Lining up next to MSU offensive linemen, receiving instruction from MSU coaches and getting an inside glimpse of the football program comprised some of the activities that women were able to participate in at the Spartan Football Women’s Clinic on Saturday.
Relay for Life always has been a part of Greg Dowdy and Kelly Knupfer’s relationship. It was at a Relay for Life event in high school when Knupfer, a communication senior, first learned Dowdy, a physiology senior, liked her. Because of its importance in their six-year relationship, Dowdy said he realized this year’s event was the moment he had been waiting for to propose to Knupfer on Friday.
The MSU men’s tennis team hosted its final home matches of the season this past weekend, beating Iowa 4-3 on Saturday and losing to Illinois 5-2 on Sunday.
In its first home exhibition match of the season, the MSU women’s soccer team tied Toledo 1-1, on Saturday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
Senior quarterback Kirk Cousins knows he must have a big season if the MSU football team hopes to repeat the success of last year.
When Roo, a 7-year-old pet rabbit, was diagnosed with cancer on Nov. 16, 2010, his owner, Krista Hottmann, said it came as a shock.
As Earth Day approaches, students in an MSU club reached out to the greater community to teach citizens of all ages about the local environment and nature.
As platform heels sashayed across the stage and wild hair flung in the air, the crowd cheered during the 2011 Official MSU Drag Show on Friday at the International Center.
Students and community members didn’t let rain dampen their spirits at the 10th annual Sparty’s Spring Party 2011.
Any tension in the air between police and typical citizens was placed on the back burner for chaity as green rubber balls hurled through the gym. The Capital Area Dodgeball Tournament on Saturday at IM Sports-West pitted teams of police officers and other public service employees in a friendly competition against civilians.
Take Back the Night, an annual, day-long series of events dedicated to ending sexual and domestic violence, will take place Tuesday across campus.
President Barack Obama’s inclusive tone was part of his appeal to Independent voters in the 2008 presidential election. Obama referred to common causes such as energy independence as collaborative efforts that would need people of different parties to come together.
Higher education international programs should be just about the last sector to suffer federal funding cuts. In an increasingly globalized world, foreign relations absolutely are vital to successful American economic growth. College students, businesses and even government officials need to be trained in international language and culture.
At ASMSU’s first meeting of the newly-elected General Assembly on Thursday, representatives voted in favor of a bill that would commit to move all ASMSU money from off-campus accounts to on-campus accounts. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. ASMSU currently maintains a risk management account and a loan program account with banks off-campus.
The MSU Board of Trustees voted Friday to approve a 4.95 percent increase in housing and dining rates for 2011-2012 — which translates to an increase of about $380 for on-campus undergraduate students with silver unlimited meal plans. Vennie Gore, assistant vice president for residential and hospitality services, said the majority of the cost increase will go to pay rising food and utility costs.
A 19-year-old female student allegedly was assaulted in her dorm room April 3, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
When Mohamed Gibril was a boy living in Libya in the 1980s, he didn’t have any problems with his country. These were the days before he had satellite TV — when everything shown on Libyan channels portrayed the rest of the world in chaos with people killing each other and protests against foreign governments occurring on a regular basis.
For nursing senior Katie Gay, bullying has been a part of her life for years.
Patrons of a local bar and the bar’s owner disagree about the reasons behind the closure of the establishment early Thursday morning.
Stem cell researchers at MSU and other state universities might face new transparency requirements because of a provision attached to a higher education appropriations bill passed Wednesday.