Former MSU defensive tackle Oren Wilson was sentenced to 21 days in jail Wednesday for his involvement in a November 2009 assault in a residence hall. Wilson is the last player to be sentenced in connection to the Rather Hall fight.
Spartans fans are encouraged to help send off Tom Izzo and the MSU men’s basketball team to the Final Four by lining the streets at 3 p.m. Wednesday along the bus route from Breslin Center to the state Capitol. The bus will be leaving Breslin Center, taking Harrison Road to Michigan Avenue and continuing to the Capitol.
The MSU College Assistance Migrant Program assists students who work or have parents who work as migratory or seasonal farm workers. Supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the MSU program is awaiting a possible funding renewal this summer.
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity decided not to wait for what might be the inevitable sale of its 128 Collingwood Drive home, signing a lease Monday at the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, 342 N. Harrison Road. The fraternity likely will lose its original home — which, at 83 years old, is MSU’s longest-standing greek home and located in a city historical district — if a site plan to make an addition to the structure’s rear complies with a historical district ordinance.
The MSU men’s basketball program’s success has been a family affair, which includes members of MSU head coach Tom Izzo’s family, managers, assistants, former student-athletes and their families.
Tickets for MSU’s Final Four matchup against Butler were on sale midnight on Sunday. Members of the Izzone had a chance to buy $25 tickets, but only minutes after going on sale, most of the 660 available tickets were sold out. Some Spartans fans still are scrambling to get tickets.
A 21-year-old male MSU student reported his belongings stolen from IM Sports-East on Friday.
About 40 students met with university administrators Tuesday to voice concerns about potential budget cuts to programs aimed at multicultural students, including a potential 7 percent cut to the Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions, or OCAT.
Bills introduced in the Michigan House and Senate could open up thousands of teaching positions to recent graduates and young teachers.
For MSU’s College of Nursing, education is going virtual as the school explores Spartan Health Island, an online community that allow students to become avatars and simulate home visits with patients. Spartan Health Island, located within the online community of Second Life, has been implemented in the course Nursing 470, Community Health and Population Nursing.
Christine Harder chooses to spend a lot of her time digging through worm poop. The poop, or worm casting, is used as a healthy, nonchemical, and basically free fertilizer for plants. The interdisciplinary studies in social science and environmental policy and Spanish senior interns at Michigan Energy Options, 405 Grove St., and her favorite part of the job is the compost education program.
The MSU Polish Club hosted an egg-ornamenting event Tuesday in celebration of this weekend’s Easter holiday. Pisanki, derived from the Polish word “pisac” meaning “to write,” is the term used to describe the technique of decorating an egg with any pattern or image desired.
After dropping two tight games during the weekend, the MSU softball team got just what it needed Tuesday in a confidence-boosting 9-2 win against Eastern Michigan.
The seniors on this year’s MSU baseball team have struggled against Central Michigan in their time at MSU. In the past three seasons, the Spartans only have posted one victory against the Chippewas in six attempts.
It has been nine days since junior guard Kalin Lucas’ season ended with a ruptured Achilles’ tendon, but it hasn’t gotten any easier for the first-team All-Big Ten selection to cope with the fact he won’t be on the floor with his teammates in the Final Four.
Unlike many musicians, Daniel Hoover doesn’t have aspirations to become rich and famous playing music one day.
Breakfast with the Bunny will be held from 8-11 a.m. Saturday at Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Drive, in Lansing.
Four groups will perform for a night of indie rock at 8 p.m. Friday at The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing.
MSU students will again be voting in 2010 — this time probably less enthusiastically than in 2008, when students overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama, the candidate of “hope and change.”
One of the largest problems in the United States, and the next issue MSU should tackle aggressively, is food waste. The amount of food wasted every day and thrown away in the cafeterias is huge — there’s no denying that. Although the food is unlikely to go to another hungry resident of the world, it’s a huge economic waste and loss of natural resources that could be used more productively.