Sophomore tight end Dion Sims was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Detroit’s 36th District Court on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property.
K2 and other synthetic cannabis substitutes likely will become illegal throughout the state of Michigan after the state House agreed Thursday to Senate revisions on a three-bill package.
A 19-year-old female student had her laptop stolen out of her bedroom in the 10 minutes she was gone to take a shower, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The No. 15 MSU men’s soccer team found some added motivation before the season began after the team was projected to finish fifth in the conference in a preseason poll. The Spartans are the highest-ranked team in the Big Ten in the top 25 poll and aren’t looking back, moving toward their goal of the 2010 Big Ten Championship.
After an emotional week, the No. 25 MSU football team will have to turn its focus back to the gridiron as the 3-0 Spartans look to finish out a perfect nonconference slate.
After fighting through an off-season of rehabilitating their injuries and striving for team chemistry, the MSU women’s soccer team feels it is ready to battle with the top teams for the 2010 Big Ten Championship.
After Kirk Cousins started all but one game for the MSU football team last season, expectations were high for the junior quarterback heading into 2010. Three games into the new season though, it has been the MSU running game that has paced the Spartans and led them to a 3-0 start and No. 25 ranking in The Associated Press poll.
After a summer of renovations to Hubbard Hall’s interior, university officials ushered in a new phase of MSU’s living and learning experience, presenting it to the public during a grand opening event Thursday afternoon. Changes made to the hall is the first step in MSU’s plan to expand the Neighborhood Concept pilot project.
Hoping to repeat as Big Ten champions and continue its six-game conference winning streak from last season, the No. 7 MSU field hockey team opens its conference play today when it hosts Iowa at 3 p.m. at Ralph Young Field.
Following a nonconference season in which the MSU volleyball team faced several tough opponents, the Spartans will have to use that experience as they begin Big Ten play in one of the nation’s top volleyball conferences.
The MSU Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, project was issued a Finding of No Significant Impact, or FONSI, status by the U.S.
Wolfgang Bauer, an MSU professor of physics and astronomy, is giving a speech on quantum mechanics today in Anthony Hall titled “Quantum Computing, the Next Big Thing?” The speech will deal with recent advances in quantum mechanics that allow computers to process exponentially more information than conventional digital processors. Bauer, a native of Germany, has worked on the Cyclotron since 1988 and has been a professor at MSU since 1996. Bauer now works in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and in 2007 was named a University Distinguished Professor. The speech will take place at 11:30 a.m.
In honor of Celebrate Bisexuality Day, MSU students gathered Thursday at the LBGT Resource Center to share some of their struggles and victories as they held a discussion of issues affecting bisexuals.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is working to develop more graduate wellness programs and create a graduate student center on campus, after a survey sent out last spring showed graduate students were concerned about those and other issues.
Passersby on Farm Lane on Thursday might have noticed the fraternity rush signs usually seen this time of year looked a bit different. The signs were vandalized and knocked over sometime during Wednesday or Thursday, Interfraternity Council President Bill Zajac said.
East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton received the Michigan Local Government Management Association’s John M. Patriarche Distinguished Service Award on Wednesday.
Government and university officials will be on campus today to celebrate the announcement of five federal grants awarded in Michigan under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
The feature show “How to Build a Planet” will be available to the public at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Abrams Planetarium.
The University Activities Board, or UAB, is hosting the Ultimate Video Game Experience, where students will be able to play video games and win prizes from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday in the Union Ballroom.
Grace Boutique, 115 W. Grand River Ave., in Lansing, will feature Jenna Kator’s 2011 Winter Collection in a trunk show at 6 p.m. tonight. Patrons will have an opportunity to see and purchase the collection, as well as meet the designer.