With Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaching on Monday, Jan. 15, a variety of events on campus are commemorating and celebrating the holiday throughout the week.
The holiday break is an excellent opportunity to unwind and unplug from the real world. But as our much needed period of rest comes to a close and we settle back into life in East Lansing, here are four pieces of MSU news to catch you up on what you missed over break.
Students gathered outside the Hannah Administration Building on Monday to protest the reopening of Berkey Hall, one of the sites of the Feb. campus shooting that killed three and injured five. Monday marked the first day that classes have been held in the building since the shooting, which occurred nearly a year ago.
The Michigan State women's basketball team will play in its fourth Big Ten game of the year against Maryland on Tuesday.
Mark Dantonio, the all-time winningest coach in Michigan State football history, will be inducted into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2024, the foundation announced Monday.
Spartans convincingly handle American University in their first dual of 2024 as they move to 6-0 on the season.
The Spartans continued their unbeaten start to the season as they convincingly defeated Ohio University by a score of 30-11 to secure their second win in as many days.
As the clock wound down in the final period and the Spartans continued domination over the US National Team Development Program, senior goaltender Jon Mor received a tap on the shoulder from associate head coach Jared DeMichiel. After spending four hardworking years at MSU, DeMichiel told more Mor to “get ready.”
After a tough loss in the championship game of the Great Lakes Invitational, the Spartans were finally back home for an exhilarating exhibition matchup against the US National Team Development Program (NTDP) where they played an absolutely dominant full 60 minutes and took a win with a score of 5-2.
Ever since Michigan State’s men’s basketball team’s 77-70 loss at Nebraska on Dec. 10 to drop to 0-2 in conference play, the Spartans have played like an entirely different team.
To kick off the new year, the Michigan State men’s basketball team dominated the Penn State Nittany Lions 92-61 for both teams’ third Big Ten matchup of the season.
This unexpected challenge Michigan State took after the holiday break resulted in one of their strongest wins so far this season. But based on how they were playing in November, it was not likely a game the Spartans would have won.
The Spartans finished their up-and-down December with an 87-75 victory over the red-hot Indiana State Sycamores, marking their fourth straight win after losing consecutive conference games to open the month.
There were two players who had stand-out performances and were nominated as members of the GLI All-Tournament Team honors, and those two were sophomore forward Joey Larson who tallied two goals in the championship game and junior defenseman David Gucciardi, who had an outstanding pass to junior forward Red Savage to tie the game to send the teams to overtime.
As the countdown to puck drop wound down, the Spartans had one goal in mind—win. But as the clock ran down and the Spartans and Huskies headed into a shootout, Michigan Tech ultimately took the title and the Spartans took a devastating loss.
An external investigation was unable to identify anyone at MSU who leaked the identity of Brenda Tracy, the rape survivor and advocate who accused then-football coach Mel Tucker of sexual harassment.
After a stellar performance in the semifinal game of the Great Lakes Invitational, the Michigan State Spartans are off to the championship game at Van Andel Arena on night two to look for the title of GLI champions for the first time since 2009.
Following a thrilling first overtime game between Alaska Fairbanks and Michigan Tech in the Great Lakes Invitational (GLI), the Spartans took to the ice for their own game against Ferris State where they took a dominating 4-1 win–resulting in the chance to play in the championship game.
NiCole Buchanan, a member of the organizing committee for the union of tenure stream faculty, said that “well over 54%” of the group have signed authorization cards indicating they want to join the union.
Michigan State basketball’s Jeremy Fears Jr. was shot in the leg late Friday/early Saturday and underwent surgery, the team announced Saturday afternoon.