Nassar in the news: Gymnasts testify before Senate Judiciary Committee
Retired Olympic gymnasts testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in support of S.534, the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017.
Retired Olympic gymnasts testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in support of S.534, the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017.
East Lansing’s Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, or BRA, voted to send the current brownfield plan for the Center City District project to East Lansing City Council.
The contract of Curtis Blackwell, the director of college advancement and performance for MSU football, has been extended by a month, MSU spokesperson Jason Cody confirmed via text message.
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced on Tuesday she will vote against Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination.
In the latest report by USA Today Sports, Louisville’s Rick Pitino takes the top spot and MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo ranks fifth among coaches in this year’s NCAA Tournament by salary.
Since the start of the spring semester, MSU police have responded to five reports of inhalation of a chemical agent at Hubbard Hall. There have been no other incidents reported anywhere else on campus.
A Michigan judge hearing a case against former MSU employee Larry Nassar issued a gag order on Tuesday, limiting what accusers and their lawyers can say about the sexual-assault allegations.
The 2017 McDonald's All-American Game, which showcases some of the best high school players across the country annually, was held Wednesday at the United Center in Chicago, Ill..
The American Volleyball Coaches Association, or AVCA, has named MSU volleyball head coach Cathy George to its Board of Directors.
Coming off a 3-2 loss to Western Michigan on Tuesday, the MSU baseball team currently sits at 15-6 on the season. Junior outfielder Brandon Hughes, who hit four home runs in the Spartans’ three-game series sweep of Illinois last weekend, including three in the third game of the series, was named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week and also a USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Gold Standard Performance of the Week as a result of his dominant performance. The junior from Sterling Heights, Mich.
The MSU Track and Field team kicked off the outdoor season in North Carolina last weekend at the Raleigh Relays.
Jazz studies major Dakota Peterson has been playing the drums for a little over eight years. Peterson doesn’t just play for a hobby but rather she plays in multiple groups and uses her skills to raise money for different organizations around Lansing. The senior is involved with a group named SHRIMP which stands of Solidarity Helps Raise Impoverished and Marginalized People.
MSU Student Housing Cooperative practices the idea of cooperative living throughout its 15 houses across the East Lansing area and consists of approximately 240 members. One of its main goals is to provide sustainable living for all its members and making their homes efficient by going 100 percent carbon free through electricity usage. One co-op member wanted to start that pushing that goal harder, so he created the Green Energy Initiative Project.
In major college sports such as basketball and football, the atmosphere with fans in the stadium and tailgating beforehand, is what draws fans to watch MSU athletics. For the players, it’s the atmosphere within the locker room and going to war with your teammates against your opponent. For the players of the men and women MSU Ultimate Frisbee teams, the friendly atmosphere on the field between both teams is what separates ultimate frisbee from the rest of the pack. “I do like that aspect of ‘Hey, we hate these guys guts (so) let’s tear them up,’” supply chain management senior Charles Robertson said.
MSU softball kicked off an 11-game home stand with their home opener and a 7-2 win against Western Michigan University. The season began on Feb. 10 and MSU has endured 26 straight road games, which mounted a 15-11 overall record. With their victory against the Broncos, the Spartans are now 16-11 overall, 0-3 in the Big Ten.
An attempt to rid campus of the stigma behind mental health is in full swing at MSU.
East Lansing police are investigating an incident involving a man who allegedly impersonated a police officer.
The Record Lounge owner Heather Frarey stood behind the counter of her shop and watched longtime customers browse through her stock around 6 p.m. Tuesday, for the last time in East Lansing.
Our children are our future, and right now that future is not looking bright when it comes to health. With childhood obesity and Type II diabetes on the rise, it can sometimes feel like we only get sicker and sicker. But we can affect this future by changing how we teach children about food in the present.
The goal of the partnership is to learn how to develop healthier aquatic environments for animals and plants, Joan Rose, the Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair of Water Research at MSU, said in a press release.