She grew up a Spartan, and now is the starting midfielder for the MSU women’s soccer team. Sophomore midfielder Sarah Kovan spent her childhood around MSU athletics. Her father, Jeff Kovan, has been a part of the sports medicine program since 1995, and has been mainly working with men’s basketball since 1996, along with other sports.
September 27, 2011 is a date junior Kyle Rutz will never forget.
Young and old, black and white, women and men — breast cancer is a non-discriminatory disease that can effect anyone. There is no cure and no one knows the cause; however, MSU breast cancer risk assessment expert Mary Smania said those who are battling the disease should not lose hope. “Breast cancer is a very survivable disease,” Smania said.
Jury selection has concluded for the trial of Okemos resident Connor McCowan, and opening statements and victim testimonies will begin Tuesday morning in Ingham County Circuit Court.
For some, shopping might be a fun way to cope with stress. For others, it could result in a vicious cycle of stress and spending, according to a recent study conducted by MSU assistant professor of marketing Ayalla Ruvio. The results of the study, published in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, showed people with materialistic tendencies are easily stressed, have higher levels of anxiety and lower levels of well-being.
The first of three forums asking for community input on the proposed mixed-use Park District Project is set for 5:30 p.m.
Her voice wavered with emotion from the moment she began. As Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor Debra Rousseau led the third alleged victim of Oswald Scott Wilder Jr. back through the night she was attacked and sexually assaulted, her testimony came forth in muffled sobs. She took many long pauses, wringing her hands in distress.
A couple months from now, last weekend might be considered the moment when the MSU volleyball team proved themselves a national powerhouse. Prior to Friday, their 11-1 preseason record wasn’t good enough to top a historically competitive Big Ten.
The mystery behind the “WTF MSU” campaign” that has been puzzling students for the past week was solved Friday after ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, announced its involvement after allegations of vandalism on campus.
Winning an in-house glass design competition has helped some MSU packaging students make industry connections and get a head start on their careers. The winning group of four MSU students beat out 70 other designs in a glass bottle design competition sponsored by the Glass Packaging Institute. Their design is a clear, 750 ml glass bottle with a pentagon body and a star-shaped shoulder that carries up around the bottle neck.
Okemos resident Connor McCowan’s trial will begin Monday morning in Ingham County Circuit Court, according to court documents.
“Keep squinting.” This was the motto of the late professor William Beal, who created the W. J. Beal Botanical Garden in 1873 as a way to get his students out of the lecture hall and into the natural world. “To him, the garden was a living laboratory,” garden curator and plant biology professor Frank Telewski said. “He wanted his students to be keen observers of their environment. He’d say, ‘Tell me what you see,’ over and over, and as the students gave answers, he kept pushing them. He just told them to keep squinting.” The Beal Garden turned 140 this year, and the garden’s history was honored Saturday with a small anniversary celebration featuring guided tours and cider and doughnuts.
Members of MSU’s LGBTQ community convened Friday afternoon in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, to celebrate the approval of MSU’s new specialization. The new specialization in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Sexuality Studies was approved over the summer, allowing students to enroll in the program this fall.
Students and faculty from MSU’s Department of Fisheries and Wildlife raced to ?finish a bird catching project this weekend before the end of the season approached. The research project, headed by fisheries and wildlife ?assistant professor Jen Owen, is ?an effort to learn more about the impact of invasive plant species on bird health.
To sponsor 200 families in Greater Lansing during the upcoming holiday season, a new student organization hosted a celebrity basketball game at IM West on Saturday .
Adado Riverfront Park crawled with the gory undead on Saturday morning for the fourth annual Downtown Lansing Zombie Walk.
Ryan Keener is a warrior. Three jerseys and three stitches later, the junior defender led the MSU men’s soccer team (5-1-1 overall) to a 2-0 win against Northern Illinois Saturday afternoon at DeMartin Stadium.
The MSU’s men’s basketball team is expected to be among the nation’s best teams for the 2013-14 season, but head coach Tom Izzo wants to keep expectations in perspective. The Spartans are opening up a new campaign and are anticipated to be among the top five teams in the country. They are even being touted as the No. 1 team in the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook Preseason Top 25, ahead of Kentucky, Louisville, Duke and Arizona, respectively.
The MSU women’s soccer team couldn’t pick up the weekend sweep as the Spartans lost to No. 18 Wisconsin, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans (7-2-2 overall, 1-2-0 Big Ten) won their first Big Ten game in nearly a year Friday against Minnesota, 3-0, but head coach Tom Saxton said tired legs hit the young squad Sunday against the Badgers (7-1-2, 2-0-1).
I want Terry, too, but I want him to be ready for four years of starting at MSU, not burnt out or injured to please some discontented fans.