During his interrogation, the man accused of committing a series of sexual assaults in East Lansing earlier this year adamantly denied any involvement in any of the attacks before eventually confessing.
Spartan fans in their respective football, basketball and hockey student section seats will no longer be seeing individuals from outside of MSU filling the bleachers around them. Recent attention toward the revamped student section ticket policy, which allows student section ticket holders to transfer their tickets to the ID cards of other students without a fee, will make it much harder for non-students to attend games in student-specific seats.
One of East Lansing’s largest downtown business spaces is officially filled once again as Jackson National Life Insurance Co. opened its doors for business Monday, redesigning and taking over the former Barnes and Noble location at 333 E. Grand River Ave.
A severe storm whipped through East Lansing on Sunday night, causing damage and power outages for students, residents and officials. The storm started at about 5 p.m. and continued with high winds throughout Sunday night and into Monday.
Despite having the youngest team in decades, the MSU Fencing club is looking to their upcoming competition with confidence. Meg Green, the women’s sabre captain, described the season so far as “fantastic” despite the large amount of young players.
The season isn’t over for the men’s soccer team. Despite a 1-0 loss to Indiana Sunday afternoon in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game, the Spartans earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
After a stellar first week of her college basketball career, the Big Ten announced Monday redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. It was the first time an MSU player was awarded the conference’s Freshman of the Week since junior forward Becca Mills did so on Nov.
Big Ten Champions. A 14-10 overall record. An Elite Eight exit in the NCAA Tournament. By all means, the 2013 season is the most successful season for the field hockey team since 2009, and the best of head coach Helen Knull’s three-year head coaching tenure. Thankfully, the season didn’t end after nine games.
Friday night was Adreian Payne’s time to shine — and on Monday night, it was Keith Appling’s turn to step into the spotlight. Led by the senior guard’s career-tying 25 points, MSU beat Portland in their Coaches vs.
Expecting an insurance company to help students and boost downtown East Lansing seems counterintuitive, but Jackson National Life has exceeded expectations. Even the feeling of walking past the building and peering into the big glass windows to see the quirky workplace inside is encouraging.
For students living paycheck to paycheck who don’t have enough, or anything, left after rent to pay for groceries, there’s nothing wrong with asking for help.
Swedish clothing store H&M is slated to come to the Meridian Mall in Okemos, according to a Lansing State Journal article.
The seniors stole the show for the No. 1 MSU men’s basketball team as they lead Portland 36-32 at the break. Senior guard Keith Appling led the way with 16 points, while senior center Adreian Payne chipped in with 10. Portland got off to a hot start when they stole the opening tip and rolled it in for the first lead of the game. The Pilots got another basket sandwiched in between 3-point baskets from sophomore guard Gary Harris and Appling. The lead went back and forth until there was 14 minutes left in the game and MSU forced back-to-back turnovers.
Yesterday marked the launch of the seventh annual MSU Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive, a collaborative effort between Residential and Hospitality Services and MSU’s athletics department. The Help Tackle Hunger Food Drive is collecting canned food, non-perishable food, personal care items and monetary donations around campus until Nov. 29.
As of 4 p.m., nearly 750 Lansing Board of Water and Light customers were out of power following last night’s severe thunderstorm. The severe storm that started at about 5 p.m Sunday evening continued with heavy winds Monday and resulted in more power outages, said Stephen Serkaian, director of communications for Lansing Board of Water and Light.
Upon arriving at Lansing’s CD and Record Show, Andrew Moore had no intention of leaving empty-handed. Saturday’s free show was the fifth time the MSU College of Law clinician has filtered through the tables of CDs and vinyls throughout the years, and for him the adventure never gets old. His choices for the day included Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin and David Bowie.
A mother of three is considered a missing person after fleeing from a home in East Lansing Saturday night, according to the East Lansing Police Department. Sarah Jane Jackson, 23, reportedly left a home on Chartwell Dual Carriage Way Saturday at about 9 p.m. with the father of two of her three children, according to a statement from police.
Computer science junior Jordyn Castor can’t learn the concepts of physics the same way her MSU peers do. Castor has been blind since birth after being born 15 weeks premature.
Fresh off a major upset of No. 2 Syracuse, the field hockey team’s postseason euphoria was at an all-time high. However, all storybooks come to a close. An improbable, Cinderella-like postseason run finally ended for the field hockey team on Sunday. In a physical game, the Spartans (14-10 overall, 4-2 Big Ten) fell to No.
For the first time in nearly 13 years, the men’s basketball team is sitting on top of the latest AP poll.