As MSU’s fight song finished playing on Friday afternoon during the undergraduate commencement ceremony at Breslin Center, graduating seniors chanted “Go Green, Go White,” in unison with smiles on their faces.
East Lansing traffic may see some disruptions when a pair of construction projects in the city begins Monday.
MSU football players junior defensive end William Gholston and redshirt-freshman linebacker Lawrence Thomas did not sustain any major injuries after being involved in a rollover accident Wednesday afternoon.
In a move that took a step toward ending a debate that goes back over a year, the East Lansing City Council voted to amend a zoning ordinance that would allow for FarmHouse Fraternity, 151 Bogue St., to make expansions to its current building location under a special use permit.
Former MSU men’s basketball player Brandon Wood was arrested Sunday morning after an altercation outside a residence near downtown Chicago.
The MSU softball team saw more opportunities for its first conference win washed away this weekend as they dropped two games on the road to Nebraska.
David Garner would not let the MSU baseball team go down without a fight. After dropping the first two of the weekend series to No. 13 Purdue, the sophomore pitcher from Niles, Mich. rose to the occasion by striking out seven in a complete game shutout on Sunday to give the Spartans a 5-0 victory against the Boilermakers.
The score might have been 14-2 in favor of the White team, but the real winner of the MSU football team’s Spring Game was the defense. With a young offense and an even more inexperienced quarterback substituting in, there was no question that the team with the stronger defense would be victorious, and with such a low scoring game, defense was dominant on both teams. “We stepped up; we (rose) to the challenge,” said junior linebacker Denicos Allen, who played for the White team.
Despite a strong personal effort, junior defensive end William Gholston now knows what it’s like to lose at Spartan Stadium. Gholston’s Green team fell to the White squad, 14-2 during MSU’s annual Spring Football Game.
Police released new information about the arrest of alleged thief, 43-year-old James Lackey, who was caught by a Michigan State police fugitive team on Tuesday in Lansing, according to MSU police officer Chris Rozman. Rozman said Lackey had been stealing items on campus for years, including involvement in a 2003 incident in which he physically assaulted a police officer who was investigating a number of thefts from buildings on campus.
Junior defensive end William Gholston has never lost a game at Spartan Stadium. In two years, the Spartans were undefeated at home, but at least half of the MSU football team will know the losing feeling when the team plays its third and final scrimmage of the spring practice season Saturday at 1 p.m. at Spartan Stadium.
When Max Bullough earned his starting position at middle linebacker in 2011, he immediately became a leader on the MSU football team, especially within the Spartan defense. But with several key leaders graduating following last season, the junior linebacker embraces his leadership role in a new way for 2012.
As the MSU seniors approach their final week on the banks of the Red Cedar, they reflect on how they’ve been shaped by the last four years on campus.
Closing up a year of rebuilding and transitioning, ASMSU’s General Assembly elected its new leadership for the 2012-13 academic year Thursday night at its last meeting of the semester.
It’s not every day MSU pedestrians are greeted by Abraham Lincoln and Justin Morrill on the sidewalk, but on Thursday afternoon, passersby near the rock on Farm Lane were able to experience history in a new way.
The MSU College of Law will embark on a new project to develop a program centered around American law in Dubai for professionals who don’t have time to move to East Lansing for law school.
Come November, Michigan voters will head to the polls, not just to play their part in choosing the next president of the United States, but help shape the future of their public universities.
Communication sophomore Rachel Bonello leaves Spartan Dance Center every Wednesday with a smile. Bonello teaches a group of 8 and 9 year olds competitive hip-hop at the center, located at 3498 Lake Lansing Road.
Animals of a different sort will be floating down the Red Cedar River on Friday afternoon.
Like many boys his age, applied engineering sciences freshman Marty Opthoff joined the Boy Scouts of America, or BSA, by becoming a cub scout in first grade.