The No. 6 MSU men’s basketball team used a dominant second half to beat Nebraska 62-34 Saturday at Breslin Center.
Lansing — Mitt Romney gave a personal appeal to local Republican leaders Saturday morning, coming out swinging at President Barack Obama just three days before Michigan voters will decide his fate in the tightening Michigan primary race.
The MSU gymnastics team continued its dominance at Jenison Field House, toppling Ball State 195.025-193.300 to improve to 4-2-1 on the season and 4-1-0 at home.
With three regular season games remaining for the No. 6 MSU basketball team, the word “championship” is floating around Breslin Center more and more. The Spartans, who narrowly beat Minnesota 66-61 Wednesday in Minneapolis, have a one-game lead on No. 8 Ohio State and No. 11 Michigan in the Big Ten standings, putting MSU in control of its own destiny.
A pretrial for David Marion Jr., one of the alleged murderers of MSU student Darren Brown and his roommate Owen Goodenow continued Friday as prosecution and defense argued whether or not Miranda rights should have been used during an initial police interview with Marion.
A local developer plans to start demolishing a former office site within the next week and eventually build a medical facility and drive-thru bank on Lake Lansing and Coolidge roads. The East Lansing City Council approved the site plan and special use permit application submitted by Caddis Development Group LLC at its Tuesday night meeting, clearing the way for local construction company E.T. MacKenzie Co. to start demolition at the property, 1525 W. Lake Lansing Road, the former site of the Blue Cross Blue Shield offices.
By the time Suzy Merchant made her way from the Senior Day celebration to the post-game podium, the head coach’s mood and focus had quickly changed. The MSU women’s basketball team (18-10 overall, 10-6 Big Ten) beat No.
Lindsay Rourke spoke with Kevin Rourke just the night before on the phone, so the last thing she expected was a knock on her family’s door from officials informing them of her brother’s untimely death. Her younger brother, best friend and the closest family member she had was dead of what appeared to be a drug overdose.
Representatives in ASMSU’s General Assembly passed several bills that have been up for continuous discussions at their Thursday night meeting.
Nutritional sciences junior Caitlin O’Brien passed up the opportunity to go with her friends to Daytona, Fla., for spring break because she wanted to go on her first Alternative Spartan Break trip this year.
The Starbucks location at Wells Hall has been brewing up a storm with the MSU community since its opening in September 2011, officials said.
Visitors to Kellogg Center on Sunday will be treated with chocolates of all shapes and sizes during the 23rd annual MSU Museum Chocolate Party Benefit.
Students who want to waltz into a fairy tale will have the chance to dance the night away at a masquerade ball Saturday night.
A group of Muslim scholars and writers will meet on campus Friday for the annual Muslim Studies Program Conference, a symposium focusing on Muslim American cultural expression.
The MSU Tower Guard will be hosting a 5-kilometer run on St. Patrick’s Day to raise funds for people with disabilities. The 12th Annual Shamrock 5K Run-Walk-Roll will begin at 11 a.m.
On Wednesday night, the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, elected social work junior and current RHA Vice President Kelcey Gapske as the new president for the 2012-13 year. Gapske will spend the next several weeks transitioning into her new role before officially taking office April 11.
Hope Sovran, whose older sisters Annie and MaryKate Sovran attend MSU, was born with spina bifida and recently diagnosed with aplastic anemia — a disease that causes the body to stop producing enough blood cells. Treatment for the disease requires Hope Sovran to undergo a bone marrow transplant. She recently began chemotherapy at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and will stay there for at least the next month after undergoing the transplant, Nancy Sovran said.
From the minute Peggy Blackford arrived in Africa more than 10 years ago, she began to see the influence MSU had on the continent. “I met many people there … who had studied (at MSU), and I began to understand the prestige of the program here in African studies,” she said.
Apparel and textile design senior Amber Bembnister has been busy this month. The peer-elected student director of the second annual ATD Fashion Show has been working closely with fellow students and faculty advisers to make sure the production goes off without a hitch.
A blog created last year by MSU graduate students about the ups and downs of graduate student life recently has partnered with news publication Inside Higher Education. The blog, GradHacker.org, officially began publishing on the Inside Higher Education website in December 2011 and now averages between 3,000-4,000 unique hits per day, said graduate student and GradHacker co-editor Katy Meyers.