Green and white or maroon and gold. When Sean and Monica Fochtman brought their newborn son home from the hospital two years ago, they knew their baby would be wearing one or the other.
After countless hours of studying for exams, Andrea Hanley has found attending religious services helps her to balance the stress that comes with finals week.
The MSU hockey team didn’t draw a cupcake heading into its final series before winter break. The No. 5 Spartans will battle a much-improved Ferris State team this weekend in a home-and-home series with Friday’s game being contested in Big Rapids and Saturday’s game at Munn Ice Arena.
Here’s the breakdown on the upcoming matchup between MSU and Boston College.
When Mike Prelesnik and other members of the Ingham County Fair Board decided to host a winter carnival on the fairgrounds, they wanted proceeds from the event to go to charity. The board settled on Capital Area Child & Family Services’ Angel House, an emergency shelter for children in Mason.
With eight teams heading to postseason bowls, Big Ten fans are poised for a holiday season full of smashmouth football. While MSU is taking on Boston College in the Champs Sports Bowl, here’s a preview for the seven other bowl games involving Big Ten teams.
The college football regular season is officially over, and what a year it was. Unbelievable upsets, Heisman moments and gritty leaders summarize the 2007 season.
After four tumultuous seasons under former head coach John L. Smith, the Spartan football program found itself in a sink-or-swim situation. With the hiring of head coach Mark Dantonio last December, the program was in a state of flux.
The MSU men’s basketball team’s freshmen might not fly across the lane for NBA Jam-like dunks, dribble through defenders’ legs or consistently make ESPN’s Top Ten plays — but even without those attributes, they are living up to the hype.
Who remembers 2003? I bet Tom Izzo does. That was the year in which the MSU men’s basketball team faced off against Kansas, DePaul, Duke, Oklahoma, Kentucky, UCLA and Syracuse before the Spartans faced a single Big Ten opponent.
Pricey parking meters, some of which are limited to an hour of use, are a problem on campus, ASMSU representative Chris Wickman said. Because of this, Wickman introduced a bill that was passed Nov. 29 by the Student Assembly.
With chilly weather and biting winds settling into Lansing, Spike and Ebony prefer to spend their time indoors. Probably because they’re African rhinos.
The MSU Board of Trustees will vote today to authorize $2 million in repairs to Spartan Stadium to begin construction this April. “If it’s broken, you have to fix it,” said Rick Atkinson, assistant athletics director for facilities and event management.
Check out what the State News prognosticators have to say about upcoming MSU athletic contests.
With endless varieties, tastes and aromas, there’s one timelss drink that continues to attract a cultural following — wine. Extracted from delicate grapes lining vineyards, variations of wine are available from across the globe.
It’s the most dreaded time of the year — finishing finals in an attempt to pull off somewhat honorable grades while maintaining a social life and trying to stay sane.
The East Lansing City Council is reviewing a proposal that could force East Lansing residents to adopt a new garbage-collection system.
If you are planning to work off the fat from mom’s fresh holiday cookies, the opportunity will be a little farther away than you think. In fact, you might burn more fat walking to the new Powerhouse Gym location than actually exercising there.
Sean Ely’s article Judicial boards violate MSU rule (SN 12/6) does more to highlight the inconsistencies and failures of ASMSU than it does the student judicial system here at MSU.
I was excited to see the article titled Judicial boards violate MSU rule (SN 12/6). I was a previous member of judicial affairs and was very outspoken about the injustices that occurred during my tenure on the judicial board.