Although the MSU wrestling team didn’t leave Battle Creek, Mich., with the outcome they wanted on Sunday, the Spartans were able to use their match against one of the best teams in the nation to help gauge where they are at as a program. The Spartans lost to defending national champions No.
Brandon Wood left a lasting impression on the MSU men’s basketball team two years before he ever put on his No. 30 Spartan jersey. Then a sophomore at Valparaiso, the 6-foot-2 combo guard played against MSU on Nov. 22, 2009 at Breslin Center. Despite the Crusaders walking away on the wrong end of a 90-60 final score, Wood stood out with his 24 points and 9-for-ten free throw shooting.
Public universities could receive a kickback from an unexpected state budget surplus this year, providing colleges such as MSU a dim hope that some public funding cuts could be restored.
A newly-selected pool of candidates will face judgment by the East Lansing City Council during today’s work session — the next step in choosing a new city manager.
Students will be able to educate themselves on their rights living on campus and in disciplinary procedures once ASMSU publishes pamphlets outlining student and academic freedoms later this semester.
A 25-year-old male reported several items stolen Jan. 1 from his vehicle in Ramp 6, near Grand River Avenue, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said
A reduction in the total number of scholarships available for NCAA Division I football bowl subdivision, or FBS, and women’s basketball programs could change if a proposal passes this week.
Teach for America received a record number of more than 48,000 applications for fall 2011 — but some education critics have said they feel it does not provide graduates with enough training before they enter the workforce.
After recording 12 tackles for loss and four sacks this season, MSU defensive end Marcus Rush has been named a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America. Rush joins defensive tackle Jerel Worthy, who recently declared for the NFL Draft, and three other players — kicker Brett Swenson, linebacker Greg Jones and offensive guard Joel Foreman — as the five Spartans to be named FWAA All-Americans in the last six years.
Beginning this January, victims of sexual assault will have two new support groups to turn to. In the wake of a changing federal definition of rape, the MSU Sexual Assault Program created two groups this spring: Hope and Healing, a support group for women, and Men’s Group, a program directed toward male victims.
With the help of a $5 million gift to the Broad College of Business, officials hope regional companies will be better competitively positioned overseas thanks to the work of Spartans.
Although the MSU women’s basketball team (11-5, 3-0) entered this season with a conference title to defend, many didn’t consider this year’s team to be a contender.
With the most recent poll putting the men’s basketball team at No. 6, Iowa gets a shot to end the 14-game Spartan winning streak 7 p.m. tonight at Breslin Center.
When a team puts in five months of dedicated practices, sacrificed countless hours for strength and weight training, succeeded in triumph after triumph and spent nearly a month studying film on an opponent, the only additional thing the players can do on game day is believe.
Standing in front of 40 religious and academic leaders in Najaf, Iraq this summer, I wondered how they would react to the presentation I was about to give.
My daughter Kelly’s graduation with a master’s degree from the University of Liverpool this December afforded my wife, mother-in-law and I ample reason to head “across the pond” to the United Kingdom this holiday season.
Equality in Michigan took a large step in the wrong direction last December. Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill that restricts public employers from offering benefits to domestic partners, including same-sex couples.
Unlike the many amateur Elvis Presley look-alikes who imitate the famed musician, Billy Woodward is making a career out of his Presley impersonations.
After a request from the city of Lansing and a stamp of approval from the East Lansing City Council, East Lansing Fire Chief Randy Talifarro is beginning to take on the task of administrating the fire departments of both cities for an interim period lasting up to a year.
Throughout her life, Lyman Briggs freshman Marissa Romsek had many passions. To close friends and family members, her passion for life itself was most apparent.