FEATURES
Alternative career fair and DJ coming to MSU April 19
An alternative career fair mixed with entertainment and social marketing is coming to campus on April 19.
MICHIGAN
Kroger recalls rich mini pizza slices
Rich Products Corporation has issued a recall for Rich Mini Pizza Slices that were sold in Kroger stores in Michigan and other states.
FEATURES
True Spartans
There are various arrangements students typically make before a big game. Some order food. Some head down to the lounge to chat with friends. Others might take a pregame nap.
FEATURES
Fraternity hosts fashion show
Even amidst a host of delays and technical problems, Alpha Phi Alpha’s Zeta Delta chapter found a way to hold its 11th-annual fashion show March 29 at the Hannah Community Center. A packed house took in nine scenes — halfway between a catwalk show and a choreographed dance routine — featuring more than 50 models, as well as a pair of guest musical performances.
BASKETBALL
Postseason player report cards
Most students are one month away from finding out the results of their hard work this semester, but for the MSU men’s basketball team, the time for grades has come.
SOFTBALL
Softball team sweeps Indiana in first Big Ten series
Friday night, MSU softball coach Jacquie Joseph received a text message from Jayme O’Bryant that said she would be better going forward, and she wasn’t kidding.
BASEBALL
Baseball takes 2 against Ohio State
Down in Columbus, Ohio, this weekend, the MSU baseball team won two of three games against Ohio State in its first conference series of the season. The Spartans improve to 15-8 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten.
SPORTS
Track team starts season off right
The MSU track and field team got its outdoor season off to a strong start at the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State this weekend.
COMMENTARY
Progressive Pope will help Catholic Church
In his first weeks as pontiff, Pope Francis has made it perfectly clear he isn’t afraid to break from routine.
COMMENTARY
Marriage equality for new generation
On March 26, anyone active on social media witnessed or participated in the red equal-sign takeover. That day, the U.S. Supreme Court entertained arguments concerning gay marriage for the first time, in the case that challenged California’s Proposition 8 — Hollingsworth v. Perry — and the federal Defense of Marriage Act — U.S. v. Windsor.
BASKETBALL
Column: Resiliency defines season, Spartan program in face of defeat
He’d sprinted up and down the sidelines nearly a dozen times, bitten everything he could bite and let nearly every expletive fly.
BASKETBALL
After loss to Duke, Nix looks back on MSU career
Indianapolis – It started a few weeks ago. With the final postseason of his career approaching, Derrick Nix was looking at the end, seeing the inevitable light at the end of the tunnel.
MICHIGAN
Officials respond to unconfirmed number of fires following MSU loss
A number of couches went up in flames along with the MSU men’s basketball team’s chances of winning the NCAA Tournament late Friday night and early Saturday morning.
SPORTS
Spartans fall to Duke in Sweet 16
Indianapolis – Several hours before the game, MSU head coach Tom Izzo addressed hundreds of fans at the Westin Indianapolis, stirring school spirit and rallying the troops for battle before the Sweet 16 matchup with Duke.
SPORTS
MSU trails Duke, 32-31, at half time of Sweet 16
With a trip to the Elite Eight on the line, the No. 2 seed Duke leads the No. 3 seed MSU men’s basketball, 32-31, at halftime of the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament.
Dillon Davis
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BASKETBALL
Fans turn out to support Spartans in pregame pep rally
Hundreds came from near and far to send Tom Izzo off to the Sweet 16 at a pep rally held a few hours before tipoff at the team’s hotel Friday evening.
SPORTS
Live chat: MSU men's basketball versus Duke
The No. 3 seed MSU men’s basketball team (27-8) squares off against No. 2 seed Duke (29-5) in the Sweet 16 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
BASKETBALL
Izzo's son picks Duke over MSU in NCCA Tournament bracket
Much of the pregame attention before Friday night’s Sweet 16 matchup has been focused on the coaching matchup between two of the NCAA Tournament’s winningest head coaches, but it’s an Izzo that won’t be roaming the sideline that got some extra publicity this week.
Dillon Davis
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Duke It Out
Indianapolis — Sitting with his teammates at Breslin Center, watching the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Show for the first time as a college basketball player, Gary Harris saw the Spartans’ name pop up on the TV screen and began to cheer.