Key football players to watch during 2014 season

The last image many students and fans have of the MSU football program was Kyler Elsworth making that diving stop to capture the Spartan’s first Rose Bowl victory since 1988.However, Elsworth is no longer a member of the Spartans, and it’s finally a brand new year for No. 8 MSU. And with the season starting today, it’s time to put Rose Bowl talk on the back burner and take a look ahead at this year’s bunch.

Field hockey to kick season off against Duke and Maine this weekend

Of the many MSU sports kicking off their seasons this weekend, the field hockey team opens their regular season schedule with two home games in three days.While various tailgating festivities are taking place Friday afternoon, Head Coach Helen Knull and her team will be taking on the Duke Blue Devils at 3 p.m.

Police aren't worried about three night football games

Police won't lose sleep over the three home night football games scheduled this fall.

After historic 2013 season, men's soccer maintains high expectations for 2014

Following a historic 2013 season in which MSU went 14-6-3 , setting the record for the most regular season wins  in the in program history, the men’s soccer team will look to build on the recent success and take it a step further this season.

Field Hockey head coach Helen Knull tasked with replacing former goalkeeper stalwart Molly Cassidy

For the last four years, MSU field hockey has never had to worry about who would be blocking goals for them.

Classes have begun, but there's still more to do

Students may now be juggling classes, homework and pages of assigned reading, but there are a few things left to do ? especially for incoming freshmen ?

Hidden gems of the Lansing area

As fall welcome comes to an end, reality will start hitting students harder

Women's soccer goalkeeper Courtney Clem starts 2014 season on strong note

In addition to two road wins against San Diego State and Cal State Fullerton, Courtney Clem returned to East Lansing on Monday with another resume builder ? the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award.The redshirt senior goaltender recorded 13 saves in Friday night’s season opening 3-1 win at San Diego State.

Ticket transfer policy will be enforced with consequences

This fall, students might find it more difficult to enter Spartan Stadium’s student section with other students’ MSU IDs. Gate personnel will be cracking down on students entering football games without a proper ticket assigned to their name, according to the MSU Athletic Department.

Female student hits CATA bus on first day of classes

A female student cyclist hit a CATA bus at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, confirmed

“I thought I would just ask questions and the professor would answer. I thought there would be more group communication.

Strong-arm robbery suspect arraigned

One of the two men charged with the attempted strong-arm robbery of two MSU students

Officials looking to reduce waste in Spartan Stadium this football season

Last year, the MSU Office of Campus Sustainability aimed to make Spartan Stadium a Zero Waste stadium, required approximately 96 percent of game

Volleyball to play in UAB/Samford Invitational this weekend

The volleyball team will trave to Birmingham, Ala. this weekend to kick off the 2014 season. MSU will play Southeastern Louisiana, Alabama-Birmingham, Jacksonville State and Samford as part of the two day UAB/Samford Tournament. All five squads will participate in a two-day, four-game event at both the UAB and Samford campus.

Intramural and club sports available to new, returning Spartans

Whether a student is a freshman looking to meet new friends or an upper classman trying to stay active, numerous intermural and club sports are offered with quick approaching deadlines.For the fall 2014 semester, Sand Volleyball, Flag Football, Outdoor Soccer, Two Person Best Ball Tournament, Ultimate Frisbee, Tennis Singles and Mixed Doubles, Dodgeball, Two Person Scramble Gold Tournament, Indoor Volleyball and 3 on 3 Basketball will be offered.Teams are “typically formed among friends, dorm neighbors, fraternity brothers and sorority sisters,” Assistant Director of Intermural Sports Ross Winter said.Even with a busy class schedule and a part-time job, participating students only dedicate a few hours for a game once a week for about four weeks, where the season follows single eliminated playoff bracket.

Ebola outbreak currently poses no threat to MSU programs

With the recent Ebola outbreak in the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria causing an estimated 1,427 deaths as of Aug. 22, MSU wants to clarify that no students studying abroad are threatened by it.

On first day of class, student rode bicycle into bus

A female MSU student was hit by a CATA bus at the crosswalk by lot 56 across from the Engineering Building around 7:30 this morning.It

Wiz Khalifa's planned Breslin Center concert canceled

First Spartan Spectacular, now Wiz Khalifa. It's been a day of disrupted plans for MSU students of all interests.MSU's Residence Halls Association announced the cancelation late Tuesday evening on the organization's Facebook page."Due to Michigan State University’s review of recent events and assessment of campus concerns, MSU has decided to cancel the event," the statement said.It is unclear whether the statement was referring to a shooting at a Wiz Khalifa concert in Irvine, Calif.

Alleged Rite Aid and Coolidge Road shooter will see court Friday

The man charged with the shooting deaths of two people in early May at a Lansing Rite-Aid and at the 1800 block of Coolidge road will continue to a preliminary examination on Friday.Ricard Taylor, 34, appeared in court today via teleconference before East Lansing 54B District Court Judge Richard Ball, who said Taylor would be brought to court on Friday, the first time he will physically appear in court.Taylor, a former employee at MSU and East Lansing street musician, was found competent to stand trial earlier this month and is facing a total of seven felony charges, including two counts of open murder.

Value your education — beyond dollars and cents

Our classes cost upwards of $440 per credit hour, and tuition is hovering around $14,000 a year. After accumulating at least 120 credits to graduate, our bachelor’s degrees will give us 98 percent more in hourly earnings than our non-diploma-holding counterparts.