MSU English professor William Penn, infamous for his alleged anti-Republican rant during the first week of classes, will return to his teaching responsibilities next semester. Penn is set to teach both Introduction to Fiction Writing and Advanced Fiction Writing during the spring semester. Introduction to Fiction Writing currently is at full capacity, with all 25 spots filled.
It went all the way down to the wire and needed an overtime period to finish, but the No. 19 MSU women’s basketball team pulled out the win against No. 23 Dayton, 96-89. With MSU trailing by two and just a minute left in play, senior forward Annalise Pickrel went up for a layup but was fouled. She made both free throws to tie the game. Redshirt freshman Aerial Powers immediately stole the inbound pass which led to an easy basket by sophomore guard Cara Miller. But Dayton guard Amber Deane was able to make her own layup as well as draw a foul against senior guard Klarissa Bell. She pursued to make the free throw to give Dayton the one-point lead. After making the big steal, Powers made a poor turnover which led Bell to foul Deane again, but Deane could only hit one shot from the line.
The No. 19 women’s basketball team is in a battle with No. 23 Dayton, as the Spartans lead the Flyers, 34-23. However, it wasn’t the crowd or the sound of a swooshed jump shot that was heard the most — it was the refs’ whistle.
East Lansing is under high risk for dangerous weather this evening, with the possibility of tornadoes and hurricane-force winds from 5 to 6 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service said East Lansing could be hit with severe thunderstorms due to storms originating from Illinois with the potential to produce lasting 60 mph winds and tornadoes. While the main threat currently is the damaging wind power, these storms could produce tornadoes, large hail, and flooding due to heavy downpours.
LINCOLN, NEB. – Many – myself included – predicted the No. 14-ranked MSU football team would require a nearly perfect game to voyage through Nebraska’s Sea of Red with a win.
LINCOLN, NEB. – All season long, defense has been a strength for the No. 14 MSU football team, able to overcome even the most egregious of offensive shortcomings.
Turnovers are the story as the No. 14 MSU football team heads into halftime leading Nebraska 20-7.
The field hockey team toppled powerhouse No. 2 Syracuse, 2-1, today to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2009.
With a win over No. 1 Kentucky in the Champions Classic mere days prior and a real shot at reaching the top of the polls, the No. 2 MSU basketball team faced a 26-22 halftime deficit to Columbia at home Friday night.
On Sept. 21, the MSU football team suffered its first and only loss of the season at the hands of Notre Dame. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away on the other side of the country, former Spartan running back Jehuu Caulcrick’s Twitter account created a stir on the Internet.
Despite a 9-0 run to start the game, the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team spent much of the game on upset alert in its 62-53 win against Columbia.
MSU trails Columbia 26-22 at halftime. Senior center Adreian Payne leads the Spartans with nine points, five boards, and a pair of steals and blocks.
The field hockey team proved to Miami (OH) that they were a different team compared to the team that was shut out by Miami earlier in the year.
The first trip to Houghton, MI in almost 30 years for the MSU hockey team was a series to forget, but for David Bondra, it was a journey he’ll never forget.
An indecent exposure incident occurred between 10 and 11:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in Spartan Village, according to police. A 30-year-old female resident told police she was standing outside her apartment when she saw an unidentified male drive up in a silver sedan, MSU police Sgt.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, passed a resolution supporting the creation of an Office for Veteran’s Affairs on-campus during its general assembly meeting on Thursday. ASMSU President Evan Martinak announced at the start of the meeting that the office was inaugurated on Thursday and is located in the basement of the Student Services basement. “I’m glad we’re moving in the right direction,” Martinak said, noting that ASMSU has been previously advocating and supporting the establishment of the office. Introducer of the bill Evan Schrage said the office is still empty and in need of furnishing, adding that it still needed a lot of help to function. The general assembly also passed a bill to support and advocate for House Joint Resolution W, which would increase the Michigan sales tax by one percent. Schrage, who is the seconder of the bill, said the resolution is a chance for students to have lower tuition. “We’re here to advocate for students and (the resolution) is clearly directed towards benefitting students,” Business College representative Christie Teske said. Alliance of Queer and Ally Students representative Colin Weidbrecht was against the bill and said his main concern is the negative effect the tax increase would have on low-income families. “Sales tax is regressive, so it’s going to affect lower income families the most,” Weidbrecht said, explaining that the one percent increase would take up a large portion of their income. Schrage said the increase would on the long run have lesser effect on low-income families, since, if their kids go to college, they would graduate with a large student debt. The bill was introduced and initially passed during the ASMSU policy committee meeting on Oct.
Every year on Aug. 29, Pat D’Agostino goes to church. It’s the one summer day she will always remember — the hardest day for her to get through. On that day in 1993 at about 5 p.m., she opened her door to find a police officer and a priest on her doorstep. The pair had heavy, unexpected news to bear. Her daughter had been murdered. Alumna Mary Jean D’Agostino, then 30, was strangled in the hallway of an apartment complex at 787 Burcham Drive. The details of her violent death still are etched permanently into Pat D’Agostino’s mind. Earlier that night, a resident overheard Mary Jean D’Agostino arguing in the hallway with an unidentified male. When the fight intensified, the witness heard her cry out “OK, go ahead and kill me.”
As the snow melts and weather warms each spring, campus is pockmarked by long-forgotten bikes, hitched to racks and corroded from a long winter of neglect. But with proper maintenance, bikes can be ridden throughout winter without significant damage, MSU Bikes Service Center Manager Tim Potter said.
A public meeting held Thursday evening gave community members and city officials a chance to see the first drafts of designs in a project that could drastically change East Lansing’s downtown landscape. DTN Management Co. hosted the third and final design charrette for the Park District Project, a massive overhaul of the west side of downtown that would incorporate a mixed-use space with dining, retail and hotel.
A key piece of private property included in the proposed Park District project currently is back in the hands of a company associated with the failed City Center II project, according to documents filed with the Ingham County Register of Deeds. The property is a central part of the proposed Park District project, a massive redevelopment plan aimed at refurbishing about two blocks of blighted buildings near the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue.