Steve Mitchell saw this coming. Mitchell, chairman of Washington- and East Lansing-based Mitchell Research and Communications Inc., said he predicted the 6 percent service tax would be repealed.
Kevin Healey didn’t know of all of the different places to find jobs in Information Technology. But after visiting four Lansing companies as part of a tour sponsored by the Capital Area IT Council Friday, the telecommunication senior felt a boost of confidence in landing a job after college.
Slippery roads and rainy weather loomed Sunday morning, but they couldn’t keep Sally Birkmeier from driving to East Lansing for Winter Bowl.
For Domonique Baul, the numbers don’t illustrate the problem. People aren’t likely to grasp the devastating toll AIDS takes on society unless they move beyond statistics and feel the emotional toll AIDS takes on individuals carrying the disease and families who have lost loved ones, the telecommunication junior said.
As an eighth grader, Alex Hill’s pastor taught him about Ugandan culture and lifestyle, including how to play African drum rhythms and the country’s lack of drinking water and medical supplies.
Bryan Lerg owns Lake Superior. With three goals on the weekend, MSU’s senior captain now has 10 goals in nine career games against the Lakers — including two in the third period Saturday, turning MSU’s tenuous one-goal advantage into a three-goal blowout.
What a difference a year makes. The conference records are identical at 10-10 and the overall records are very similar from this season to last.
Riding a four-game winless streak, a weekend series against Lake Superior was just what the doctor ordered for the MSU hockey team.
If opposing coaches go by the stat sheet, they could pretty easily choose which MSU players to put their best defender on — senior guard Drew Neitzel or sophomore guard Raymar Morgan.
Old Dominion continued its winning streak against Big Ten teams Sunday after it defeated the No. 20 MSU women’s basketball team.
At 8:18 p.m. Sunday night, a voice from the PA system interrupted head coach Mark Dantonio during the football team’s bowl selection press conference to make it official. The voice belonged to Tony Martin, the chairman of the Champs Sports Bowl selection committee, and he invited the Spartans (7-5) to play No. 14 Boston College (10-3) on Dec. 28 in Orlando, Fla.
How would you feel if Michigan’s basketball coach said that Breslin Center was an easy place to play?
This past weekend, the Democratic National Committee voted to strip the state of Michigan of all delegates at this summer’s national convention, eliminating any importance our primary had.
Michigan voters could soon have a chance to make their opinions known on marijuana for medical purposes. A proposal to legalize marijuana in Michigan for medical purposes could appear on the ballot in the 2008 election.
It’s holiday season again, which in the U.S. means door-buster sales, TV commercials with elves and reindeer and long lines in department stores.
The 6 percent service tax was repealed by the Michigan House of Representatives on Saturday, two months after legislators introduced the tax to alleviate the state budget deficit.
The MSU women’s basketball team fell just short to Old Dominion on Sunday, 79-73.
MSU alumnus Gregory Reed, Rosa Parks’ attorney and friend, is donating a collection of letters exchanged between Parks and hundreds of children to the MSU Museum sometime next year.
Sault Ste. Marie — The No. 5 MSU hockey team got exactly what it was looking for this weekend: A sweep of Lake Superior.
The MSU men’s basketball team utilized a balanced scoring attack and a late point spurt en route to a 80-51 win against Jacksonville Saturday night at Breslin Center.