The MSU women’s basketball team came out running in its 68-56 victory over Iowa on Thursday. The Spartans took advantage of their depth early and often running Iowa up and down the floor from the tip, wearing the Hawkeyes down while using their size advantage to get rebounds and points in the paint.
The space outside The Gallery in Snyder-Phillips Hall will soon be home to a new resident: a roughly 26-foot-tall sculpture. MSU hired New York-based artist John Van Alstine to construct an abstract piece, which will be called Funambulist.
Paying for school no longer will be a concern for disabled Michigan veterans if they take advantage of a new MSU tuition assistance program. MSU’s Disabled Veterans Assistance Program, which was unveiled Thursday and will begin next fall, will cover all education-related costs for disabled veterans, including tuition, fees, books and room and board.
Students looking to gamble this weekend won’t need to leave the East Lansing city limits to visit a casino. The Hospitality Association of the School of Hospitality Business is bringing Vegas Night to Breslin Center tonight.
MSU Residence Halls Association president Mark Dobson gave his third and final State of the Organization address Wednesday night, calling for positive change. Dobson, who will step down in April, said RHA can always strive to do better.
Flushing them or dumping them in the trash heap can lead to health hazards, but pharmaceutical disposal for students and residents has been made easier and cleaner with a new program from the Ingham County Health Department.
After an up-and-down freshman campaign, MSU guard Chris Allen realized he had a lot to learn about college basketball. The game was faster, the strategies were more complex, and he had problems taking advantage of his greatest strength: shooting.
The MSU hockey team has been plagued with numerous off-ice distractions this season. Whether it was players being suspended from the team, returning to juniors or suffering long-term injuries, the role of captain for MSU senior goaltender Jeff Lerg has been anything but what he expected entering the season.
Fresh off road trips to Ohio State and Iowa, the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team comes back to Breslin Center for the first time since its upset loss to Northwestern on Jan. 21. With their 28-game home winning streak over, the Spartans look to start a new streak at noon Saturday against the Nittany Lions.
Already the best defensive team in the Big Ten, the MSU women’s basketball team finally is starting to find its way around the offensive side of the ball. The Spartans started off the season winning games, but not consistently scoring baskets the way they wanted to, with clean passes into the post for easy layups rather than risky outside shots.
People say Idong Ibok will be the president of Nigeria someday. Coaches who have seen him play basketball and grow through different stages of life echo each others’ thoughts — there’s more to the player than a presence in the post. But Ibok just laughs.
It’s once again that time to guess the outcome of this weekend’s games with the State News prognosticators.
Caffeine is a stimulant that causes alertness and an increased feeling of happiness or well-being. Too much can lead to physical and mental side effects. It’s a drug, and it’s addicting.
Let me paint you a picture of basically all “young adult” plots: There is a girl. There is a boy. There is a relationship. There are academic, romantic and family struggles. If you are female, you have read this before. If you are male, you may have as well. “College Girl” is, in essence, the classic young adult novel about a girl who — you guessed it — is in college and facing the typical roadblocks one would expect.
This university sends a message that it would rather have its own employees, who have purchased a parking permit, spend irreplaceable time every day hunting around campus for a location to park instead of getting to work. In addition, MSU seems to have a large interest in fining its employees who purchase parking permits instead of improving campus parking.
The MSU Power Plant made a temporary change last week from burning coal to burning gasoline to generate power. The reason was simple — gasoline prices have fallen below coal prices and MSU is taking the opportunity to save money on energy costs. In the short term it makes sense to switch to gasoline, but we can’t help but think about MSU’s long-term energy problems.
Michael Carman’s letter, Attacks on Obama do not correctly reflect reality (SN 1/29) is a bit of fantasy of its own.
People are always asking me why I’m vegan. I gladly explain the horrors of factory farming, the enslavement that comes with any animal-food production, and the health and environmental benefits. But people almost always have rebuttals. Not only are some of them easily answered by some small degree of critical thought, but I don’t even think people believe some the things they say.
The results of an autopsy conducted this afternoon to determine what caused the death of 22-year-old MSU senior Don Ausman were inconclusive. The Ingham County Medical Examiner is conducting toxicology reports, the results of which are still pending.
Disabled veterans attending MSU beginning this fall won’t have to pay for school as part of a new veterans assistant program introduced today. MSU’s Disabled Veterans Assistance Program will help veterans attend the university by covering the cost or tuition, housing, books and other fees.