Witnessing MSU President M. Peter McPherson announce his retirement from the university and spending a day with the vice president of El Salvador are some of the moments The State News Deputy Managing Editor Amy Bartner said have been the most memorable during her time at the newspaper.
The MSU College of Human Medicine won't be relocated to Grand Rapids until at least 2007, and could cost only half as much as university officials originally estimated. MSU and Grand Rapids officials say they're on board with a dual-campus plan presented on Friday by Deloitte Consulting and Grand Action.
Leading up to tomorrow's election, we at The State News have given you a reason to vote every day.
In the final hours before Election Day, hundreds of student volunteers supporting the three major presidential campaigns are still racing to gather last-minute support and remind their peers to vote tomorrow. During the last few days, MSU students backing the Republican, Democratic and independent candidates for president felt the pace of their work picking up as the election drew near.
I was disappointed but not surprised to see The State News endorse Joel Ferguson for re-election to the MSU Board of Trustees.
A senior interior design student was killed in a rollover car accident Sunday just before midnight. Lara Maria Polteraitis, 21, of Livonia, didn't make a curve in the road, and she struck a utility pole, then a cement culvert before rolling over, said Clinton County Sheriff's Department Sgt.
Costumed bicyclists rode through East Lansing and the capital area on Friday making noise in an attempt to get their voices heard. Members of Critical Mass, a community organization that promotes bicycles as an alternative form of transportation, dressed in Halloween costumes, and rode bikes on the streets of East Lansing with bells and signs to voice their disapproval of the Bush administration. "We just want to make our presence known," said landscape architecture senior Tim Heuer.
"Chicago" Veterans of show business, Velma and Roxie, find themselves in jail for murdering their cheating lovers.
The MSU women's soccer team concluded its season Saturday with a 3-0 win against Akron. Junior Erin Konheim and freshman Maureen Pawlak both scored a goal and earned an assist. Helping to give the Spartans an early lead, Konheim scored the first goal of the game from the seven yard line.
Ann Arbor - As the MSU team buses sat outside Michigan Stadium, head coach John L. Smith stared back at the "Big House" with a glazed look on his face. Perhaps Smith was thinking about what could have been, if his Spartans (4-4 overall, 3-2 Big Ten) had held onto their 17-point fourth quarter lead.
I only have one question for Ron Ziehmer, who seems so appalled that The State News endorsed a presidential candidate "SN endorsement is not representation" (SN 10/29): Have you ever read a newspaper in your entire life?
The "Jigsaw" killer, a serial murderer who sets up puzzles that his victims must either solve or kill themselves trying to, is holding two men captive inside a tiny room - a riddle in itself.
Imagine this happening: While waiting for her father's return, a young girl played with a doll made from rags.
It'll be a close call, but this time Florida won't have to be involved. Political analysts and experts say it's too early to tell who might win the two open seats on the MSU Board of Trustees because pollsters are predicting a close race to the White House on Tuesday. In Tuesday's election, incumbents Joel Ferguson and Randall Pittman are fighting to keep their positions on the board as seven other candidates vie for their seats.
With the final 2004 campaign hours ticking away, Lansing will go without a visit by a presidential hopeful for the first time in more than a decade. Since President Bush began his re-election campaign, he has made stops in nearly every corner of Michigan, including Traverse City, Marquette, Flint, Detroit, Battle Creek, Niles and Grand Rapids.
You know things aren't going well when, for the first 55 minutes of Saturday's hockey game, the loudest cheer came when Jason Teague took a 3-yard plunge into the end zone for a touchdown. That was the case for Spartans (2-4-0, 1-3-0 CCHA) as they were romped, 5-2, by Nebraska-Omaha (5-1-0, 3-1-0) in front of only 4,946 fans at Munn Ice Arena. "(I'm) confused," MSU head coach Rick Comley said.
Ann Arbor - When sophomore quarterback Drew Stanton walked down the tunnel at Michigan Stadium to begin the second half with his teammates, he wore a baseball cap instead of a helmet, sneakers instead of football cleats and MSU warm-ups instead of full pads. It was official - Stanton, after dissecting Michigan's defense almost at will in the first half, would not finish the game he started.
Head coach Chuck Erbe seemed shocked by the performance of the MSU volleyball team (9-11 overall, 4-8 Big Ten) in its stunning 3-1 victory over No.
Family ties and celebrity power united to encourage MSU students to vote for presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday morning at Kellogg Center. Kerry's stepsons Andre, 34, and Chris Heinz, 31, appeared with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and actress Allison Munn.