Indianapolis - It is only fitting during a season when the MSU women's basketball team is honored with everything it has accomplished that the true leader of the team is honored herself.
Indianapolis - The No. 1 seed MSU women's basketball team trailed by as many as 16 points in the second half but were able to complete the comeback, 68-64, against No.
I am deeply disturbed and upset at the way things went down at the end of the Final Four game against the University of North Carolina.
It's Monday and, for most of us, that means returning to the humdrum of daily existence. For me, it means returning to life after one of the most surreal weekends ever. As a writer for The State News, I had the opportunity to cover post-game celebrations in East Lansing after Saturday's basketball matchup between the MSU men's team and the University of North Carolina.
St. Louis - What a guy. That says it all about MSU head coach Tom Izzo, who personifies everything you could want from a coach on and off the court. On the court, he is a fiery professional who stands up for his team when the situation calls for it, but he also is an extremely classy individual who shows the proper respect to the opposing team and its players. Off the court, Izzo has a larger-than-life personality, but that does not translate at all to his ego, which, like his team's, is nonexistent. Junior center Paul Davis calls Izzo's passion for the game unmatched and says that he wants to have just a piece of Izzo's passion.
When reports of Pope John Paul II's critical condition hit East Lansing last week, parishioners of St.
As students hurried across to their teammates, eggs fell from spoons onto the floor. Any question as to whether they had been hard-boiled ended as they splattered into yellow goo on the ground. The relays consisted of three stages - first was a wheelbarrow race, followed by carrying an egg on a spoon, before finishing with a three-legged race. Members of MSU's greek community stood on the sidelines, cheering for their teammates during Relay For Life on Friday, held at Jenison Field House during the annual Greek Week. The relays were only part of the event, in its third year as part of Greek Week, said Lauren Palmaccio, director of Relay For Life. Money raised during the event will be donated to the American Cancer Society. "It is a really good cause," the accounting senior said.
"Gus & Angie: A Tale of Life, Death and Doo-Doo," a play written by local author Dick Hill, premieres this weekend at Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive in Lansing. The play is about the relationship of a free-thinking father, Gus, and his straitlaced daughter, Angie.
St. Louis - North Carolina forward Jawad WiIliams had been missing. One of the more consistent players early this season, Williams only scored more than 10 points once in the past eight games. Williams was one of the Tar Heels seniors that survived an 8-20 season and a big coaching change during his four years. But he exploded for 20 points and eight rebounds on Saturday in the 87-71 win against MSU.
Alan Anderson, Tim Bograkos, Chris Hill and Kelvin Torbert, I thank you. Thank you for your dedication to your university and to the team. Thank you for never giving up, giving in, becoming daunted or distressed. For four years you played with resolve.
St. Louis - Parading through crowds of orange and red, MSU finance junior Mike Tierney waved an MSU flag just hours before tipoff of the Final Four game on Saturday. With a group of six others, Tierney, an Izzone co-director, stuck out in the crowd of Illini fans that filled the streets of St.
One day after thousands of Spartans fans took to the streets following the men's basketball team's loss to North Carolina, MSU officials say the majority of students in the disturbance behaved appropriately. Following the team's 87-71 loss in the Final Four in St.
The MSU fencing club's attempt at swashbuckling supremacy was foiled by the United States Military Academy in the third USA Collegiate Fencing Club Championship.
Every pot of coffee brewed in MSU residence halls will soon help Nicaraguan farming communities build bridges and roads, develop health care programs and construct schools. Beginning next year, the house blend in all MSU residence halls will be fair trade coffee, which is certified to meet certain production standards and to provide fair prices and decent working conditions for the farmers who produce it. The decision, announced at Wednesday's Residence Halls Association meeting, will make MSU the largest campus food-service program in the country to use fair trade as its primary coffee. The announcement was greeted with applause by members of The Real Food Group, which has been petitioning for locally grown, organic and fair trade products on campus. "It caught me completely by surprise," said Shawn Wozniak, an MSU alumnus, a member of The Real Food Group and a former State News columnist.
St. Louis - After a spectacular run that landed them in the Final Four, the No. 5 seed Spartans were brought crashing back to earth by No.
When he returns from spring break, East Lansing High School student Tyler Whitney will be allowed to distribute his conservative newspaper at school. Whitney said officials stopped the distribution of Right Way in March because they did not agree with its content.
For 21 years, I had subscribed to the delusion that police existed for the protection of the innocent.
The 4-H members of the Capital Kids Club in Lansing is hosting a charity walkathon benefiting Habitat for Humanity Lansing.
There's just one thing that can make 12-year-old Andre Vanpoelvoorde travel all the way from Hamburg, Mich.
Online dating service Web sites might have to disclose whether they conduct background checks on their customers, if a bill introduced by state Sen.