The MSU wrestling team had a case of cat scratch fever this weekend as they lost to No. 16 Northwestern Wildcats, 18-15, on Friday, and the Ohio Bobcats, 22-16, on Sunday.
The MSU gymnastics team suffered their third straight loss as they fell to Illinois 196.125-193.35 Saturday afternoon.
Recently, The State News editorial board ran an opinion piece, “Students, not art, define East Lansing,” that argues the city should focus all its attention on the student community in East Lansing because it is defined by its college students and is a “typical college town.” It also argues East Lansing should not refer to itself as a ‘City of the Arts’ and falsely supports this argument by stating the only evidence of East Lansing being a ‘City of the Arts’ is the new Broad museum, a sign on an abandoned building and the empty Barnes & Noble space where community events are held.
If you were to list some of Michigan’s best attributes, the quality of the roads would not be one of them. However, Gov. Rick Snyder is backing a new legislative plan that might give all Michigan drivers a smoother ride.
Last Wednesday night when my plane landed at the Detroit Metro Airport, I was greeted with bone-chilling winds, blankets of heavy snow and frowning faces.
The No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team has lost two consecutive contests for the first time this season after being downed by Purdue in overtime today, 67-62.
After being absent from the starting lineup for the first time this season, Becca Mills and Annalise Pickrel made their presence felt off the bench for the Spartans against No. 15 Purdue on Sunday.
The No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team (17-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) was unable to pull off the upset in Bloomington, Ind. Sunday afternoon, falling to No. 7 Indiana (18-2, 6-1), 75-70, before a capacity crowd at Assembly Hall.
The boos echoed throughout Assembly Hall every time he touched the ball. The chants rained down as he stood at the free throw line for the first time, less than two minutes into the game.
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After Friday night’s victory, the MSU hockey team finally was gaining a bit of confidence back to a struggling season. Saturday night, that confidence was taken right back with a 3-2 win by Penn State) over the Spartans (7-16-3 overall, 5-12-1-0 CCHA). MSU carried over its offense from Friday’s 5-3 victory into Saturday’s first period, and it was Spartan defenseman who got MSU on the board. Sophomore RJ Boyd and senior Matt Grassi netted two very similar goals about two and a half minutes apart in the first frame. Both took slapshots that made their way into the net above Penn State goaltender Matthew Skoff’s glove hand — Boyd from the left point and Grassi from the right. That goal was Grassi’s first of the season. “It was nice,” Grassi said.
Penn State hockey got the better of MSU on Saturday night when the Nittany Lions overtook the Spartans, 3-2.
In a preview of future Big Ten play, MSU and Penn State hockey took the ice for the first time against each other, in which MSU came out on top, 5-3.
Ted Gill has worked as a defensive football coach for nearly 40 years, but Friday it was announced that his time at MSU has come to a close.
At Friday morning’s Board of Trustees meeting, a number of on-campus construction plans and projects were approved by the board, including moving and rebuilding the on-campus fuel station, furthering construction plans to residence halls and renovating Munn Ice Arena.
At MSU, the overflow of research almost is seductive. The university attracts expert researchers from across the world, prides itself on having many unearthed scientific discoveries and budgeted more than $500 million for research in the 2011-12 academic year.
Although seeing an officer show up to a late-night party can be scary, experts said there are basic rights students have when dealing with police.
Growing up in a military family, Army ROTC Cadet Wendy Santiago said the military was in her blood.
Kiana Johnson did her best to carry the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team to a win in its first-ever trip to Nebraska tonight. In their first game as a ranked team since the end of 2011, the Spartans fell to Nebraska 59-54.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, voted in support of a fitness plan fee included in students’ tuition, with an opt-out option, at its general assembly meeting Thursday night.