Best-selling author David Sedaris will be giving a talk and book signing at 6 p.m. Monday in Schuler Books & Music, 2820 Towne Center Blvd., at Eastwood Towne Center, in Lansing.
The No. 16 MSU hockey team defeated Ohio State, 4-0, on Saturday night to split the weekend series. The win gave junior goaltender Drew Palmisano his first shutout of the season and his third at MSU.
The No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team opened on a 15-2 run and didn’t look back en route to a 90-62 win against IPFW in its season-opener Saturday at Breslin Center.
For the second straight year, the MSU field hockey team’s season ended in a 3-2 loss to Virginia in the NCAA Tournament
Led by senior guard Kalin Lucas’ 18 points and 6 assists, MSU beat Eastern Michigan, 96-66, Friday at Breslin Center.
The No. 16 MSU hockey lost a two-goal lead for the second time in three games, falling to Ohio State, 3-1, on Friday night at Munn Ice Arena.
A woman had her license plate stolen from her car Wednesday afternoon while it was parked in Lot 90, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team kicks off the 2010-11 season today, and the players say past faults are being worked on and chemistry is up to help the team obtain the ultimate prize: the National Title.
Can expectations be too high? For the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team, they couldn’t be any higher. The tone was set from day one: national championship or bust.
Legislation to condemn the Westboro Baptist Church’s presence in Michigan was passed on Thursday at ASMSU Academic Assembly’s Code and Academic Policy Committee meeting.
It’s a dream that will be realized tonight when the Spartan Marching Band performs at the 35th annual Bands of America Grand National Championships.
The Westboro Baptist Church, notorious for picketing military funerals, will picket outside of East Lansing High School on Thursday. The church selected the school as a picket location because of e-mails the church received from the students regarding its picketing of soldier’s funerals, said Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of and attorney for the Westboro Baptist Church. The picketers plan to go to the school at 2:50 p.m.
MSU students and university officials celebrated the 25th anniversary of the MSU Sexual Assault Program on Thursday afternoon at the MSU Sexual Assault Program office in the Student Services Building.
Construction projects across campus continue on schedule, officials said during MSU’s Physical Plant Construction Junction meeting Thursday. Work to enclose Emmons Hall prior to the first snowfall is slated for completion next week, with building heat to be activated around the same time, construction representative Ken Dawson said during the meeting. Renovations on the building will continue during the winter and slated to be finished June 2011, he said.
Appearing through a shaky Internet connection from more than 6,000 miles away from MSU, Lt. Andrew Zanotti gave more than 100 MSU Air Force ROTC cadets a tour of his room at Camp Victory in Baghdad via a projector in Bessey Hall.
Veterans and future members of the military from different branches joined together Thursday in celebration of Veterans Day.
MSU officials recently discovered environmental cleanup of the former Michigan State Police headquarters will cost nearly $4.2 million, and who will foot the bill still is up for debate.
Faculty and staff at the MSU College of Natural Science will offer courses toward a degree in actuarial sciences this spring semester, beyond the specialization courses MSU now offers, said Albert Cohen, director of the actuarial sciences program.
After back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team will look to continue its success and reach its goal of the 2011 Final Four.
The No. 11 MSU field hockey team earned a bid to its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament. The Spartans will play No. 3 Virginia, which knocked the Spartans out of the tournament last season.