Sunday, June 28, 2026

Take a peek behind the curtain and test drive the NEW StateNews.com today!

Multimedia

COMMENTARY

Partisanship has no place in Haiti crisis

More than a week has passed since disaster struck Haiti and its people. International aid has poured in from even some of the poorest countries to provide relief. Extensive coverage of the earthquake’s damage has shown us the true devastation the Haitian people are facing.

MSU

End date removed from Simon's contract

After removing the end date from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s employment contract last month, members of the MSU Board of Trustees said the action does not mean Simon intends to depart her post sooner than anticipated.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Spartans get narrow win over Iowa

Their work here is done. The MSU men’s basketball team put a final — though potentially discouraging — stamp on a crucial homestand Wednesday night by beating Iowa 70-63 to improve its record to 6-0 in the Big Ten and hold its lead in the conference standings.

MSU

MSU community joins to support Haiti

Kyle Martin was sitting in class — the same as any other day — when he received the news. He sprinted out of the lecture as soon as he got the text message: “What’s going on in Haiti is horrible.”

MSU

Broads add $2M to museum donation

Billionaire alumnus Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, donated another $2 million to help the art museum bearing their name reach its funding goal of $40 million, the university announced Wednesday.

MSU

MSU Safe Place works to raise stalker awareness

After hearing a tapping noise on her ground floor apartment window about two years ago, Kate found a sticky note with an online screen name secured to the glass. Kate, an MSU graduate student, assumed it was a prank until she found the same note attached to her car a few days later.

ICE HOCKEY

Maroon line having strong 'connection'

Don’t call them the fourth line. For now, the forward combination of sophomores Brett Perlini and Trevor Nill, along with freshman Dean Chelios, prefer to be called the “maroon line,” representing the color of the jerseys they wear in practice.