Almost every seat was filled on Friday night when comedian and actor Aziz Ansari performed at the Wharton Center. The “Parks and Recreation” star was brought by the Residence Halls Association, or RHA. The show sold out the about 2,300 seats, with 2,000 of those seats filled by students, Russell James, director of special events for RHA, said.
Andy Milad spent his Friday night in the sculpture garden of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, flailing his arms and passionately kicking his leg out whenever his drummer dropped a beat. Milad, an Arts and Humanities junior and lead singer of the band Wayne Szalinski, performed with the other three band members at the museum’s concert Friday. The concert and exhibition was held at the museum to welcome back students and give a performance space for student-run bands Wayne Szalinski and The People’s Temple.
Losing a starting goalkeeper is never easy, but the women’s soccer team was able to overcome the crucial injury to pick up the 1-0 win at New Mexico.
The men’s soccer team lost 2-1 to Valparaiso in a hard fought game Sunday afternoon at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
Fifty-six yards. That’s the amount of yards it took sophomore defensive end Shilique Calhoun upon picking off a third-quarter pass thrown by South Florida quarterback Bobby Eveld to find his way into the end zone for the second time that day. That’s the play that’s propelled Calhoun into the national discussion, earning him the distinction by defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi as MSU’s “running back on defense.”
Max Bullough was refreshingly honest Saturday evening when asked if his defense could maintain its elite performance and surprising point production throughout the season. “No, I don’t think so,” he said with a laugh.
After falling behind 2-1 at the half, junior forward Allie Ahern knew the Spartans couldn’t afford to lose. Not again.
Sitting toward the back of the lecture hall in Wilson Hall that Thursday, I must admit I was a little excited to begin the IAH 207 course. Literatures, Cultures, and Identities, to me, would be an exploration of classic stories and poetry; however, that first lecture proved to be more than I bargained for. English professor William Penn began to condemn the use of cell phones, which he dubbed “little toys,” as well as various social media services such as Facebook and Twitter.
Indoctrinator. Persecutor. Hatemonger. Racist. These titles now swirl around English professor William Penn’s name, and there’s a chopped and edited video circulating that falsely perpetuates these claims.
The momentum from Friday’s win over national championship-runner up Oregon carried over for MSU as they rolled to a 3-0 sweep over Oregon State Saturday night (25-12, 25-16, 25-17).
A week ago, it didn’t seem possible for the MSU defense to play any better after holding Western Michigan to 11 rushing yards and scoring two touchdowns.
When asked about the facemask on his helmet earlier in the week, Shilique Calhoun said it’s part of his on-field persona. To the sophomore defensive end, the persona transforms him into Bane — the physically superior and mentally supreme supervillain of the Batman universe. But speak of the devil and he shall appear.
A week after a standout defensive effort trumped a listless offensive showing in a 26-13 victory over Western Michigan, the storyline remains much the same this week for MSU football team, as they head into halftime leading South Florida, 7-6.
After storms interrupted the opening night of football Spartan Stadium, fans again were asked to evacuate Spartan Stadium on Saturday due to a severe weather warning prior to the noon kickoff against South Florida.
A popular phrase in soccer is “Bend it like Beckham,” but in the MSU men’s soccer team’s 1-0 win against Oregon State Friday afternoon, it should have been “Bend it like Thelen.”
It was a huge victory for the Spartans, and the two-headed monster of senior middle blocker Alexis Mathews and senior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski enabled it to happen.
An unusual amount of on-campus alcohol citations during game day tailgating festivities last week have MSU police ready to crack down on any alcohol found on Munn Field on Saturday.
The search is on for a new provost and two deans at MSU — an uncommon position for the university to be in. The searches are projected to end by fall 2014, officials said.
English professor William Penn was relieved of his teaching responsibilities by the Office of the Provost on Thursday but will remain a full-time employee of the university after an anti-Republican lecture last week that drew fire from university officials and students.
As disappointing as last Friday’s season-opener against Western Michigan was for the Spartans, at least they won.