The MSU football team’s quarterback race is getting most of the publicity, but a few other intriguing story lines emerged from the Green and White scrimmage on Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
Students living in university housing during the 2009-10 year will see an increase of 5.25 percent for room and board rates, the MSU Board of Trustees decided Friday. The increase will raise the rate for a double room with an unlimited meal plan from $7,026 to $7,395, an increase of $369, according to the university.
Supply chain management senior Daniel Tuthill got a glimpse into the mystery behind the CIA when his class was asked to create a marketing program targeting students to work for the agency.
“No, actually. I was expecting to be in a lot of debt because it was for school. But I have direct deposit for some of my loans.
MSU police received a report of a sexual assault early Friday morning near the Main Library, and are continuing to investigate the incident, according to a police crime alert issued Friday evening.
Students, area residents and country music fans spent the brief sunny part of Saturday afternoon at the field outside Demonstration Hall, taking in the sights and sounds of the 8th annual Sparty’s Spring Party. But a rainy forecast kept attendance low and forced the party to end early.
The 46th session of ASMSU’s Student Assembly filled its leadership roles Thursday. The assembly elected its next chairs. The office of the chair represents the assembly to administration and state and federal governments.
Break dance crews across the nation met Saturday night in IM Sports-West for the Red Cedar Ransom, or the first jam held by the MSU Breakdance Club. Thirteen crews competed in the event, with the top team winning a first place, $1,000 prize.
More than three decades ago, three young men gathered in the end zone of Spartan Stadium, commencing one important journey of their lives that would create a bond lasting for years to come.
After a weekend of stormy skies, gusting winds and pouring rain, the sun was shining brightly on the MSU men’s golf team in the final day of the Spartan/Fossum Invitational on Sunday at Forest Akers West Golf Course.
Dear coach Dantonio, This has to be my job to lose, right? I’ve put in the time for this team and you’ve seen me drastically improve in the past two years.
Dear coach Dantonio, Look, coach. I know you’re a loyal person and that you still might be sour with me about the recruiting fiasco. But coach (and anyone else who might be reading), you must understand the reason I retracted my original commitment to MSU almost three years ago.
Last week marked the 10-year anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colo. People across the country marked the solemn date in different ways and survivors remembered the peers they lost on April 20, 1999.
These days, it seems as if everyone tries to get “free” money. Credit cards are easier and easier to obtain, and students remain extremely susceptible to credit card offers and the accompanying debt.
Former MSU running back Javon Ringer was drafted by the Tennessee Titans with the final pick in the fifth round of Sunday’s NFL Draft, making him the first MSU player to be drafted this year.
MSU football fans got their first look at sophomore quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Keith Nichol on Saturday during the Spartans annual Green and White game Saturday at Spartan Stadium. And the two quarterbacks didn’t disappoint the fans who stuck it out through monsoon-like rains and gusty breezes.
MSU police are investigating a sexual assault that reportedly occurred at about 2 a.m. today near the Main Library, according to a crime alert issued this evening.
Students living in university housing will see a 5.25 percent increase in room and board rates for 2009-10, as approved by the MSU Board of Trustees on Friday. MSU has one of the lowest rates in the Big Ten, with the University of Minnesota, University of Iowa and University of Wisconsin having lower rates. Students will now have to pay $7,395 to live in a residence hall, an increase of $369 from the 2008-09 year.
One swing was all that kept the MSU softball team from sweeping Oakland in a double-header with the Golden Grizzlies at Old College Field on Thursday. Instead, the Spartans had to settle for a split, winning the first game 5-1 and dropping the nightcap 4-3 in the extra innings.
When Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed a $9.1 million cut to MSU’s funding in February, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said there would be cutbacks. To compensate for the lack of state funding, she said it would take an almost 9 percent tuition increase or more than 700 faculty and staff layoffs.