MSU
Student found dead in Spartan Village
A 29-year-old MSU student was found dead at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in his Spartan Village apartment.
NEWS
Leaving a digital footprint
Your friends aren’t the only ones looking at your Facebook.com profile. Employers are beginning to use the site, and others like it, as a way to screen job candidates.
BASKETBALL
Spartans lose to Iowa, 82-64
And so the pattern continues. The MSU women’s basketball team failed to break its win-loss trend in an 82-64 loss to Iowa Thursday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
MSU
Speaker discusses sex, gender
Claudia Gonzalez learned Thursday to understand and interact with people who identify outside of binary genders from someone who has lived the life firsthand.
MICHIGAN
Winter brings pothole problem
Students with cars on campus can expect to hit plenty of bumps in the road this coming year as a result of widespread potholes.
MSU
Debate team sets sights on nationals
Winning makes Abby Schirmer feel like all her hard work has paid off. The international relations senior got that feeling last weekend when the MSU debate team took home top honors in the Owen L. Coon “Big Ten” Debate Championships held at Northwestern University.
MSU
Granholm's budget plan would boost MSU funding by $9.75M
A proposed 2.7 percent increase in MSU’s state funding is a good sign for the future of higher education, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said.
MICHIGAN
Romney suspends campaign
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s decision to suspend his presidential campaign Thursday left some MSU students disappointed about his early exit.
NEWS
Stolen tickets sold online, confiscated from student
Two Will Ferrell comedy show tickets were stolen from Breslin Center and sold to a student Friday at an unnamed East Lansing location, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MSU
MSU officials ban Shafer, begin hiring process to fill former duties
MSU officials have banned Richard Shafer, assistant director of Student Life, from contacting students for the remainder of the semester amid an investigation to determine if he violated university policy.
MSU
Failure to reach quorum inhibits governing bodies
When it comes to academic governance at MSU, it takes a majority — quite literally — to get things done.
MICHIGAN
Local mayors get physical for grant
As mayor of East Lansing, Vic Loomis’ days are full of challenges. With a schedule often crammed with meetings, finding time to squeeze in a walk or 15 minutes on the treadmill isn’t easy.
MICHIGAN
Hearings set for accused students
A preliminary hearing for two College of Music students charged with home invasion is set for 9 a.m. Feb. 14 at the 55th District Court in Mason.
MICHIGAN
Partners open grocery delivery service
When Justin Shaw graduated from MSU in December 2006, he never thought he would be bagging groceries.
MSU
Bone marrow drive short of minority donors
About 75 percent of the 6.5 million registered potential bone marrow donors are white, leaving minorities in need of transplants without a match.
MICHIGAN
Lansing area could receive up to 10 inches of snow
Steady snowfall into the late evening is expected to continue today for the Lansing area.
NEWS
A mark of faith
It’s natural for people who don’t know what the ashes represent to point them out, Meredith Nelson said. “It’s like when you have food in your teeth, you’d want to tell them,” Nelson said. The history freshman, who is Christian and doesn’t celebrate Ash Wednesday, said she has never actually seen anyone wearing ashes.
NEWS
Abortion may draw Mich. voters to Nov. election
Abortion could be the issue that draws people to the polls in the fall, at least in Michigan.
NEWS
E.L. City Council postpones eminent domain decision
The East Lansing City Council postponed a decision on whether to use eminent domain to acquire property to build an alleyway along the 600 block of Virginia Avenue during its meeting Tuesday night.
MICHIGAN
Judge to hear Prop. 2 challenge
Several organizations will challenge the constitutionality of Proposal 2 before a Detroit federal judge at a 2:30 p.m. hearing today.