Matching its longest win streak since the 2008-2009 season, the No. 19 MSU men’s basketball team eked out a 90-81 win against Lehigh for its eleventh straight. However, as the Spartans (11-2) closed out their nonconference season against the little team from Bethlehem, Penn., they still have much to improve on before taking on No.
MSU associate professor Claud Young died Dec. 20 at age 85, according to a Chicago Tribune article.
In a move that defied the views of other Republican leaders, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Thursday that some have said would strip public universities of the right to offer benefits to domestic partners.
Within a few weeks of moving in with Andrew Thompson in their Okemos apartment in November 2010, MSU student Jacob Dreyer saw Thompson bring his first dog — an Italian greyhound — into the residence.
For Darren Brown Sr., the conviction of Lansing resident Benjamin French in the 2010 death of his son, Darren Brown Jr., and his rommate Owen Goodenow, was bittersweet. Though he believes the jury was right in their final decision to hold French accountable on two counts of first degree murder and counts of conspiracy to commit murder, felony and armed robbery, Brown Sr.
MSU’s Broad College of Business has received a $5 million gift from the Lansing-based Demmer Corporation to establish the John and Marnie Demmer Center for Business Transformation.
Lansing resident Benjamin French was found guilty of all charges for the March 2010 deaths of MSU student Darren Brown and roommate Owen Goodenow on Wednesday. French had been charged with two counts of open murder for the deaths of Brown and Goodenow.
After almost three weeks since the Spartans’ loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship game, the No. 12 team (10-3) has put the loss in the past and is determined to finish the season on a high note.
The MSU Women’s Basketball team has gotten away from the cold weather in East Lansing to spend their winter break in Cancun, Mexico as the team participates in the Caribbean Classic tournament this week. The trip got off to a good start on Tuesday when the Spartans (8-4) knocked off Colorado State (3-8) in a dominant 72-45 victory.
East Lansing is one step closing to finding its new city manager. The East Lansing City Council is set to receive a list of eight to ten semifinalists for the position at its Jan.
Emotions ran high in Lansing’s 30th Circuit Court on Tuesday as the trial of Lansing resident Benjamin French for the March 2010 shootings of MSU student Darren Brown and roommate Owen Goodenow nears its close. During his closing statement Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor Bill Crino said French and his alleged coconspirator, David Marion Jr., were consumed by greed and the thought of easy money in the home of Brown and Goodenow on the 3200 block of Glasgow Street. He said the pair conceived a plan to steal a safe in Goodenow’s room, containing marijuana and a substantial amount of money, and said killing Goodenow was part of the plan. “He knew that Owen Goodenow was going to die,” Crino said. French has been charged with two counts of first degree murder for the deaths of Brown and Goodenow, as well as counts of armed robbery, felony and conspiracy to commit murder. In interviews with police, French denied ever entering the home, and said Marion was the shooter who “made the call” to kill Brown and Goodenow. Regardless of whether or not French went into the home or directly killed Brown and Goodenow, Crino argued he still could be held accountable for the murders under the concept of aiding and abetting, or directly assisting, the person who committed the crimes. “He was the driver there, the armed guard and the getaway driver,” Crino said. It took six months of investigation for police on local and state levels to procure suspects for the deaths of Brown and Goodenow in their home on the 3200 block of Glasgow Street in Lansing. G.
The preliminary hearing for alleged dog killer and ex-MSU graduate student Andrew Thompson in Ingham County’s 55th District Court has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, a change from the originally scheduled time of 1 p.m. Tuesday.
In an 89-54 win over UMKC on Monday at Breslin Center, there was plenty for MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo to be pleased with. However, one thing in particular stuck out to Izzo, and it’s something he has seen often 12 games into the season. “Maybe the best part for me has been the unselfishness of this team,” Izzo said.
The MSU wrestling team is entering its holiday break on a high note after placing fifth out of 28 teams in the Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday.
Michigan State police Lt. Shawn Loughrige remembered Lansing resident Benjamin French crying tears of remorse when asked about the March 2010 death of MSU student Darren Brown in a September 2010 interview. During the interview, French told Loughrige he and alleged coconspirator David Marion Jr.
The men’s basketball team struggled to pull away in the first half against Bowling Green Saturday night, but found a rhythm in the second and finished with a 74-60 victory.
After Ryan McManus came home to his Lansing apartment and told his roommate Benjamin French their high school classmate Darren Brown had been murdered, French showed little emotion.
As the video played, Benjamin French watched himself admit to a crime. Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor Bill Crino played a interview between French and DeClercq, recorded Sept.
Junior defensive tackle Jerel Worthy was named First-Team All-American by The Associated Press on Wednesday. The six-foot-three 310-pound lineman is the first Spartan defensive lineman to earn first-team Associated Press honors since defensive end Bubba Smith in 1966.
Michiganians now will be able to ring in 2012 with more bangs and booms. On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill legalizing all types of fireworks in Michigan, ending a longstanding ban against projectile fireworks and explosive such as firecrackers.