying groceries?
After the MSU football team defeated Notre Dame 23-7 on Saturday, the trailer behind the north endzone of Spartan Stadium where postgame interviews are held started filling up. One by one, members of MSU’s offensive line took the stage before senior running back Javon Ringer finally entered and stood at the podium. “Like I said before, I can do nothing without these guys standing next to me,” said Ringer, who rushed for 201 yards and two touchdowns on 39 carries. “It was a great team win and we were very, very dominant up front on both sides of the ball.”
An 18-year-old MSU student was sent to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital after he fell in East Holmes Hall Thursday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A 26-year-old MSU student lost $470 worth of school supplies Tuesday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
When Brandon White steps up to the register in the grocery store, he wishes he could just pay with cash, instead of a bright-orange food stamps card.
Unless you’re a member of the MSU football program, on his family tree or part of his Fave Five, Brian Hoyer probably doesn’t care what you think about the way he plays football.
As if there weren’t enough hype for the Spartans’ battle with Notre Dame this weekend, the Big Ten Network wants to add one more to that lengthy list — dedicated to the days leading up to kickoff.
After browsing the new fall collection at Urban Outfitters, 119 E. Grand River Ave., Felicia Wun took the time to share her fashion secrets with The State News. Keep reading to find out the anthropology junior’s tips to a comfortable yet chic style.