It started as a typical chilly January evening of studying, working on homework with friends and surfing the Internet in the Business Library for psychology senior Jeff Karson.
MSU police are investigating a bicycle theft that occurred near the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in the early morning hours of Oct.
After battling all day through the cold, wind and rain, the Spartans’ defense took the field with 5:47 remaining, a 13-6 lead and the chance to end the game. For the first time all season, the MSU football team (4-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) had captured a halftime lead at home, and managed to build on it throughout the game. There wasn’t a need for a Herculean play to change momentum, just one more stop. But in the final minutes, with the game on the line,” the Spartan defense couldn’t get the ball back”:http://statenews.com/article/2012/10/thunderstruck, allowing Iowa (4-2, 2-0) to use nine plays to drive 68 yards for a game-tying touchdown with 55 seconds remaining. The inability for MSU’s defense to make a stop in the game’s final minutes has become a recurring trend dating back to losses to both Ohio State and Notre Dame earlier in the season. “There’s no doubt about it,” MSU defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi said about the defense’s late-game struggles.
Biking home to his house on Fairview Avenue from campus is not the most pleasant experience for history senior Ian Sanwald. Several times a week, he uses the River Trail along Kalamazoo Street for his commute and, while it is efficient, the trail’s creepy atmosphere isn’t comforting.
Public policy and economics senior Paul Mooney grew concerned last week when he received an email from a friend, a receptionist in North Neighborhood, which said no groups would be allowed to participate in door-to-door canvassing in the residence halls, even if the group has a document giving them permission.
In the middle of fall camp, quarterbacks coach Dave Warner gave his junior quarterback a strong vote of confidence, predicting Andrew Maxwell would perform at the same level as graduated quarterback Kirk Cousins did in 2011.
If the MSU women’s soccer team (8-6-2, 2-5-1 Big Ten) wants to go on another road trip this season, it must perform under the pressure that will ensue this weekend.
To young fans, the athletes of their favorite teams can be larger-than-life icons. To most people, the athletes who were watched and learned from were just regular people playing a game; they were the idols that fans hoped to meet one day.
Sweating profusely, pushing to beat the clock and clenching his face to get that final repetition in on his set of dead lifts, dietetics senior Josh Woodhull, performed his workout at Spartan CrossFit, 4150 Hunsaker St., on Friday afternoon.
A new face in a Spartan jersey is standing in front of the net at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field. Freshman goalie Zach Bennett of the MSU men’s soccer team (5-7-1) started the past three games for MSU, winning two and losing one.
Media arts and technology junior Alec Rademacher was blindsided by the high cost of college.
When the founders of Campus Protein were presented the opportunity to venture to new universities, their first target was MSU.
When Honors College students Julia Simon and Linsey Stauffer woke up Monday morning, they had no idea that they would be sharing a meal together by the end of the day.
Ariel Vida, a Residential College in the Arts and Humanities senior, started theater at a young age.
When she graduated from University of Michigan, Alex Finke planned on moving to New York City and joining the throngs of other sopranos eager to grace the stage.
Voting is an integral part of the democratic process. A democratic republic cannot function properly without the participation of its people, and those who are able should exercise their right to vote this November and in every election held in their districts.
The upcoming presidential election has become a narrower race since Mitt Romney’s performance in the Oct. 3 debate. President Obama has acknowledged the importance of a strong showing in the second debate, having taken a few days out of the spotlight recently in order to properly prepare for the next duel with Romney on Tuesday in Hempstead, N.Y.
Andrew Maxwell had done it 233 straight times without a problem. Yet the 234th time was different, resulting in a moment that might change the course of the Spartans’ season. The junior quarterback dropped back to pass and, for the first time since the season opener, was intercepted, abruptly ending the game in double overtime, as the MSU football team (4-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) fell to Iowa, (4-2, 2-0) 19-16. It was a stunning loss, as the Spartans led up until the final minute of regulation. “Tough football game today,” head coach Mark Dantonio said afterward.
Since MSU’s first loss of the season, at home against then-No. 20 Notre Dame, we’ve become familiar with the Spartans’ mantra. “All our goals are still in front of us.” After barely eking out a victory over Eastern Michigan, a team that has yet to register a win six games into the season? “All our goals are still in front of us.” After dropping the Big Ten opener by one point to Ohio State before a national audience? “All our goals are still in front of us.” After needing a big second half to overcome Indiana, a team that hasn’t beaten a conference opponent since the final game of the 2010 campaign? “All our goals are still in front of us.” And now, after the Spartans (4-3 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) suffered a Jose Valverde-caliber meltdown to lose in double overtime to the Iowa Hawkeyes in Spartan Stadium on Homecoming? “I think we have to look at where we are as a program right now and what’s the next step for us,” head coach Mark Dantonio said. Sure, mathematically, the Spartans still have a chance to win the Legends Division and earn a trip to Indianapolis.
Even after more than 25 years away from the Spartan Marching Band, the “Michigan State Fight Song” comes back as easily as riding a bike for alumni Frank Sanborn and Ed Mau. On Friday, wearing their original Spartan Marching Band gear, the alumni were one of about 170 entries in the MSU Homecoming Parade. Past and present MSU students and their families flooded the streets, closing Grand River Avenue from Abbot Road to Collingwood Drive.