Barking, prancing and panting, about 1,624 purebred dogs took the stage at the Ingham County Kennel Club’s Winterland Classic Dog Show at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education on Sunday. The show took place throughout the weekend and drew in canine competitors and their owners from around the country.
A hundred Black Friday shoppers enjoyed extra savings this year with a gift card and gift bag giveaway at the Eastwood Towne Center in Lansing. Shoppers who made it to Eastwood by 8 a.m. were given wristbands, which were then turned it at 10 a.m. when they picked up gift bags at the Eastwood management office.
What began in 2003 as a Thanksgiving dinner by a starving MSU undergrad who didn’t have the funds to go home or buy food when the university closed down for the holiday now has expanded to a huge on-campus event and tradition ten years later. “I didn’t have any family around so I stayed in the dorms and I didn’t know what to expect so I kind of starved for those days,” said Felipe Lopez-Sustaita, who graduated MSU in 2005.
What do you get when Thanksgiving falls late and the Jewish calendar is in a leap year? The result is a collaboration of two major holidays known as Thanksgivukkah. Hanukkah officially began at sunset on Wednesday, and this the first time since the late 19th century that Hanukkah and Thanksgiving overlapped. Experts say it’s something that won’t happen again for about 70,000 years.
A pedestrian was struck by an SUV at about 2:30 Tuesday afternoon near Grand River Avenue and Division Street, according to police. The driver remained at the scene until authorities arrived, East Lansing police Sgt. Chad Pride said.
As the holiday season approaches, East Lansing businesses are buckling down for winter and preparing for the annual sharp decline in sales that occurs when students head home for break.
The new vice president of Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities, who recently was recommended by MSU President Lou Anna K.
In the nearly seven years he’s been in the MSU Police Department’s K-9 Unit, Officer Mike Cantrell and his dog, Semtex, have formed a bond that will be tough to go without and even tougher to match. But last week, Cantrell’s German Shepherd, nicknamed “Tex,” went to work with him for the last time. Specifically trained to track people and explosives, 8-year-old Tex officially has retired.
Aspiring teachers might want to spend more time studying for the teacher certification test: the initial pass rate for the required test to be admitted to teacher preparation programs fell from 82 to 26 percent after the state made it more rigorous this fall. The Professional Readiness Examination, or PRE, measures students’ proficiency in reading, writing and math, and is usually taken before their junior year of college.
A student group is teaming up with the MSU’s Institute of International Health to pack and send supply boxes to those in the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan. The boxes will contain medical supplies donated by local hospitals, and include but are not limited to gowns, syringes, catheters and surgical equipment. The effort is being headed by Generate Help 2 Heal Generations, a student-founded nonprofit that provides aid to people in poor countries, is heading the effort. Marco Botros, the group’s president, said it’s important to give these resources to those in need, especially after the wake of a natural disaster.
With the holiday season just around the corner, individuals and organizations are keener on reaching out to give a helping hand to the less fortunate, including MSU’s Impact 89FM. Impact 89FM is assisting with the Socks for Lansing project, initiated by the Rizzi Family of Businesses, to collect brand new unwrapped socks for donation.
As part of a rebranding effort over the years, MSU’s Communications and Brand Strategy, or CABS, department has been making the shift from the historic block “S” logo to the Spartan helmet logo.The new logo has found its way onto the basketball court, the center of the gridiron, on MSU clothing and beginning Feb. 1, on the fundraiser license plate in place of the block “S.” Although the change is spreading throughout campus, MSU Trustee George Perles believes the new logo is less inclusive and does not represent the history of MSU.
Second graders at a local elementary school were given the rare opportunity of interacting with people from all over the globe through a Monday festival that featured international students from the MSU English Language Center. Kristen Casby, who teaches at East Lansing’s Marble Elementary School, teamed up with MSU’s English Language Center to welcome 12 international students with backgrounds from South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Angola and Turkey. The international students taught the elementary students their world cultures through interactive activities and displays in the second grade classroom.
Turnover and change in academia is normal, but that doesn’t make losing a Spartan leader after 15 years of excellence any easier.
MSU’s undergraduate student government, ASMSU, passed a resolution during its academic affairs committee meeting on Thursday that would allow the student government to advocate for a new policy eliminating academic penalties when attending a professional interview.
Aboard the International Space Station from Dec. 2012 to May 2013, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield took part in various research experiments and technical maintenance of the low-earth orbit station. ?In his spare time, Hadfield cultivated an unprecedented social media presence, using Twitter and YouTube to bring the earthbound public a steady stream of content. His broadcasts earned him a dedicated online following.?
After a year and a half of serving as the president of ASMSU, Evan Martinak announced Friday that he will be resigning from his position after he graduates in December. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. “I’m proud of what we have accomplished (at ASMSU,)” Martinak said. He will officially step down from the position on Jan. 1, 2014.
The annual Silver Bells in the City celebration brought thousands of people to downtown Lansing on Friday with a parade and a Christmas tree lighting, ushering in the holiday season. The event, which has been a tradition since 1985, features a parade with floats from local businesses and organizations, as well as well as 11 high school marching bands.
About 4,000 pounds of imported snow blanketed the field behind The Rock on Friday, enabling members of the Spartan Ski Club and the Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team to host a snowboarding competition in the middle of campus. Kinesiology junior Sean Storey, the president of the MSU Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team, said members of both groups helped shovel the snow onto a large metal snowboarding ramp complete with jumps and rails the night before, working for nearly eight hours in preparation for the competition, called a Rail Jam.
ASMSU President Evan Martinak announced on Friday that he will be resigning from his position as president of ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, because he will be graduating in December.