The path to find next season’s starting quarterback for the MSU football team has been paved. MSU head coach Mark Dantonio announced in a teleconference Wednesday rising redshirt-junior Brian Lewerke is “clearly” the starter under center as the team prepares for the upcoming season.
In 1972, East Lansing made history and was the first city to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in regards to city hiring.
Target has announced plans to open a small-format store in East Lansing as part of the upcoming Center City District project, according to a press release.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, have set up their green ASMSU branded tent outside of Student Services, which can mean only one thing — it’s time for ASMSU elections.
First reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, MSU star Miles Bridges cancelled meetings with agents and was leaning toward returning for a sophomore season. In his latest report, Wojnarowski said barring a late change in heart, Bridges will return for his sophomore season. Bridges scored 473 points this season; one shy of Shawn Respert – to rank second in MSU freshman scoring through his 28 games.
The Spartans lost their third straight midweek matchup on Tuesday after suffering a 2-1 loss at the hands of Notre Dame at Frank Eck Stadium.
On April 5, 33-year-old doctoral student Piotr Pasik was working feverishly with MSU men’s tennis head coach Gene Orlando on a number of drills. It was Pasik’s last chance to work with Orlando to perfect his serve or master his backhand before he left for the Collegiate Nationals hosted by the University of Alabama.
Junior and environment studies and sustainability major Monte Pride is a soft-spoken student who puts all of his emotion into his music.
MSU alumnus Joe Matulis took advantage of the flooded Red Cedar River to utilize his surfing skills on April 10. Throughout college and beyond, Matulis has surfed the river about 15 times, he said.
The Danton Cole era of the MSU hockey program has begun. An 18-year coaching veteran and MSU alum has assumed the role of the head coach of the MSU ice hockey team after the former head coach, Tom Anastos, stepped down in March.
Lansing Lugnuts Opening Day festivities attracted hundreds of fans and got the community excited for the new season.
There are several traditions at MSU that are intertwined within the students, fans and alumni that have set foot on the East Lansing campus. The range from tailgating on football Saturdays, to kissing your significant under the Beaumont Tower to gain luck on your future marriage, to taking a picture with Sparty. There’s one tradition that’s been put together by hospitality business students that were continued on April 8 at the Huntington Club at Spartan Stadium. Les Gourmets is a dinner put on by hospitality business students that have been put on since 1955 and this year will feature a Route 66 theme called “A Fork in the Road.” “This year we’re featuring live action stations,” Les Gourmets CFO Stephanie Ragatzki said.
The MSU Museum will gain a new leader come this July. Sociocultural and cultural anthropologist Mark Auslander will become MSU Museum’s new director and an associate professor of history and anthropology at MSU. His mission? Get more members of the MSU community to engage in the museum and explore new ideas.
United States District Judge Janet T. Neff has issued a temporary restraining order to allow alleged victims of ex-MSU employee Larry Nassar to publicly discuss the case.
He has stores everywhere from Dallas to Dubai, but MSU alumnus Jeff Sinelli is thinking back to his roots for his next location. Sinelli, Founder and CEO of the Dallas-based Which Wich Superior Sandwiches restaurant chain, will receive a 2017 Outstanding Alumni Award from the College of Communication Arts and Sciences Alumni Board today. “It’s always nice to be recognized in any form, so I’m pretty stoked about it,” Sinelli said.
When senior second baseman Dan Durkin takes the field, he wears the same Spartan uniform the rest of his teammates don — with one slight exception
Originally from Barcelona, MSU women’s golf’s freshman Paz Marfa Sans is adjusting to life overseas in East Lansing. Junior Sarah Burnham, Marfa Sans’ “big sister” and teammate, said the freshman is a great companion to everyone.
Mechanical Engineering senior Matthew Schomisch, the director of the Roial Improv Players, has spent his whole MSU career dedicating time to the improv group.
The donation based MSU Museum threw their 22nd annual wine tasting benefit April 7 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.
The ninth annual Muslim Mental Health Conference will be held at the East Lansing Marriott Hotel from Apr.