After being held to one goal or less in five of its last six games, the No. 6 MSU field hockey team jumped on the back of senior midfielder Sabine van den Assem to find some offense Sunday.
Despite practicing hard to earn Big Ten victories, the MSU volleyball team dropped both of its road matches this weekend.
The No. 11 MSU men’s soccer team suffered its second loss of the season Sunday afternoon, falling 2-1 to No. 19 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.
There was a chilly autumn wind whispering across the grounds of the MSU campus on Sunday morning. But for East Lansing resident Dan Leyman, the weather was pristine for competing in the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, Dinosaur Dash.
A cell phone was the game piece, and downtown East Lansing and MSU’s campus were the interactive game board in the second annual “Becky Beauchine Kulka Diamond Dash,” Sunday afternoon.
Glass steins full of frothy beer and spätzle with schnitzle, combined with lively polka dancing on a brisk fall evening, made for a festive weekend at Old Town’s Oktoberfest in Lansing.
Researchers hope to more accurately identify factors that might increase the risk of developing breast cancer in some minority and socioeconomic groups, funded by a $14 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Body size, childhood growth, diet and the physical activity of women will be considered to foster an understanding of how cancer occurs, said Ellen Velie, lead researcher and associate professor of epidemiology at MSU. Although it appears cancerous tumors are unique to each woman, more information is necessary to grasp how and which people are affected, she said.
Seven people participated in the second 24-Hour Comics Challenge in downtown Lansing on Saturday and Sunday, where comic artists had from 10 a.m. Saturday until 10 a.m. Sunday to complete a 24-page comic from scratch.
During the weekend, the FBI carried out searches of several known anti-war activists’ homes throughout the Midwest, ostensibly looking for evidence indicating “material support” for terrorist organizations abroad.
There is a chance Michigan residents could follow drinking on Saturday night with a Sunday morning refill if a new bill is signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The true price of such legislation, which would allow stores to sell liquor as early as 7 a.m. on Sundays, might not immediately be known because the 50 or so other pages of the bill were added “in a matter of a few hours,” according to Granholm spokeswoman Katie Carey.
Using an inspired performance by the defense, the No. 24 MSU football team opened up Big Ten play with a 34-24 win over No. 11 Wisconsin.
Football head coach Mark Dantonio will not be in attendance for MSU’s game against Wisconsin on Saturday (3:30 p.m., ABC) after a blood clot was discovered in his leg.
MSU’s colorful athletics history was honored Friday as 10 new members received induction into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame at a ceremony Friday at the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center.
Sophomore forward Olivia Stander and junior forward Laura Heyboer led the MSU women’s soccer team to a 2-0 win over Indiana on Friday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
The No. 6 MSU field hockey team lost its first conference game Friday, a 2-1 defeat at the hands of No. 19 Michigan in Ann Arbor.
After reviewing evidence and statements from alleged victims and suspects, prosecutors determined that “no crime was committed” in an alleged on-campus sexual assault case reported in August, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said in a statement released Friday.
Lyman Briggs sophomore Nicholas Tisdale pleaded guilty to charges of receiving and concealing stolen property Friday.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill Thursday prohibiting the sale and use of several synthetic chemicals that create a marijuana-like high.
It’s been 10 years to the day since 24-year-old Brandon D’Annunzio sustained brain damage after an altercation outside an East Lansing bar. He died eleven days later. Ten years of pain and searching for his mother, Shawn D’Annunzio. Now, a decade later, a mother’s search for closure continues.
Sophomore tight end Dion Sims pleaded guilty Thursday morning at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property.