Despite an injury and two straight losses, the MSU gymnastics team is optimistic about Saturday’s Big Ten Tournament in Ann Arbor.
IHOP kicked off its “It Happens At IHOP” contest Monday to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Making a stand takes guts. And for a group that’s been playing nice, it’s difficult to say whether MSU’s Graduate Employees Union has what it takes. As negotiations between the university and the GEU continue, union members are planning possible “job actions” and a “strike platform” in case the two parties can’t produce a contract by the end of the semester.
I am writing in response to YAF speaker poor choice, brings hate speech at MSU (SN 3/25). Mike Adams makes a poor assumption about the nature of freedom of speech. He preempts the newest MSU Young Americans for Freedom speaker by saying “They should instead host a debate of some kind where both sides can present what they believe. MSU YAF claims to like free speech, but they only like free speech for themselves.”
There are some things that teeter-totter in my mind. Do I prefer Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton? Are patterned wellies really that cute? Is Starbucks worth the $4 I spend every time? But the topic that has most frequently bounced back and forth in my head is my opinion on graffiti stencils.
In Mike Adams’ letter titled YAF speaker poor choice, brings hate speech at MSU (SN 3/25), it was argued that MSU’s Young Americans for Freedom was only for speech that supports their cause.
I witnessed what would normally be a heartwarming scene in the International Center. There was a table set up with a great big banner supporting the Olympics. Happy students were signing it. I searched the faces of those sitting around the lobby for someone thinking about why this is controversial. No one had an objection.
The snow had melted, the grass was green and it was a perfect day to open a new baseball season Wednesday at Kobs Field. Too bad the MSU baseball team forgot to come out of hibernation. The Spartans fell to Eastern Michigan 10-3 in their home opener, losing to a team that came into the contest with a 1-17 record.
With the prospect of federal student loans decreasing in availability next year, Whitney Krieger said she is worried she won’t be eligible for the aid she needs.
An MSU parking pass was stolen from a vehicle in the Holden Hall parking lot sometime between 7-9 a.m. Tuesday, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said
About 25 East Lansing residents broke out clapping at Wednesday’s planning commission meeting after Ann Nichols, president of the Oakwood Historical District Neighborhood Association, criticized building heights in the new City Center II proposal. A new plan for a $117 million downtown development was discussed at the meeting.
Members of ASMSU have planned for spring elections since last semester, and officials from MSU’s undergraduate student government said they are hoping to increase the number of voters this year.
Campus officials are working on a plan to install key card systems in all residence halls, which could allow dorms to be locked during an emergency.
Traffic deaths involving drivers aged 16 to 20 increased about 20 percent in 2007 when compared to 2006, according to information released Wednesday by the Office of Highway Safety Planning.
Police set down their uniforms Wednesday in favor of jeans, T-shirts and light-up vests when the Community Relations Coalition challenged them to a laser tag duel as part of an effort to combat negative stereotypes about police.
For Kaustav Mukherjee, the most exciting thing about MSU is the rush of learning with people who live 9,000 miles away from each other.
Michael Baumgarten knew he wanted to live off campus, but he struggled to find roommates in time to sign a lease for renting an East Lansing house.
Interior design students at MSU are teaming with interior designers statewide to get a package of bills passed in the Michigan Senate that would regulate and license their trade.
Mother Nature won’t be very nice to the MSU softball team this weekend in its home opener, but that doesn’t bother the players. A chilly, rainy and snowy weekend is forecast throughout the team’s Friday and Saturday series against Minnesota and double-header against Wisconsin on Sunday.