Jason Evans, 25, will wait for his trial to be rescheduled after an unrelated murder trial that started Monday bumped his court date back. Evans is accused of assaulting a then-19-year-old MSU student Oct. 6, 2008, by approaching the victim and holding a pocket knife to her neck. He faces one count of felonious assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of false imprisonment.
An 18-year-old female student reported three textbooks stolen Wednesday night from her room in North Wonders Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said
Although information technology jobs have become synonymous with outsourcing, MSU and IBM reversed that trend two weeks ago when the computer company announced an agreement to establish a programming center on campus.
Days after losing its first game of the conference season to lowly Northwestern, the No. 7 MSU men’s basketball team battled a pair of worthy opponents on Sunday — adversity and Ohio State.
Changing the name of his coffee franchise from a potentially offensive moniker to one simply referring to the big “B” on the shop’s paper cups wasn’t a problem for Biggby Coffee founder and CEO Bob Fish.
On a day honoring the loss of North Carolina State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow and her bout with breast cancer, the MSU women’s basketball team’s 59-50 victory against Wisconsin couldn’t have been more of a fight.
Throughout the season, players on the MSU men’s basketball team have said that on any given day, a different player can lead the Spartans to victory. As sophomore guard Kalin Lucas was held scoreless in the first half Sunday and junior forward Raymar Morgan continued to struggle with flu-like symptoms, the Spartans unleashed another dangerous scorer on their roster.
With Saturday’s 5-3 loss and Friday’s 6-2 defeat to No. 8 Michigan, the MSU hockey team lost five straight to the Wolverines for the first time ever in a single season. And to make matters worse, the Spartans now sit in last place in the CCHA.
The trial for the man charged with the assault of a female student last fall begins today at the Veterans Memorial Courthouse, 313 W. Kalamazoo St., in Lansing.
The long march toward updating a set of bylaws that could change the structure of Academic Governance continued last week as Faculty Council began sifting through related documents.
With more than $100,000 left over from last semester’s budget, the MSU Residence Halls Association hopes to present more concerts and improve existing programs. The surplus, which is not uncommon, was due to some projects falling through, RHA President Mark Dobson said.
The best offense for the MSU women’s basketball team may be sitting on the bench. The MSU reserves have outscored its opponents’ 188-108 in conference play and is a big reason for the current five-game winning streak.
The Spartans swept Eastern Michigan 7-0 this weekend to earn their first win of the season and their first victory in East Lansing.
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams wrapped up events at the Shamrock Invitational on Saturday at Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.
The MSU track and field team took second place at the Notre Dame Invitational this weekend in South Bend, Ind., finishing behind the host Irish.
I understand the Michigan vs. MSU rivalry is one of the most heated rivalries in all of sports. But what happened on Saturday night both on and off the ice leaves reason for die-hard fans of both schools to hang their heads.
Each of MSU’s five undergraduate dorm complexes offers a unique environment to the students residing there. From infamous, freshmen-dominated Brody Complex to the quieter, more scenic West Circle, student dorm life experiences will vary notably according to the dorm they select.
As a third-year college student, letting my peers know I still live in the dorms triggers reactions ranging from pity to confusion. I would have a hard time arguing my pad on Gilchrist Hall’s third floor is superior to an apartment or house, but I would still recommend staying in a dorm as an essential college experience.
The thing about co-ops is that there isn’t just one thing about co-ops. Now, paradoxes aside, there really are a lot of facets of housing cooperatives that aren’t disseminated into the realm of the everyday Spartan.
The MSU men’s tennis team continued its early success in the 2009 season, winning a doubleheader Saturday at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility. The Spartans earned the sweep by defeating Cleveland State 5-2 in the morning and Youngstown State in the nightcap 7-0.