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Jason Laplow is a student at Michigan State University, seeking a degree in journalism with a double minor in sports journalism and broadcasting, graduating in 2025. Jason works for Spartan Vision and B1G+ he where directs, technical directs, and runs replay for various athletic events. He is also the lead director of Spartan Sports Report.
The face of Old Town Lansing is almost incomplete without Friedland Industries. The recycling business opened its doors over a century ago and continues to be the biggest employer in the district with more than 30 employees. The company is currently in the midst of one of its many outreach efforts: Document Destruction Month.
The City of East Lansing, after taking input from the public, will have its new master plan for parking completed by “mid-April,” according to Sarah Cheesebro, the city’s deputy administrator for parking.
COLUMBUS, OHIO – At times during the first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, it seemed as though Nationwide Arena could have been louder than the Breslin Center during a Michigan State home basketball game – something that is very hard to achieve.
“Go green! Go white!” chants encased Nationwide Arena as Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans clamored their way to a win, 69-60 Sunday, making their way to the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019.
It was customary for the crew to clap when the filming finished. But when I started to clap this time, it sounded like almost no one was joining in. I hadn’t looked at my phone for the last 30 minutes. Everyone else, it seemed, knew something that I didn’t. A message from the MSU alert system told of an active shooter on campus.
East Lansing’s Independent Police Oversight Commission discussed the findings of the police department’s “Fair and Impartial Police Assessment” at the commission’s monthly meeting on Feb. 1.