Whether it was spent sleeping, sledding or sloshed, it’s safe to say the MSU community can agree on one thing: Wednesday’s snow day was spectacular. Even though the final accumulation of 11 inches was not quite as impressive as predicted, the mere threat of an impending “Snowpocalypse” was enough for MSU to cancel classes — a good decision by university administrators.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio called his fifth recruiting class maybe the best one he’s had since he became the head man.
The No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team is fully rested after a full week off and ready to return to the court when it travels to Wisconsin on Thursday. The Spartans (18-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) travel to Kohl Center where the Badgers (12-9, 7-2) haven’t lost a game since Dec.
Despite a major snow storm across the Midwest, the MSU men’s basketball team’s game against Iowa will be played as scheduled, with an 8:30 p.m.
The East Lansing City Council was presented with information about the forthcoming Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, program at its Tuesday meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road. The team is being established by the East Lansing Police and Fire departments and would consist of community volunteers working with emergency response teams to assist in both disaster and large crowd situations, East Lansing police Officer Steve Gonzalez said. Gonzalez said there are currently about 3,000 CERT programs in communities across the United States and 103 in Michigan.
East Lansing public works Director Todd Sneathen said he urges all residents to stay off the road Wednesday if at all possible because of potential poor driving conditions and limited visibility.
Head coach Rick Comley believes the key to fixing the MSU hockey team’s inconsistencies this season revolves around one thing: scoring early goals. The Spartans (11-13-4 overall, 7-11-2 CCHA) lately have tallied four or more goals in games where they’ve generated an early goal and scored fewer than two in games they haven’t tallied one in the first period. Last weekend, MSU managed to go 1-1 against No.
After taking an early lead, the MSU wrestling team saw it evaporate in an instant. Losing back-to-back-to-back duals in overpowering fashion, the Spartans trailed No.
MSU football announced Tuesday that offensive line coach Dan Roushar will be promoted to offensive coordinator one month after former coordinator Don Treadwell took the head coaching job at Miami (Ohio).
After traveling through a snowstorm to take on Iowa at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Iowa City, Iowa, the MSU men’s basketball team will be welcomed by a new-look Hawkeyes team. Typically a team that prefers to milk every second of the shot clock before firing a shot, first-year head coach Fran McCaffery has Iowa playing a slightly different style. “They’re more up and down,” MSU senior guard Kalin Lucas said.
The College of Music’s Wind Symphony and Symphony Band will be performing at 8 p.m. Friday in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall.
Criminal justice sophomore Evan Toyzan had just finished his class near the natural science building when he heard two words ring across campus: “Snow day!” Toyzan didn’t believe the student at first, but as he walked across campus, he heard more and more talk about the canceled classes and the day off. “I heard it might happen but I didn’t think it was going to happen,” Toyzan said. MSU Provost Kim Wilcox announced at about 3:15 p.m.
The blizzard warning that was in effect for the East Lansing area has been downgraded to a winter weather advisory. A few more inches of snow still could fall Wednesday, bringing storm totals to between 13 and 15 inches.
Although finding a full-time job after graduation is her first choice, interior design junior Ellen Fehl knows that might not be possible. “A lot of people who graduated last year are not finding full-time jobs,” she said.
Two MSU students on a study abroad program in Egypt were evacuated Monday, and another has stayed behind as protests continue in the county.
No warrants have been issued and no arrests have been made in the investigation of the shooting that took place Saturday at Crossing Place Apartments, 3636 Coleman Road, but the Bath Township police department is looking into a few leads, Bath Township police Chief Scott Rose said. Rose confirmed the person injured in the shooting was an 18-year-old man from Oak Park, Mich., and his injury was non-fatal.
The MSU and East Lansing communities are gearing up for what meteorologists say could be one of the worst snow storms to hit Mid-Michigan in more than 30 years. Twelve or more inches of snow — coupled with potential wind gusts of 40 mph and wind chill of 20 or more degrees below zero — are expected to bury the central and south central portions of the state starting early this morning. Several inches are expected to fall throughout today ahead of the storm, which is expected to continue into Wednesday morning.
Doug Buhler, the new interim dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, officially will start his position today, as former dean Jeffrey Armstrong begins his presidency position at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Buhler formerly was the associate dean of the college, associate director of MSU AgBioResearch and a professor of crop and soil sciences.
A series of alleged larcenies and malicious destructions of property occurred in East Neighborhood between Jan.
Students discuss where they would visit during spring break if time and money weren’t a factor in their decision.