FOOTBALL
Run game will likely decide outcome of MSU—U-M on Saturday, according to Dantonio
It’s plain and simple this week — whoever runs the ball more effectively will likely win the game.
MEN'S SOCCER
Self-made student section
The MSU men's soccer team has a loud and proud student section — the Red Cedar Rowdies. In three years, the group has grown from a few students to hundreds of avid fans.
MEN'S SOCCER
Men's soccer will take on Oakland on Wednesday
As the No. 9 ranked men’s soccer team (9-2-2 overall, 3-1-1 Big Ten) prepares to take on in-state opponent the Oakland Grizzlies (6-5-1 overall, 5-0-1 Horizon) on Wednesday, the team will try to not get caught looking on to the next opponent. Sleeping on the Grizzles could cost the Spartans a late season win, and lead to a fall in the RPI.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Time running out for women's soccer to qualify for postseason
Tournament time is approaching, and MSU women’s soccer is running out of opportunities to qualify for the postseason.
FEATURES
MSU anthropology professor dedicates career to studying organ trafficking
Human organ trafficking is not exactly the most frequently talked-about issue.
FEATURES
Graduate student has an entire room in Kresge Art Center for his art
For studio art graduate student Samuel Bennett, art isn’t a passion -- it’s an instinct.Bennett’s studio is blank walls plastered with artwork, floors covered in cutouts for collages, and chairs and shelves vanished beneath scraps of magazines and book covers.As a child, he was constantly drawing and creating and that continued as he grew older.Bennett came to MSU as an undergraduate student because he had lived in Michigan his whole life and wanted to be near his family while he studied.
FEATURES
Students can audition for Spartans Got Talent this Friday
With roughly 49,000 students on campus, one can imagine there's diverse amount of talent waiting to be discovered.
SPORTS
Women's volleyball setter Rachel Minarick named Big Ten Freshman of the Week
Freshman setter Rachel Minarick was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for her efforts against Maryland and Rutgers over the weekend.
FEATURES
Residence Halls collect sock donations for Socktober
Akers Hall Community Director Sara Olsztyn found an easy way for students to keep less fortunate children warm during the winter.
NEWS
MSU receives $7 million in grants for international education
Awarded with federal grants totaling up to $7 million, MSU will be able to improve five area study centers to advance their international education.
MSU
ASMSU looks to allocate $100,000 for February concert
ASMSU’s finance committee approved a bill Oct. 16, to be voted on by the general assembly this Thursday, to hold a concert in February for MSU students.
FEATURES
Lansing-based band with MSU alumni members signed to record deal
After a few years of impromptu gigs and experimenting in the local band scene, Lansing-based band Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers are launching an album and a tour under their new record deal. “In the very beginning, there weren’t any expectations and it was just a super fun time,” vocalist and guitarist Joe Hertler said.
MSU
Despite being widely despised, parking services offers help to motorists in a pinch
The Parking Office also provides free gallons of gas to cars that have run out on campus, will jump start cars with dead batteries and change flat tires.
MICHIGAN
Police swarm area after shot was fired during argument Friday
East Lansing police responded to a shots fired call on Ann Street between late Friday night and early Saturday morning, and took four suspects into custody.
MSU
Muslim Students' Association from MSU, U-M join for Eid al-Adha Celebration
Students from Muslim Students' Association of MSU and U-M joined to celebrate the Muslim feast, Eid al-Adha , which is one of the major holidays in Islam.
FOOTBALL
Four takeaways from MSU football's 56-17 win over Indiana on Saturday
By Robert Bondyrbondy@statenews.comNo. 8 MSU flaunted its muscles on Saturday, reeling off 42 unanswered points to beat Indiana, 56-17, from Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.MSU now turns its focus to Michigan this week, as the Wolverines travel to Spartan Stadium on Saturday.
SOCCER
Offense finally catches up to elite defense for men's soccer
With the season slowly drawing to a close, the men’s soccer team (9-2-2 overall, 3-1-1 Big Ten)has picked the right time to get its offense going. The MSU offense is finally playing at the same level as the defense that grabs most of the headlines for the Spartans.
VOLLEYBALL
Young players saw playing time during MSU volleyball's weekend sweep over Maryland and Rutgers
Two games against struggling opponents afforded the volleyball team time to give some of its younger players minutes over the weekend.
MICHIGAN
Holy Batman, Spartans
Hollywood came to campus last week with the filming of 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.' East Circle Drive was blocked off and the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum was barricaded off. But that didn't deter starstruck students.
COMMENTARY
Security on 'Batman v Superman' set was too strict, inconvenient
We don't need to remind you of the frenzy surrounding the Broad museum.