Indianapolis- When asked before the game what a win in her team’s opening game at the Big Ten Tournament would do for the MSU women’s basketball team’s chances to secure an NCAA Tournament bid, Suzy Merchant assured a victory would put her team over the top. Well at least for now, mission accomplished.
An 18-year-old male student reported his cellphone stolen from his hand about midnight March 1 outside of Brody Complex Neighborhood, MSU police Sgt.
Cassie Hines died Thursday afternoon after a four-year battle with a rare form of cancer, tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma.
Now a senior, Green will take the court at Breslin Center for one last time on Sunday — his birthday and Senior Day — for a chance to claim an outright Big Ten title against No. 10 Ohio State and put a cap on his historic career.
As city officials take their first steps toward re-evaluating East Lansing’s strategic priorities, residents, students and members of the city council are stressing the need for increased community involvement and a positive relationship with the university. Members of the city council held their first discussion regarding a re-evaluation of the strategic priorities, a list of long-term goals that are examined every two years, at the council’s Wednesday night work session.
Physically, Austin Thornton has been here before. A fifth-year senior guard for the No. 5 MSU men’s basketball team, Thornton has been to two Final Fours, played in a National Championship game and he’s been a part of three Big Ten championship teams.
Indianapolis – It took a little while for the Spartans to get going, but an early run helped the MSU women’s basketball team (20-10 overall, 11-5 Big Ten) cruise to a 97-68 victory over Indiana (6-24, 1-15) in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
The No. 5 MSU basketball team could have an extra-special Senior Day on Sunday. With Tuesday’s 70-55 loss at No. 18 Indiana, the Spartans (24-6 overall, 13-4 Big Ten) host a default championship game at Breslin Center against No. 10 Ohio State (24-6, 12-5).
Since Brandon Wood first stepped on campus in 2007, he’s been looking forward to his impending Senior Day. Ignore the fact he was stepping onto the campus of Southern Illinois some 500 miles away. And forget that he went to three different schools before finally landing in East Lansing.
Social work senior Natalie Kyles spends her days as most MSU students do. However, before she makes the trip from her East Lansing townhouse she has already done her daily morning tasks along with those of her daughter, 3-year-old Kadence. Kyles is a single mother, an MSU student and a social work intern at NorthWest Initiative, 530 W. Ionia St., in Lansing.
Last week, the Michigan Department of Community Health issued a public health alert warning against eating raw clover sprouts — a topping on some Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches items — after two E. coli-related illnesses were reported and five more were suspected in central and southeast Michigan. The people who were ill all had a common link — they had eaten raw clover sprouts from sandwich shops.
As Courtney Borchard walked into her East Lansing home after Labor Day weekend last year, she found jewelry strewn across her counters, overturned drawers and a hole cut through the screen of her bathroom window. It led her to one conclusion — someone had broken in while she was away. For the political science senior, much more than her laptop and other tangibles had been stolen.
The night graduate student Susanna Joy’s daughter broke her arm at the beginning of this semester, she knew she would be late for class.
Michigan weather might slowly be taking a turn for the better, but many dread the approach of the change in seasons: Tax season has arrived. Filing deadlines for 2011 federal and state tax returns are quickly approaching on April 17, about one month after students return from spring break. Rich Smith, owner of Spartan Tax Relief, 2875 Northwind Drive, said the process of filing taxes can seem frightening for some students.
Tackling economics online wasn’t the best experience for chemical engineering senior Austin Kennedy, but he’s now closer to graduation in four years thanks to taking the summer course.
Yesterday, Southfield, Mich., resident Hope Sovran’s wish came true when she received a phone call from Ellen DeGeneres.
Students who want to hit the books on the weekend soon could utilize extended hours in the Main Library if members of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly have their way.
The Michigan House passed a bill Thursday that would strip graduate student research assistants’ right to bargain for wages and work conditions.The bill now will move to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk after quickly being pushed through both chambers, passing the House today in a 62-45 vote and the Senate last week.
When most students desert campus next week for spring break, many seeking sunshine and sandy beaches, members of the agriculture industry will be sprawling across MSU’s campus.
Special education sophomore Julia Ruggirello takes up to 40 pills per day to control her cystic fibrosis, a chronic lung disease she was diagnosed with at six weeks old.