Placing 28th with 565 points at the NCAA Championships last year, MSU men's cross country head coach Walt Drenth said expectations for this season is to place in the top 10.
East Lansing might not be New York City or Chicago, but there are still plenty of theater venues and many ways to get involved in local productions.
Members of the MSU women's soccer team said their new season will be spent kicking it up a notch on the field and exceeding expectations. New faces and new strategies will be the prevailing themes for the team this season.
Ken Black crashed through the undergrowth, avoiding above-ground tree roots, half-exposed rocks and hundreds of mosquitoes. Black is out for treasure. But the treasure he's seeking isn't your typical pirate's booty - it's a cache.
A year ago, if you were looking for good chicken within a reasonable vicinity of campus, your options were limited. The wingdings in dorm cafeterias have that odd oxymoron factor - they're greasy on the outside and dry as hell on the inside.
The MSU women's cross country team kicked off their first practice of the season on Aug. 21, with the hope that they can build off of last year's success. The team planned to start practice at Glen Arbor in preparation for their first meet on Sept.
After finishing last season with a trip to the Final Four, this year's field hockey team is looking to make it even further this season. With last season's record of 18-4 and a 5-2 loss to Duke in the national semifinal match, the team is excited and ready for the upcoming season. "We feel like we have every right and experience and history to go for it (the national championship)," head coach Michele Madison said.
On August 1, Kim Wilcox took over as MSU's provost, a position formerly held by President Lou Anna K.
This November, Mayor Tony Benavides and Sen. Virg Bernero will compete for Lansing mayor. It is not the first time the two have faced off in a mayoral campaign.
There are plenty of people questioning the character of MSU football after an summer laced with off-the-field problems. For senior wide receiver Kyle Brown, he just sees these situations as something that the coaches, team and individuals involved just have to deal with. "You're going to have problems anywhere you go," Brown said.
The iPod solidified its place in pop culture when the contents of both President Bush and England's Queen Elizabeth's iPod players made headline news - but that was only the beginning of the digital audio device's white hot rise to fame. MSU students are among the 15 million iPod users, as of March, who have purchased a variation of the device.
It's not lost, it's not dead and it's certainly not beyond repair. The dark, usually murky water of the Red Cedar River, which some call the "Dead Cedar," can be misleading, but the winding waterway is in much better shape than it was in the 1960s, when a film of sludge and algae skimmed the top. As a result of the Clean Water Act of 1972, the Red Cedar has become a cleaner, safer river. But even so, E.
Riverview Church services Riverview Church is aimed at college-aged students and serves coffee, uses visual presentations and plays contemporary Christian rock music. When: 7 p.m.
When I began my tenure at MSU in fall 2000, I thought - despite the fact that head coach Nick Saban had just left to take a job at Louisiana State - assistant Bobby Williams won the Citrus Bowl and with an incoming quarterback like Jeff Smoker, Spartans football would be taken to new heights. Boy was I wrong. A somewhat disappointing 5-6 season in 2000, followed by a 7-5 didn't seem to live up to what anybody expected from a team with T.J.
Looking for a caffeine fix? Then leave your place and check out the many baristas that East Lansing has to offer. 1.
Upon moving off campus after living in the dorms, students might feel a sudden surge of freedom. They might also find themselves without toilet paper and with only beer, mustard and saltines for sustenance. The liberties, privacy and excitement that go along with moving away from the dorms can come with many extra responsibilities. Dishes, instead of being washed by a paid staff, can pile up in a dirty sink, which will begin to stink up the kitchen in a matter of days.
Who would've thought something from Ann Arbor would be so tasty? Bubble Island, 515 E. Grand River Ave., is the concept of two University of Michigan grads who first opened shop in the scary town 60 miles south. Don't shoot the messenger.
One hundred fifty years ago, when MSU was still known as Michigan Agricultural College, students were required to perform manual labor as a part of their education.
Entering her first season as head coach of the Spartan volleyball team, head coach Cathy George is looking to improve on last year's overall record of 12-16 and lead this year's squad in a new direction. "Everyone is out to prove something this year," senior middle blocker Brooke Langston said.
Whether students use it to chat with friends, get the scoop on the class they skipped or talk to cute girls and guys, there is no question that Thefacebook, the Internet college directory, has taken MSU by storm. Rachel Ainslie, a general business administration and pre-law junior, uses Thefacebook to keep in touch with acquaintances from high school and check in with people at MSU.