Sorry everybody, but our Bridge Cards were just trumped by the state of Michigan. New legislation to take effect in April no longer will award food assistance based purely on college-student status.
A strong poker face landed an MSU student with a $2,000 prize and simultaneously helped solve a hunger problem among Lansing students.
For the second time this season, the No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team beat Michigan, 69-56, in front of a sold-out crowd at Breslin Center.
At about 11:15 p.m. Saturday a fire was reported at Capitol Villa Apartments, East Lansing Fire Department deputy chief Steve Alvarado said. The fire started in apartment 48 on the second floor of building 1708, and four residents were rescued from the third floor, Alvarado said.
Leading 4-1 in the second period, the MSU hockey team looked as though it had solved its offensive troubles and would earn a much-needed victory against Northern Michigan Saturday.
The MSU hockey team did everything it needed to Friday night to break out of a scoring slump: it put a season-high number of shots to the net, created quality scoring chances and fed off each other offensively, but the result was the same.
If recent late-season games between MSU and Northern Michigan serve as any indication, the Spartans should be in for a thrilling series when Northern Michigan visits Munn Ice Arena tonight and Saturday. The Wildcats toppled the Spartans in a three-game CCHA playoff series in March 2008, and did the same the following year to take a 6-1 lead against MSU in games played in February or later in the past three seasons, but plenty will be on the line when the teams meet this weekend. The Spartans (12-14-4 overall, 8-12-2 CCHA) are one place behind the Wildcats (11-15-4, 9-11-2) in the conference standings and could climb as high as seventh if they’re able to earn their first series sweep of the season.
Looking to steal its first road win this season, the MSU gymnastics team needs a big performance this weekend at the New Hampshire Invitational against New Hampshire, Brown and Alaska in Durham, N.H. Despite the three opponents not always being known for their gymnastics programs, head coach Kathie Klages said each team has received quality scores in recent meets, giving the Spartans another challenge while on the road. With recent struggles — such as failing to finish meets well and having more mistakes in meets than in practice — the Spartans hope to see their season improve with injured gymnasts returning to the lineup.
The MSU wrestling team is looking to rebound this weekend with a trip to the Hoosier State following a tumultuous home loss to No.
The MSU Board of Trustees appointed Mark Burnham as the new vice president of governmental affairs at its Friday meeting, confirming a position that will be increasingly important as Gov. Rick Snyder prepares to deliver his state budget proposal next week.
For the last three weeks, nothing about the MSU men’s basketball team jumped out at you and said, “Now that is Spartan basketball.” Quite the opposite, fans were leaving games or turning off the TV wondering what happened to a program that has developed a reputation for running teams to death while also physically beating the living daylights out of them just for good measure.
In 1910, Dr. Hawley Crippen of Coldwater, Mich., was found guilty of murdering his wife and hanged in an English penitentiary, where his body remains today. But now, more than a century later, Crippen’s great-great-great-grandnephew, Patrick Crippen, is fighting to have the ruling overturned and the body exhumed so it can be buried in the family plot.
A 25-year-old woman from Marion, Mich., reported her license plate allegedly was stolen from her car, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
A triple-double from junior forward Draymond Green led the MSU men’s basketball team to a 75-57 defeat of Penn State on Thursday night at Breslin Center.
After holding No. 23 Penn State without a basket for nearly 8 minutes, the No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team cruised to a victory and in the process, took sole control of first place in the Big Ten. The Spartans(21-3 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) defeated the Lady Lions(20-6, 9-3), 60-49, not allowing Penn State to even approach the 80-point mark they have been averaging this season and proving again great defense trumps great offense. With 6:20 remaining in the first half, the score was 19-18 with MSU holding the one-point advantage.
ASMSU’s $3,000 donation to start a fund aimed at encouraging MSU grads to settle in East Lansing is well intentioned, but let’s leave city matters to city officials.
Led by junior forward Draymond Green’s triple-double, the MSU men’s basketball came home to Breslin Center on Thursday night and dismantled Penn State, 75-57.
ASMSU’s Student Assembly passed a resolution Thursday night to encourage the university to implement gender-neutral housing.
Gov. Rick Snyder is scheduled to be on campus Tuesday to address participants of an international education conference, the university announced Thursday.
The MSU Residence Halls Association, or RHA, and the Department of Residence Life are hosting the Spartan Leadership Conference from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Snyder and Phillips halls.