Guest Essay: MSU and its community members are forever changed
By: Sylvia Hodges, MSU English senior
By: Sylvia Hodges, MSU English senior
The No. 10 Michigan State gymnastics team (13-2) will take to the floor one last time this season in Jenison Field House for a senior night celebration against Northern Illinois (8-4) on Saturday night.
Puck drop is set for Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT in Minneapolis at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The semifinal game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
After a season full of mostly poor offensive flow, it seemed as though a switch had been flipped for Michigan State. Then, the Spartans scored less than 60 points in their first and only game of the tournament.
In their 68-58 quarterfinals loss in the Big Ten Tournament, the Spartans failed to bring the necessary energy, contributing to the defensive rut apparent throughout the matchup.
Michigan State suffered a 10-point loss to the Buckeyes in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday afternoon at the United Center.
Defeating the Gophers for the first time this season won't come easy, but the Spartans are confident they have what it takes to pull off the playoff victory.
MSU’s first game of the tournament is set for 2:30 p.m. EST against Ohio State and will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
The Michigan State University Department of Police and Public Safety, or DPPS, released preliminary investigation findings that detail a timeline of the Monday, Feb. 13 mass shooting on campus.Content warning: This article contains explicit photos and discussions of violence that may be damaging to view.
Amongst that general chaos, one can always find Barry Greer. He’s hard to miss. Every game day, he’ll find his place at the front of the band, waving his arms to the beat and directing the musicians.
MSU Vice President of Police and Public Safety Marlon Lynch and FBI Michigan Special Agent In-Charge Jim Tarasca break down the police response to the Feb. 13 mass shooting on campus.
Jacinta Henry started writing songs when she was 14 years old. But she hadn’t written a song in a year until the Feb. 13 shooting on Michigan State University's campus.“We’ve been fighting since we could talk / Been protesting since we could walk,” she sang in front of the crowd at a protest following the shooting.
Henry performed her song, “America,” on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol and in front of the Sit Down, Speak Up protest on Feb. 20, among other students who read speeches and spoken-word poetry.
Lansing native DeJuan Jones didn't have to travel too far to play college soccer. The 25-year-old spent three seasons as an attacking winger for Michigan State before accomplishing his dreams by joining the United States men's national soccer team.
Head coach Tom Izzo discussed the upcoming week in the Big Ten Tournament and what led to MSU's double-bye and No. 4 seeding.
One of the eight victims of the Feb. 13 Michigan State University shooting is improving in the hospital but additional surgeries will be required, according to an update posted by family members.
Perhaps the most important takeaway from this series and season is that after many recent gloomy, dark days in the program, the Spartans have made hockey in East Lansing exciting again.
Michigan State gymnastics pulled out all the stops to dominate their tri-meet against Bowling Green State and Long Island on Sunday. In the Spartans' first home meet since being named Big Ten champions, five program records were broken.
Michigan State has been named the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, earning a double-bye. The Spartans will play their first game Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.