An old East Lansing hangout will unveil its new, colorful look Friday. The former Club 131, 131 Albert Ave., below Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub, will unveil a new name, Club Rush, and a revamped appearance at its 9 p.m. grand opening.
For journalism graduate student Wes Holing, hearing that MSU’s student radio station was named college station of the year was thrilling enough.
The MSU chapter of the Student National Medical Association will host a bone marrow drive from noon to 5 p.m. today at E202 Fee Hall.
Gladys Beckwith is a woman of small stature but as she approaches the podium during Sunday’s lecture at the Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Hall of Fame, 213 W. Main St., in Lansing, she has a commanding presence. As president of the historical center and a former MSU professor of writing, rhetoric and American culture, Beckwith knows how to grab the attention of an audience.
When Eric Mally was about 6 years old, green smoke started pouring out of his Nintendo video game system because he and his brother played it too much. Now at 21, things haven’t changed much in the way of his love for video games.
MSU softball player Gina Mondo was named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the second consecutive week, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
Golfweek magazine announced MSU senior Sara Brown as Player of the Week and the MSU women’s golf team as Team of the Week on Monday.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or less, at a new face on campus and his perspective on his new frontier.
After a week off, the MSU hockey team is ready to go. Standing in the way of a trip to Joe Louis Arena is one of the hottest teams in the nation, Northern Michigan, which knocked off Ohio State 6-1 on Sunday night to move into the quarterfinals.
Indiana Hoosiers senior forward D.J. White was announced as the Big Ten Player of the Year on Monday.
What a difference one month makes. After National Signing Day on Feb. 6, MSU’s 2008 football recruiting class was criticized for not hitting enough home runs, but head coach Mark Dantonio has already blasted a grand slam out of the park for the 2009 class.
Sometimes recruits don’t pan out regardless of how highly touted they are. But other times, they live up to all the hype surrounding them.
On a normal work day, no client comes to see Danielle Hicks in a bad mood. As a massage therapist at the day spa Cartouche Face & Body, 300 N. Clippert St., in Lansing, Hicks said people usually are happy to see her, and it’s rewarding to see clients with chronic pain issues reap the benefits of a massage.
Even the Vatican has gone green. Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, the Roman Catholic Church’s secondary authority on sins and penance, listed “ecological” offenses along with genetic manipulation and drug use as modern sins in an interview last week with a Vatican City newspaper.
The Graduate Employees Union, which represents teaching assistants, is in the midst of negotiating a new contract with the university. Many graduate students choose to come to MSU thanks to competitive assistantship funding and benefits.
In a recent editorial titled Waterboarding contradicts U.S. ideals, intent (SN 3/11), The State News criticized President Bush for vetoing the ban on waterboarding, claiming it “emphasized the flexible morals and hypocrisy” of the current administration.
It’s deja vu. Controversy surrounding the Danish cartoons that depict the Muslim prophet Muhammad first appeared more than a year ago, and was resurrected last month by a group of Danish newspapers exercising freedom of speech yet again.
After more than eight years of investigation, police and MSU officials announced Tuesday the arrests of four suspects in connection with the 1999 arson of Agriculture Hall. Detroit residents Frank Brian Ambrose, 33, Aren Bernard Burthwick, 27, and Stephanie Lynne Fultz, 27, and Cincinnati resident Marie Jeanette Mason, 46, each face four counts of conspiracy to commit arson, aggravated arson and arson in connection with the Agriculture Hall incident and a Jan. 1, 2000, arson of commercial logging equipment near Mesick, Mich.
A $146 million renovation project for MSU’s Life Sciences Building could enter planning stages this year, potentially marking the first state aid toward university building restorations in three years.
Liquor licenses and the redevelopment of a former nightclub site are among the items to be discussed at today’s East Lansing City Council work session. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Conference Room A of City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.