FEATURES
"Accessible Art" exhibit presents sensory artwork
The Broad Art Museum was packed Tuesday evening, as the new Accessible Art event took place.
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Relay for Life happening this weekend
Relay for Life is an Organized fundraising walk, taking place in the evening, designed to raise awareness about cancer and money towards cancer research.
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Broad China Business Society aims to host international student career fair
For finance junior and China native Zhouxiaoxiong Qi, there are several complexities involved when American companies attempt to hire international students.
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Quidditch team's 'exceptional' season ends at Sweet 16
Despite ultimately being bested, the MSU Quidditch team went to the Sweet 16 this year in the eighth annual U.S. Quidditch World Cup, one of the best runs the team has had since it began.
MICHIGAN
Community input to help decide Bailey Community Center lot fate
The city of East Lansing is hosting two community input sessions regarding the future use of Bailey Community Center.
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Speakers seek to raise awareness on concerns regarding Michigan oil pipeline
For its second stop, the Enbridge Tar Sands Resistance Tour will visit MSU Wednesday.
FEATURES
Humans of East Lansing
“I was in the Army Reserve in college. I spent my service in California in Monterey Bay, and California is my favorite state. There’s a highway that stretches from San Diego to Los Angeles, to San Francisco and into Seattle and up to Canada. Highway 1. It’s just beautiful scenery driving up the coast.”
SOFTBALL
Softball upperclassmen trying to maintain optimism
Another loss on Sunday left the softball team disappointed, but the veterans are making sure the underclassmen don’t get too down. “We have a very young team.
BASKETBALL
Denzel Valentine will take Spartans to new heights next year, according to Tom Izzo
After losing to Duke in the Final Four round of the NCAA Tournament, junior guard Denzel Valentine vowed that MSU would return next season. Head coach Tom Izzo placed his faith in his captain during his end-of-season press conference on Thursday, saying he believes Valentine will help the Spartans live up to expectations next season. "He, I think, will take this team to new heights next year," Izzo said.
BASEBALL
MSU baseball tops Michigan 4-2 at Comerica Park
On a beautiful Tuesday night in Detroit at Comerica Park, home of the Tigers, the baseball team the Michigan Wolverines by a score of. U-M was better early as the Wolverines starting pitcher junior Evan Hill retired the first seven MSU batters before a single from freshman outfielder Brandon Hughes with one out in the bottom of the third. Despite the strong start by Hill the Spartans were able to strike first.
MICHIGAN
Heavier police presence felt at area bars
Some student bar-goers on campus have noticed an increase in police presence in bars downtown recently, but ELPD retains it’s nothing out of the ordinary. “Basically, two cops walked in at Rick’s and spoke to the manager for a couple minutes, and on their way out, they asked two girls for their IDs, and ended up charging them,” finance sophomore Matt Luberto said about his experience last weekend.
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Students hope to repair taxidermied bear in Natural Resources building
He's big, he's white and he resides just inside the main doors of the Natural Resources building. At over nine feet tall and 300 pounds, he's the Spartan polar bear, and he needs your help.
BASKETBALL
Tom Izzo expects big things from Javon Bess following injury filled freshman season
Before the season began, head coach Tom Izzo pegged freshman guard Javon Bess as a player he expected to make an immediate impact. A preseason stress fracture in Bess' right foot last October robbed him of that opportunity.
FEATURES
Lyman Briggs professor wins university award
Ryan Sweeder, a professor of chemistry in Lyman Briggs College, has developed into a somewhat unconventional professor in his time at MSU.
FEATURES
MSU Dance Club celebrates 10 years of dancing and camaraderie with recital
This past Sunday, the MSU Dance team took the stage at East Lansing High School for the recital of their tenth season.
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A double life
In the classroom, they look just like any other student. But when they go home, student mothers face a whole different set of challenges.
COMMENTARY
It might take effort to find, but modern music is better than ever
You’ve probably heard it from your parents, or anyone from the Classic Rock era, that music today is disposable, or that it doesn’t hold the “timeless” quality that music from their era does. While most of these claims are biased and subjective, there may be some truth to them. It’s difficult to state what the sound of our generation is, or even to make the argument that many songs today will be heard more than a few years after their release date.
COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL: Body cameras on police the only logical choice
With tensions running especially high recently between citizens and police around the nation, both MSU and the cities of Lansing and East Lansing have ordered body cameras to be worn by its police force. But despite the cost and other uncertainties, this is the right decision by these departments, and one that, considering recent turmoil between citizens and police, seems like a no-brainer.
FOOTBALL
Macgarrett Kings Jr. has charges reduced to a civil infraction
More than a month has passed since the February 28 incident involving the arrest of MSU wide receiver Macgarrett Kings Jr.
NEWS
MSU Science Festival will return for its third year tomorrow
After visiting a science festival at the University of Cambridge, Renee Leone wanted to bring the same opportunities to explore and discuss scientific interests to MSU’s campus. Leone, a teacher at Montessori Elementary Classrooms, drafted her own proposal for an MSU Science Festival and presented her vision directly to the faculty at various MSU colleges.