The last time MSU beat Wisconsin on the final play of a regular season game, then-sophomore defensive end William Gholston found himself on the outside looking in as his teammates celebrated a 37-31 victory over the Badgers in East Lansing.
Two shootings were reported on I-96 in Livingston County earlier Saturday, and police believe they are connected to 22 other shootings that occurred late last week, according to the Detroit Free Press.
The MSU football team stole a win at Camp Randall Stadium, topping the Badgers 16-13 in overtime on a 12-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Bennie Fowler.
Even in a year of transition, this wasn’t the season the MSU women’s soccer team expected. It wasn’t the one they would have hoped for. And by any stretch of the imagination, it certainly wasn’t the one head coach Tom Saxton would have liked.
Once again, missed opportunities haunt the Spartans (4-4 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) as they enter the locker room at halftime trailing Wisconsin (6-2, 3-1), 7-3.
Coming into a weekend game with No. 5 Penn State, the MSU field hockey team understood the tactical challenge it was up against. However, the execution against one of the nation’s top teams was another story.
At its monthly meeting Friday, the MSU Board of Trustees voted to approve an authorization to plan for a new Multicultural Center and North Campus Neighborhood Engagement Center in the Union. The Multicultural Center, which currently is located in the basement of the Union, is expected to be moved to the second floor to allow for more space, said Denise Maybank, MSU’s vice president for student affairs and services. Maybank said during the meeting it was crucial for this move to happen. “It’s an opportunity to bring students to one place and improve its visibility and purpose,” Maybank said. The engagement center is set to be placed across from the Multicultural Center and, upon completion, would be the fifth and final one on the MSU campus, said Vennie Gore, the assistant vice president for Residential and Hospitality Services. There currently are engagement centers in Hubbard Hall, Holden Hall, Brody Square and McDonel Hall.
All it takes is a few clicks through the Internet to let the world know who your boyfriend or girlfriend is. Although MSU couple Allison Hella and John Sheehan find benefits in advertising their relationship to their Facebook friends, social media researchers cannot say for sure whether repercussions are worth those benefits.
After visiting Michigan on a study abroad three years ago, hearing about MSU from his host family and following Spartan sports, computer engineering freshman Mohamadou Diatta was sold on MSU. But there was one problem for the Senegal, Africa, native: he did not have the financial means to fulfill his dream. “How it works in my family (is) only my dad works,” Diatta said.
State Rep. Bob Genetski, R-Saugatuck, was sentenced to pay more than $1,000 in fines and complete community service Oct.
MSU’s conduct and sportsmanship was yet again the topic of discussion by MSU’s undergraduate student government Thursday night.
With a goal to reach out to the entire black student community at MSU, journalism senior Silver Moore, president of the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, stood among peers at a meeting called Harambee.
Hard work and dedication are what Sansu Sushi and Cocktails thrives on, its owners said. Although head chef Barry Jung has perfected his skills for the past 14 years working at five different sushi restaurants, he claims to like the environment at Sansu, 4750 S. Hagadorn Road, the best.
Despite the two already having a presence in the Union, a new Multicultural Center and a North Campus Neighborhood Engagement Center are a few of several items on the agenda for the MSU Board of Trustees to vote on today at its monthly meeting.
Government leaders and MSU experts met on campus Thursday to discuss how to tackle urbanization issues, such as growing population and sprawl.
Two-thirds of the way through a season filled with adversity, the MSU football team finds itself staring another challenge in the face this weekend. The Spartans (4-4 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) travel to Madison, Wis., to face the Wisconsin Badgers (6-2, 3-1) in Camp Randall Stadium at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Since Le’Veon Bell stepped onto MSU’s campus three years ago, he’s only ever known one thing: winning. The running back is part of a junior class that was a part of MSU’s only back-to-back 11-win seasons in the program history, yet in the past six weeks, the MSU football team (4-4 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) almost has lost as many games as the team had in the previous two years combined, something Bell said has been difficult to deal with.
This weekend marks the last time seven Spartans take the field as members of the MSU women’s soccer team. But not to be lost in the shuffle, head coach Tom Saxton said to beat Northwestern, the biggest thing that the Spartans need to improve on is attitude.
When the Spartans men’s hockey team (1-2-1) kicked off CCHA play last season, Lake Superior State (2-2-0) handed them a winless series.
Grand River and M.A.C. avenues were taken over by zombies, princesses and superheroes Thursday evening as MSU’s greek community and East Lansing businesses welcomed families to a safe Halloween environment.