South Bend, Ind. - Power play goals from senior captain Jim Slater and freshman forward Jim McKenzie were enough for the MSU hockey team to edge Notre Dame, 2-1, on Saturday completing its first series sweep since early November, and solidifying home ice for the first-round CCHA playoffs.
MSU football head coach John L. Smith named former Jacksonville Jaguars defensive line coach Lucious Selmon as his defensive line coach Saturday.
ASMSU's Student Assembly agreed to allocate up to $50,000 to bring mtvU's Campus Invasion Tour to MSU on April 23 - two weeks before finals. After being voted down, but then reconsidered last month, the assembly decided to fund the concert that will feature European rock band Muse. Event planners microbiology junior Sarah Zohdy and international relations seniors Tahera Sakarwala and Jennifer Makarewicz presented the tour idea to ASMSU's Finance Committee on Feb.
Funding for road improvements in Michigan, including an overpass on Farm Lane between Mount Hope and Service roads could receive a boost if a bill passed through U.S.
Indianapolis - For only the third time this year, the Spartans needed an extra five minutes to get the job done and that is just what they did against Illinois, winning 61-50 in overtime at Conseco Fieldhouse.
A few times a week, I go to a place where wheelchairs carry and walkers lead their aged owners down freshly waxed linoleum floors.
As students and East Lansing residents prepare to leave the area for spring break, city officials warn that the sidewalks around homes must remain clear of snow and ice, even if residents are out of town. According to a city ordinance, residents must shovel snow from the sidewalks around their homes within 24 hours of snowfall, or face an $85 ticket. "It is just really a deterrent," said Todd Sneathen, director of the city's Department of Public Works.
Scholarships are available for MSU students to study in Israel. The scholarships have been made possible by an endowment from Detroit businessman Ed Levy Jr.
You probably felt pretty grown-up at 16 or 17. Perhaps you even thought you knew everything. Given what you know now, maybe you realize how short-sighted you were.
It will be the last regular season test for the Spartans as they host last place Penn State at Breslin Center. Emotions on the men's basketball team will be running high for Senior Night and the battered seniors will have a night to shine on their home floor. Not much has gone well for Penn State this season, as they only have one win in the Big Ten season, a 65-62 triumph over Northwestern on Jan.
If you are planning on following the No. 8 MSU women's basketball team down to Indianapolis, then you probably need to know a few things to take up your free time. Should the Spartans win tonight and you are heading down for the later rounds (Sunday and Monday), these are just a few of the attractions and restaurants that Indianapolis has to offer to fans. Indianapolis is home to the NCAA Hall of Champions.
On a night where seven seniors were formally honored, senior captain Jim Slater who stole the show, posting three points, including the game-winning goal in the 3-2 come-from-behind win over Notre Dame.
Although it might look and feel like January outside, in terms of basketball and the calendar, it's March. Tournament time, conference titles, automatic bids to the Big Dance and it's already started for both the men's and women's NCAA teams. Can you feel the excitement? Every March, basketball fans get a taste of the game at its best with conference regular-season wrap-up games, conference tournaments and the NCAA tournament. When I was younger, I would run home from school or bounce in my seat on the bus ride home, waiting to see who had upset who in the afternoon games.
Pat White has traveled across the country in passionate pursuit of raising Highland cattle. Today she will bring one of her favorite show animals, a 4-year-old cow named "Voodoo," to the Heritage Livestock Exhibition at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.
An MSU alumnus is taking on the "Last Great Race" - again. Beginning Saturday, Ed Stielstra and his team of 16 Alaskan huskies will traverse 1,150 miles of Alaskan terrain to run the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for the second time.
A photo on Page One of Thursday's edition of The State News depicted a situation that many probably view as undesirable.
By honoring one of our own we are in no way minimizing others' loss. The opinion in "Hard numbers" (SN 3/1) questions why we don't hear about all of the Iraqis killed.
It's Championship Week on ESPN, and the progsters have their predictions for the final regular season games and the Big Ten tournaments. The Boss showed his youth last week, going 0-4 in a crucial week of picks. On the season, he is now 14-13, and as you can see from the picture, BC made him run for his poor efforts. On the other hand, BC stayed solid with a 2-2 record last week, improving his season record to 18-9. This week, the prognosticators pick the Duke-North Carolina game, MSU-Penn State and the finals of the men's and women's Big Ten tournaments.
The University of Michigan announced this week the creation of a new need-based financial aid program, known as M-PACT, which would reduce loans students have to repay. The program would award grants in the amounts of $500, $1,000 and $1,500 to undergraduate students based on their amount of need.
Journalism is defined as the work of gathering news, so why does The State News think that anyone wants to hear the opinions of the editorial board who, behind their anonymity, espouse opinions on matters they have not earned the right to speak about? Specifically, the recent editorial "Hard Numbers" (SN 3/1) asks readers to remember that Iraqis are dying for their freedom.