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.
After a successful season to conclude her career in the green and white, MSU women's basketball's senior guard Tori Jankoska added another award to her name. The Freeland, Mich. native was named to the Associated Press honorable mention All-America team, according to a press release.
The MSU Figure Skating Team brought the heat to the ice during the Fire and Ice event hosted by the University Activities Board on March 25 at Munn Ice Arena.
Coming off a three-game series sweep of Illinois in which the Spartans combined for 41 runs during the weekend, the Spartans went through pitching changes, but couldn’t find a way to win as they fell 3-2 to Western Michigan Tuesday. The Spartans finished the game with six pitching changes.
I check social media pretty often, especially for someone who rarely posts. I refresh my feeds during awkward silences, when I feel a vibration in my pocket (even if it's just imagined), or when the fear of missing out gets to me.
Amidst ongoing investigations by MSU and law enforcement, former university employee Larry Nassar has been under investigation since October 2016 for allegations of criminal sexual conduct.
This is the first time MSU has changed its direction with the "It's On Us" national campaign by organizing a whole week of events to raise sexual harassment and sexual violence awareness. “The goal of our week of action is really to engage individuals who may not of attended programs and events before, may not of been aware of this issue and its impact of the community, or may not of known how they can individually get involved in efforts to prevent sexual violence," Title IX Coordinator Jessica Norris said.
It has been 55 days since MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio’s last press conference on National Signing Day Feb. 1.
After a 4-0 week for MSU baseball, two Spartans received honors for their contributions throughout the week. Junior outfielder Brandon Hughes collected two national honors after a breakout performance against Illinois on Sunday, belting three home runs. Freshman outfielder and left-hander Bryce Kelley also received his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor.