Team fought hard in two game series against OSU

In a couple of hard-fought games, MSU left Columbus, Ohio with two points in a two-game series against Big Ten foe Ohio State, including its second tie with a shootout victory of the season on Saturday night. MSU (6-10-3, 0-2-2-2 Big Ten) blew third-period leads on both Friday and Saturday, falling 5-3 on Friday night against Ohio State (11-6-1, 1-2-1 Big Ten) and tying 1-1 with a shootout victory on Saturday.

Impact faces issues with transmitter

When listeners tune their radio dials to 88.9 more than a mile or two from campus, they often receive static.

Eat better. Go to the gym. Lose weight. Call Mom more. Don’t skip class. Stop procrastinating. Do homework.

Students brave cold to play snow football, reconnect with friends

On Saturday afternoon, graduate student Nick Nelson and a small band of his friends braved the slippery slush and took to the snow-covered field behind ?the rock on Farm Lane for their fourth annual snow football game and reunion. Nelson said he started this tradition out of boredom four years ago when he was an undergraduate student at MSU.

BWL to host forums on local outages

The Lansing Board of Water and Light, or BWL, will host community forums to discuss the aftermath of a December ice storm that left about 34,800 people without power in the Lansing area. Some residents went without power from Dec.

Lansing's annual train show, sale attracts thousands

During the warmer months, Walled Lake, Mich., resident David Jasinski tends to his sprinkler business.

Comedy club raises funds for pet rescue

Comedians, spotlights and hundreds of laughs filled a Lansing comedy club Saturday night to raise money to help dogs find homes. New Hope Pet Rescue, a Laingsburg, Mich.-based K-9 rescue organization, held a fundraiser at Connxtions Comedy Club as a fun way to raise money for a cause.

Students placed under hypnotist's trance Friday

As Incredible Boris slowly counted to 10, students gathered in the International Center Friday night began to feel their muscles slacken and their eyelids droop. Incredible Boris, or Boris Cherniak, randomly selected 11 volunteers. Those who fell under the power of the trance were told to imagine they were holding a balloon.

Spartans fall to Illinois at Jenison on Friday

The No. 16 Illinois gymnastics team grabbed the Victory Plank rivalry trophySB for the second year in a row Friday night as it narrowly beat MSU, 195.352-194.150, at Jenison Field House.

MSU continues to recover from large number of injuries

There are three certainties in life — death, taxes and the No. 5 men’s basketball team clogging up the injury report on a weekly basis.

Costello, Valentine trying to define on-court roles

Tom Izzo has a job to do — he wants his players to figure out how to do theirs. Izzo’s talked about how some players on the No.

Study shows ritualistic eating helps increase satisfaction with food, might lead to eating less

What do singing an off-key rendition of “Happy Birthday” before indulging in cake, shaking a packet of sugar three times before adding it to a latte and eating the crust of a sandwich before the middle have in common? All three of these situations describe a ritualistic way of eating.

New Year’s resolutions can be followed by making easily achievable goals, starting with small steps

Now that 2014 is upon us and classes have begun, I’m sure we all have spent ample time dwelling on the things we wished we had accomplished last year. Thanks to our good friend, the Gregorian calendar, we now have the opportunity to make amends with last year’s shortcomings and start anew. So that begs the question: What is your New Year’s resolution for 2014?

MSU now in first place in Big Ten with win over U-M

Kiana Johnson had an upset stomach prior to facing Michigan. After earning a pivotal win over rival an in-state rival, she said her stomach felt a lot better.

MSU and U-M tied at halftime

It was a sloppy affair early on, but a late 8-0 run by the Wolverines made it a 28-all tie at halftime. Michigan junior forward Cyesha Goree scored six of her nine points during the run.

MSU heading to Ann Arbor for matchup with U-M

Fresh off an upset of No. 16 Nebraska for a fourth-straight win, the streaking women’s basketball team (10-5 overall, 2-0 Big Ten) is playing its best basketball of the season.

Hockey beats OSU in shootout

Through the stellar play of sophomore goaltender Jake Hildebrand, MSU fought to a 1-1 tie with a shootout victory for the additional point.

Power restored after Lansing outages

Parts of the Lansing area went dark on Friday night into Saturday morning with power outages, according Board of Water and Light, or BWL. A snowblower hit a padmount transformer, causing an outage near the 200 block of North Capitol Avenue. Nearly 100 residents also lost power along Grand River Avenue and Waverly Road in Lansing, as well as the Groesbeck area of Lansing, on Saturday morning due to a downed power line.

Izzo still trying to figure out Dawson's play

Tom Izzo can’t seem to figure out just who Branden Dawson is. The junior forward scored six points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the No.

In overtime, MSU beats Minnesota by 12

It took another overtime game at Breslin Center, but the No. 5 men’s basketball team won another thriller as they beat Minnesota, 87-75.