Eight seasons after the MSU men’s basketball team won the national championship, the days of preparation leading up to the 2000 title game are still firmly etched in Brian Gregory’s mind.
During his career with the MSU men’s basketball team, senior forward Marquise Gray has learned a thing or two about dealing with criticism. A superstar caliber athlete coming out of Flint Beecher High, Gray came to MSU with the world on a string. Jaw-dropping athleticism, brute strength, a soft touch around the basket — Gray had it all.
Former MSU associate coach Brian Gregory and his Dayton Flyers pulled an upset over six-seeded West Virginia in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, but the No. 11 seed lost 60-43 to Kansas in the second round.
Bill Self hasn’t been around a lot of big men during his 16 years coaching NCAA men’s basketball. That might mean the praise he gave Cole Aldrich — when the Kansas coach said he can’t compare Aldrich to anyone — isn’t too impressive.
Senior center Goran Suton’s dominant defensive performance against Southern Cal didn’t strike fear into the heart of Kansas’ center Cole Aldrich. In fact, the Jayhawks star center said he’s looking forward to his individual matchup with Suton.
I came to MSU with 30 credits before I even enrolled in a college class because of Advanced Placement class credit. I didn’t have to take prerequisite classes such as Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities and Integrative Studies in Biological Science. I tested out of Economics 201 and 202.
Living in the dorms as a college freshman can be a mind-expanding, intimidating experience and could be the first time students have lived on their own. It’s a time to grow, explore and understand different walks of life. Facing these enormous challenges, imagine facing prejudice and judgement about a fundamental fact you can’t change about yourself.
I empathize with Brian Vandeputte’s frustration regarding the lack of coverage of Franklin Gomez’s 133-pound national wrestling title.
He hadn’t even left home for his freshman year at MSU, but animal science senior Uri Donnett and his family had spent months talking to housing officials over the phone, hoping to resolve a conflict. Donnett, a transgender student assigned to a female floor and female roommate in Brody Hall, said the arrangement would have been uncomfortable.
Racking up student loans and paying them off for decades will no longer be a reality for students taking loans from the nation’s largest private student lender.
Confusion and a whirlwind of he-said, she-said has persisted following the controversial election last week of the Council of Graduate Students’ next president.
A 21-year-old woman and 35-year-old man, both from Lansing, reported a 32-piece knife and block set stolen from their exhibit at the Lansing Home & Garden Show at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Fewer travelers will make Michigan a stop on the map in 2009, according to a study by MSU researchers. Michigan’s tourism industry is expected to decrease 3 to 4 percent this year based on the findings of MSU professor Don Holecek and other experts.
MSU students are exploring what goes on behind the hottest tracks in the entertainment world.
Though a 12-year-old is, to some extent, guided by the same morals in the virtual world as in the real world, there is something else influencing online behavior, a study by MSU professor Linda A. Jackson found.
When interdisciplinary studies in social science and international studies senior Elizabeth Kurkowski is driving and there aren’t many other cars on the road, she’ll occasionally send a quick text message to a friend.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has declared next week Severe Weather Awareness Week in Michigan.
In Tuesday’s home opener, the MSU softball team waited until the bottom of the seventh inning to win the game on a walk-off home run by sophomore shortstop Lindsey Hansen.
The State News dubbed the MSU women’s basketball team’s win over Duke on Tuesday as head coach Suzy Merchant’s “signature win.”
Head coach Jake Boss Jr. thought his MSU baseball team had the chance to build some momentum when the Spartans came north after its spring trip down south. So far, so good.