Big Rapids - After a convincing 6-2 win over first-place Ferris State on Friday at Ewigleben Ice Arena, MSU players and coaches asserted they have turned the corner on their season."I thought we played really well," sophomore left wing Kevin Estrada said.
The year's last Board of Trustees meeting opened with a song from a group of carolers and ended with the approval of one trustee's resolution to get private Internet providers involved in an MSU effort to offer high-speed Internet services off campus. The proposal mandates MSU get board approval before proceeding with Project Anaconda, a plan that would use university resources to create a for-profit company to compete with the private sector.
Jason Mraz walked on stage with a red mesh baseball cap tilted slightly to the right, an acoustic guitar and a baggy gray MSU sweatshirt.The sweatshirt, however, quickly came off."It's hot as shit in here," Mraz said, flustered from the rising temperature because of the almost-packed Union Ballroom on Wednesday night.
The postseason awards just keep rolling in for MSU's record-breaking wide receiver Charles Rogers. The American Football Coaches Association named Rogers to its 25-man team following a season in which he caught an MSU record 68 passes for 1,351 yards and 13 touchdowns.
The MSU Department of Engineering is having its 16th annual Design Day today at various places from 8:30 a.m.
When Angela Morley woke up Thursday morning, she realized study time for finals was almost gone. The senior middle and the rest of the MSU volleyball team left Thursday night for South Bend, Ind., for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The Spartan volleyball team is in the same boat as nearly all other MSU students.
Lansing - MSU officials braced for deep budget cuts Thursday after Gov. John Engler handed down an executive order immediately reducing state spending by $337.4 million - including a possible cut of $8.1 million for MSU. MSU President M.
MSU's senior class hopes to have more students donate for the class gift than the University of Michigan - and beat them in the competition for the third year in a row. The Senior Class Challenge has a goal of raising more money than they did last year, which was just more than $25,000.
Theresa Pusateri can juggle - not bowling pins or flaming batons, but sports - and quite a few of them at that. The communication junior began her freshman year at MSU as a midfielder on the field hockey team.
Pass that gourmet mustard, relish and ketchup. Please. The year 2002 was the year of the underdog.
If you don't own a GameCube yet, "Metroid Prime" is the game to make you run out and buy one immediately.
Year after year, the sounds of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" announce the news the holidays are finally here. And MSU's one and only chance to catch Handel's "Messiah" on campus this year will be 8 p.m.
To students not from the state of Michigan, Ferris State University can be something of a mystery."I don't know anything about it," said MSU hockey freshman defenseman Evan Shaw, who is from Rhode Island.
MSU police officials are working to redefine the school's definition of a buddy system because the majority of rape victims are assaulted by acquaintances. The school's current guidelines for safety on campus do not specify that a student should avoid choosing a casual acquaintance as a buddy to walk with at night, MSU police Inspector Mary Johnson said.
Fewer police officers and firefighters might roam the streets of East Lansing after budget cuts take their toll on the city. Gov.
A revamped Pilot e-mail system that includes larger mailboxes and a speedier service is set to be up and running by February, university officials announced this week.The upgraded platform is necessary because more than a million e-mails pass through the Pilot system each day - often clogging accounts - says Tom Davis, interim director of the MSU Computer Center.
The 32 East Lansing men who died in World War II once laughed, learned and played within the walls of what is now the East Lansing Hannah Community Center.More than 60 years ago, the center was a school for hundreds of area children, including the 32 men.On Saturday, an honor roll with their names will be dedicated to the building that was once their classrooms, lunch areas and playground.The plaque, which previously hung in City Hall at 410 Abbott Road, will be rededicated at 2p.m.
Still paying for past sins? In response the editorial "Go sell it" (SN 12/5), the Residence Halls Association, today, is still haunted by the sins and mistakes of the past.
Trustee Colleen McNamara's role as the executive director of the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association is a clear conflict of interest with her role as an MSU leader. Her decisions with respect to the university should be made based on her role as trustee, not her role in the private sector.
Four years ago, Jessica experienced what most women hope they will never have to endure - rape.Now, four years after the assault, the psychology sophomore is inspired to encourage other women who have been raped to report the crime.