When college students enter their freshman year, some know what they want to major in and what career they want to pursue. Some, not so much.
This Saturday night at 7:30, the No. 12 MSU football team will take on the No.18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in South Bend, Ind. for the 78th time. MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly have both their teams prepared for battle, ready to carry on tone of the oldest rivalries in NCAA history.
East Lansing’s city council will have its first meeting of the school year at 7 p.m. tonight. From development to city government finances, here are some issues to watch this semester.
MSU students, professors, and alumni compete in a pinball league in Lansing.
The MSU baseball team and head coach Jake Boss announced earlier this week that former Spartan Jonathan Roof will be joining the coaching staff, according to a press release. Roof, who played for the team from 2008-2010, will be a student assistant coach for the Spartans. During his time as a player, Roof had amassed impressive accolades throughout his career.
The MSU women’s cross country team opened their season on Sept. 2, at the Jeff Drenth Memorial at Central Michigan University. The Spartans won the meet with 23 points, and are back on track to chase their second national championship in three years.
A bye week is a time for teams to recover from their wounds and injuries before facing yet another grueling stretch on the gridiron.
The MSU volleyball team will conclude their non-conference season when they host one last tournament, the Spartan Classic, Sept.
Of the caveats needed to create a rivalry, usually chief among them is a fanatical dislike which lingers on full-fledged hate.
A new kosher deli, The Charles Street Deli, opened its doors inside the Hillel Jewish Student Center at 360 Charles Street on Monday. The deli is now available to Jewish students of the Hillel, Executive Director of the Hillel Cindy Hughey said.
The number of women enrolled in MSU’s College of Engineering reach 21 percent this year, up from 18 percent last year. This increase is part of an ongoing trend at MSU and other universities of more women showing interest in STEM fields. MSU Women in Engineering Director of Student Success Judy Cordes called this trend “fantastic”.
A bill that would reclassify the first minor in possession, or MIP, offense by an underage individual from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction passed the Michigan House Criminal Justice Committee unanimously on Tuesday. Senate Bill 332, if enacted, would remove the possibility of jail time for first-time offenders, instead conferring a $100 fine. The bill was passed near-unanimously by the state Senate in March.
As students adjust to campus life this fall, the safety of MSU’s water can be a concern. Recently, a water quality report confirmed that MSU water is safe, despite student concerns.
Finding friends can be a struggle for new students at a university as large as MSU, but an app developed by professional writing senior Zoe Zappitell has come along to help with that problem. Zappitell, president of the Women in Entrepreneurship student group, wanted to develop an app that would help students connect with each other, so she created the event-based app Conecter that helps students find people on campus who share their interests.
Tonight, Wednesday September 14th, at 7pm in the James Madison Library, MSU students are hosting a voter registration drive.
East Lansing City Council delayed approving an entertainment license brought forward by The Tin Can Bar at last night's meeting. The license for the newly-opened bar, located at 313 E. Grand River Ave., was listed on the consent agenda on the meeting agenda.
MSU is ranked No. 82 among best national universities and No. 33 in public national universities, according to a ranking by U.S. News and World Report.
Ann Arbor has recently passed an ordinance that prohibits the sale of tobacco to anyone under the age of 21. “I think that it is outrageous because as we all know that 18, 19, 20 year olds will just drive outside of the city and buy cigarettes legally.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio and the rest of his staff kept busy this past week with practice, recruitment, and developing a game plan for combating a high powered Notre Dame offense, led by sophomore quarterback Deshone Kizer.
Junior attacking midfielder Ken Krolicki was named Big Ten Player of the Week, according to MSU Athletic Communications.