The MSU men’s basketball team beat Penn State 67-65 Thursday. This win put the Spartans a step closer to consecutive Big Ten titles and kept them from their first home three-game losing streak since 1997.
Clutch free-throw shooting from team captains and a late defensive lockdown allowed the No. 11 MSU men’s basketball team to escape with a 67-65 victory over Penn State Thursday night at Breslin Center.
The Spartans, the hottest team in the league, have shown the ability to beat anybody — from the top-tier teams to the squads in the basement — and that’s exactly what a team needs to be successful in the postseason.
After an eight and a half hour meeting, assembly members of the MSU Residence Halls Association, or RHA, elected current Vice President Chelsea Satkowiak as president of RHA’s 41st session.
Jon Crandell didn’t have the typical path of a walk-on. He was just a normal student during his freshman year, playing intramural basketball, until former MSU walk-on guard DeMarcus Ducre spotted Crandell and told him to look more into basketball.
Isaiah Dahlman is the most likeable player on the MSU men’s basketball team. But it’s not because he’s a lockdown defender or will have the ball in his hands in crunch time. Raymar Morgan is the most frustrating player on the MSU men’s basketball team. But it’s not because he’s cold, indignant or an incompetent basketball player. As the two seniors’ careers in Green and White come to an inevitable end, it’s certain both players — who will go down as some of the program’s most valuable, in their own right — had an indelible impact on the success of MSU basketball through the past four years and its great promise for years to come. “We’re so different,” Dahlman said.
Spartan engineers will be given the opportunity Monday to pursue up to 60 new jobs with IBM — jobs they wouldn’t have to leave the city of East Lansing to get. Recruiters from IBM’s Global Delivery Center, which is located on the second floor of the MSU Federal Credit Union at 600 E. Crescent Road, for application services will be on campus for a meet-and-greet with both MSU and non-MSU graduates next week.
MSU no longer will use live animals to teach veterinary students surgical techniques, a spokesperson for the College of Veterinary Medicine said Thursday. Linda Chadderdon, spokeswoman for the college, said the university will switch from live animals to alternative methods of animal surgery education, such as animal cadavers, beginning in the fall.
“The School of Rock,” workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 13 at the MSU Community Music School, 841 Timberlane St. Any middle- or high school-aged students with some experience on guitar, bass, keyboard, drums or vocals are welcome at the workshop.
The East Lansing Public Art Gallery will feature works by watercolor artist Lori Zurvalec from 1-2 p.m. Sunday at Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
A musical performance of the children’s book “Strega Nona” by Tomie dePaola will be performed at 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
The Quiet Water Society is hosting the 15th annual Quiet Water Symposium from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.
What is so special about a tiny gold statue of a man named Oscar?
As a season wears on, coaches naturally become concerned with fatigue as their players deal with the rigors of a long season. MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant is no different.
State Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, introduced a plan Wednesday to extend lawmaker term limits, according to a statement.
“The Body” will allow viewers to experience a night of modern dance at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, with Lansing-based Happendance professional company, which will be presenting its annual winter concert featuring eight original dances. Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Major transportation issues will be addressed in October as three Michigan universities — MSU, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University — plan to meet in Dearborn for a three-day conference called Transforming Transportation: Economies and Communities, a new transportation research consortium put on by the University Research Corridor, or URC.
The 95th annual Agriculture and Natural Resources Week will take place March 5-13 on campus.
It’s finally playoff time. The Spartans will host a best-of-three quarterfinal series March 12-13 — and March 14, if necessary — after the first-round winners are reseeded.