When the MSU football team hits the field for its 97th homecoming game this weekend, there will be more on the line than the usual celebration of returning alumni.
Brian Regan aims to be the people’s comedian.
The first time MSU hockey took the ice against Minnesota under Tom Anastos, the Spartans walked away with their heads high from an upset victory. This weekend, Anastos plans on feeling that triumph again.
When Suzy Merchant looks to the Breslin Center floor during preseason practice, the MSU women’s basketball coach sees a familiar challenge: trying to remain among the top of the Big Ten without three starters from the previous year.
Thursday evening, MSU’s Homecoming week took a musical turn. MSU’s University Activities Board, or UAB, sponsored Sounds of Homecoming, a showcase of the various a capella groups on campus featuring the Accafellas, Spartan Dischords, Capital Green, Ladies First and State of Fifths. “It really highlights MSU’s student talent,” said Kaitlyn West, UAB’s spirit and traditions director.
Andre Sims Jr. knows he’s crazy. The thought of 11 college football players running at you with a full head of steam and shouting obscenities triggers fear for most, but for the redshirt freshman, it draws a smile.
When MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo makes his grand entrance Friday night at Midnight Madness at Breslin Center, it might be his most menacing reveal yet.
For years, MSU Libraries’ Cataloging & Metadata Services Assistant Tom Cocozzoli has been stockpiling cartoon ideas.
When Ethan Yerks graduated from MSU last spring, he didn’t know how much he would miss the days of being a college kid.
John Draeger grew up with everyone around him admiring the Minnesota Gophers. The MSU hockey freshman defenseman and Faribault, Minn., native said growing up, “it (was) just the team” everyone followed. And this weekend, Draeger will step onto the Gophers’ ice for the first time, skating in a green and white jersey to try and hand his home-state team an upset loss.
Last time the MSU volleyball team played at home, the Detroit Tigers were in second place in the AL Central, the Spartan football team was in the top 25 and the first presidential debate was still more than a week away. Let’s just say it’s been a while since the Spartans played in front of their home crowd at Jenison Field House.
After winning two nail-biting games in the state of Ohio last weekend, the MSU field hockey team only was given a short time to relish in their victory.
I was privileged enough to spend most of last week at the Global Women’s Initiative conference in Atlanta. I was one of five finalists for the event’s scholarship essay contest.
Republican hopeful Mitt Romney’s campaign was considered to be killed before election day came. A few weeks ago, polls were showing Romney losing to President Barack Obama in key swing states. Plus, Romney’s gaffes, such as the now-infamous “47 percent” comments, substantially hurt his likeability among potential voters.
MSU police are investigating a backpack theft from Bessey Hall on Oct. 6. An MSU student reported her backpack stolen sometime between 8:30 a.m.
When professor Robert LaDuca heard about mathematics professor John McCarthy’s public breakdown last week, he knew he had to step into the light and publicly announce a secret that has festered within his private life for more than a decade. In class, LaDuca’s students describe him as upbeat and energetic, but there is a “dark side” to the Lyman Briggs and chemistry professor.
Men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo and university officials showed support for the University of Texas in a U.S. Supreme Court case that could decide the face of affirmative action in university admissions policies.
Six candidates vying for public office in Ingham County faced off at a forum Wednesday night, offering the public a chance to question their candidates on topics from economic growth to court sentencing.
Between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, a group of hackers called Team GhostShell accessed four MSU web servers used for four MSU websites, university spokesman Kent Cassella said in a statement. Team Ghostshell’s mission, called ProjectWestWind, is targeting top-100 universities worldwide, including Harvard University, University of Michigan and Tokyo University, according to the group’s Pastebin.com page.
“Turner and Hooch,” “Legal Eagles” and “Top Gun” all were top hits in the 1980s starring A-list talent such as Tom Hanks, Robert Redford and Tom Cruise — award-winning hits written by the writing duo of MSU alumni Jack Epps Jr. and Jim Cash.