In the past month, the MSU community has had to deal with the tragic deaths of two students. On Nov. 5, Alpha Epsilon Pi member and business sophomore Ryan Rosman was killed after being dragged by a bus in Detroit, and Nov. 21, Alpha Gamma Rho and environmental soil science and chemistry senior Brian McMillen died of unknown causes.
During a week when only one Big Ten team played and a lot changed in the bowling world — of football, that is.
A 43-year-old Laingsburg, Mich., woman driving a 2007 Nissan struck a parked car Nov. 9 in Lot 11, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Billions of years after it created the universe, the cataclysmic event known as the big bang might be making another appearance in 2010.
Millions of dollars in construction and maintenance projects will be put on hold this year as the university generates reserves to prepare for future fiscal struggles.
It started as a plan dreamed up Nov. 1 by two freshmen to smash pumpkins in a friend’s yard as a Halloween prank.
Members of Iota Phi Theta, the fraternity involved in a Nov. 22 assault in Rather Hall, formally stated members of the MSU football team were involved in the assault, although university officials and MSU police have not confirmed this.
Road bumps were bound to materialize in the No. 8 MSU hockey team’s season. With the Spartans starting 14 underclassmen in each game, MSU head coach Rick Comley said this season’s red-hot start, in which the Spartans went 9-2-2, eventually would hit a wall.
The No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team split a pair of weekend games at the Legends Classic in Atlantic City, N.J., bouncing back with a convincing win Saturday against Massachusetts after being upset by Florida on Friday.
Ten years later, the players that comprised the 1999 MSU football team still cause Spartans’ fans to shake their heads in awe. Plaxico Burress. Julian Peterson. T.J. Duckett. Renaldo Hill. Robaire Smith. Chris Baker. Amp Campbell. Ten years later, what that team accomplished has yet to be matched by other MSU teams.
The Lansing Art Gallery, 113 S. Washington Square, in Lansing, has two exhibitions open until Dec. 23. “Michigan Wildlife Art Masters” is displayed in the Mezzanine Gallery and features five Michigan artists. “In Another Light” displays Gale Nobes’ photographs in the Main Gallery.
(SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., will host two concerts featuring local music Friday and Saturday.
The Downtown Lansing Food Fight Against Hunger is scheduled to take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday.
MSU Safe Place will hold its online holiday auction until noon Dec. 15. The auction will raise money for survivors of domestic violence and stalking in the MSU and Lansing communities.
State and university officials are discussing ways to cut down on the number of hate crimes in Michigan a week after the state was ranked as one of the top five worst places for biased-motivated crime last year.
Director Wes Anderson is known for his eccentricity. He parts his long, thin hair to the side and often is seen sporting a beige corduroy suit and a pink scarf, depending on how he’s feeling.
A diverse blend of local, regional and national bands played for an intimate Black Friday crowd.
All-State linebacker and MSU commit Max Bullough had an enormous game leading his team, Traverse City St. Francis, to its second consecutive state championship Saturday morning at Ford Field in Detroit.
The MSU volleyball team found no comfort on the road in its final regular season weekend, dropping 3-0 matches against No. 1 Penn State and Ohio State.
Following an up-and-down start to the season, all it took was a little warm weather and sun for the MSU women’s basketball team to come to life.