The man known as South Africa’s Martin Luther King Jr. will deliver the university’s keynote speech at spring commencement. Desmond Tutu, a South African activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. May 8 at Breslin Center. The event will be free to the public.
Health officials are awaiting lab results to determine the cause of a viral outbreak that sickened 25 to 30 MSU students and caused the indefinite closure of Shaw Hall’s cafeteria Wednesday.
A 41-year-old Lansing man who unintentionally flagged down an MSU police officer Friday morning was eventually arrested for stealing another man’s debit card, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The MSU men’s basketball team has all the storylines. The season is the 30th anniversary of the basketball program’s first national championship.
Two student organizations’ futures rely on a campuswide student vote this week. The Residence Halls Association and Impact (89-FM) each charge a student tax that the organizations rely almost completely on for funding. Every three years, each tax referendum goes before a student vote to determine whether the taxes continue.
In his four years at MSU, communication senior Mike Haslett never missed a chance to watch a game with the Izzone. This weekend, he’ll miss the two most important games of the year.
Next week, MSU junior Jack Newman will venture to Augusta, Georgia, for the premiere golf event in the world: the Masters Tournament. Newman will walk in the footsteps of Jack, Arnie, Tiger and Lefty — men who made their names at the famed Augusta National Golf Club.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or less, at a new face on campus and his perspective of his new frontier.
Fans can wish the MSU men’s basketball team good luck before the Final Four at a send-off party scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Breslin Center.
A local business allows customers of all ages to express their creativity and build a masterpiece — except the work of art may consist of crushed Reese’s Pieces, fresh raspberries and hot fudge. Or it could be a combination of broken Oreo chunks and a drizzled caramel, marshmallow topping.
Cheryl Connell-Marsh still loves to do the morning feed. After 25 years at Nottingham Equestrian Center, 16848 Towar Ave., she still loves to go in the barn in the morning when it’s dark and quiet and the horses mostly are asleep.
MSU senior Megan O’Brien will spend part of her summer taking a crash course in community organizing. O’Brien, a social relations and policy and urban and regional planning senior, was accepted into the Direct Action and Research Training Center, or DART, Organizers Institute.
Kenneth Wyniemko spent almost 10 years in prison for rape and robbery crimes he was later cleared of. On Tuesday, Wyniemko spoke to MSU professor Zach Hambrick’s psychology class about his time in jail, fighting for his innocence.
Parents shouldn’t be so quick to tell their children to stop playing video games, according to a study released by MSU psychology professor Linda Jackson this month in Barcelona, Spain.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio addressed the media Tuesday afternoon before the team’s fourth of 15 spring practices. Here’s what Dantonio had to say about the Spartans practicing in pads, the position battles and the men’s basketball team’s journey to the Final Four.
Fresh off making his first Final Four in 1999, MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo knew the 2000 season had the chance to be even more special. With nearly every key player returning for his senior season — including Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson and A.J. Granger — Izzo felt his team had the talent, experience and toughness to win a national championship.
I was one of many Izzone members who sat at their computers Monday afternoon to purchase Final Four tickets. After two faulty links, more than three hours and some tears, I still sat there with my friend with no tickets.
I’m writing in regards to the recent sale of Izzone tickets for the upcoming Final Four. Personally, I believe the Student Alumni Foundation has committed an injustice to its loyal Izzone members.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently that unemployment is at the highest rate in 26 years. MSU students have felt the impact as fewer recruiters come to campus and less positions are offered.
MSU’s victory against Louisville for a position in the Final Four naturally caused excitement among Izzone members. As a reward for their dedication to the MSU men’s basketball team — camping out for season tickets, standing throughout the duration of games and coming up with a variety of loud, colorful cheers — the Izzone had a chance to purchase tickets to Saturday’s national semifinal game in Detroit against the University of Connecticut.