In the Big Ten race, the MSU men’s basketball team might almost be out — but the Spartans are going into every game like they have everything to play for.
A month before East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert’s May 2005 appointment, he stood at the scene of a fatal accident on Grand River Avenue and vowed to take on drunken drivers.
Radio station WJR (760-AM) and MSU recently launched Greening of the Great Lakes, a Web site aimed at providing insight into Great Lakes environmental issues.
Nichole Shepherd has danced to heal people in need ever since the idea came to her in a dream 10 years ago. “I had a dream about it, and if you dream about it, you’re supposed to do it,” said Shepherd, an English doctoral student enrolled in an Ojibwe language course. Shepherd performed the women’s jingle dress dance, a healing dance, during the seventh annual Ojibwe Language Pow Wow in Snyder-Phillips Hall Auditorium on Saturday.
Going through law school can be a stressful experience for a student, and Connell Alsup knows it. That is why Alsup, the associate dean for student affairs with the MSU College of Law, is working with the school to start an in-house counseling center for law students.
African sculptures decorated the tables. Stars hung from the ceiling with quotes from famous black people. The upbeat music of jazz musician Miles Davis echoed throughout the room, and epic struggles and biographies covered the walls.
It was two weeks after losing his mother to cancer when a boy came to the summer camp that Caitlin Costello helped organize last year.
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has one advantage over his opponents — experience. Nader declared his candidacy for the fifth straight election Sunday, and members of the MSU community said they don’t expect his losing track record to change.
Having plunged into a cold tub to soothe sore muscles many times during his career, former MSU quarterback Drew Stanton knew what to expect at Sunday’s Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge in Lansing.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, has been in Lansing since the Feb. 16 Michigan Republican Convention. He sat down for a one-on-one interview with The State News about MSU, the state of Michigan and other issues concerning college students.
Before Sunday’s Spartans Against Drunk Driving Survivors’ Forum, the only time Marley Gluf spoke publicly about being hit by a drunken driver was during that driver’s trial.
After gaining momentum to put together a train of wins, the MSU women’s basketball team’s streak was halted at four by Purdue on Sunday. The Boilermakers (15-13 overall, 11-6 Big Ten) took revenge and then some against the Spartans (17-12, 9-8) — setting the record straight as they shut down MSU, 69-59, to split the season series.
Two completely different MSU hockey teams took the ice this weekend against No. 1 Michigan.
Murphy’s Law was in full effect for the MSU women’s basketball team Sunday against Purdue
The seniors on the MSU hockey team can be trusted. When they say they’re going to do something — they do it.
A recap of the sport events of the weekend, including the opening weekend for baseball, a winning wrestling tournament, and a loss for the softball team at Palm Springs.
I would like to thank The State News for bringing attention to the struggles of East Lansing’s independent businesses. The importance of supporting your community of businesses cannot be overstated.
While reading Abby Lubbers’ MSU’s tuition should include other amenities (SN 2/21), I found it contained several arguments that were logically problematic, and many that I found problematic as a Spartan.
In his small but powerful role in “Boiler Room,” Ben Affleck uttered the best line in cinema to describe corporations: They exist for one reason, “to become filthy rich, that’s all. We’re not saving the f—-ing manatees.” Profit is the bottom line.
Even for people who haven’t lived in the area long, there seems to be an obvious exodus of local businesses. And spaces recently vacated by Ria Malaysian Restaurant, 321 E. Grand River Ave., and Burger Down, 529 E. Grand River Ave., remain vacant.