On Tuesday Nov. 29, the Residential Business Program had their annual Holiday Celebration in the McDonel Hall Community Kitchen from 5 p.m.
Lawyers have filed a letter of intent to sue MSU over alleged assaults and abuse of 13 women and girls by ex-MSU faculty member and former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar, according to court documents acquired by The State News. Lawyers filed a letter in the Court of Claims as a notice of intent to file a claim, a procedural move. Potential claims included "Violations of Title IX," "Negligent failure to warn," "Negligent supervision" MSU spokesperson Jason Cody responded to the intent to file with this statement: “While we have not been served with any lawsuit and therefore are unable to comment on any potential litigation, I can tell you we take allegations of sexual abuse very seriously.
Comparative cultures and politics and Arabic senior Margaret Born and Joel Arnold, James Madison College and College of Social Science alumnus who graduated in 2015, have been selected as Mitchell Scholars. The George Mitchell Scholarship honors former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, who was influential in the peace process in Northern Ireland and serves to maintain connections between Ireland and future American leaders.
On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, I went home and saw my brother play in a district basketball game. “You played well,” I told him afterwards. My brother’s squad—the good guys—bounded ahead to a 15-point lead in the first quarter, only to abdicate it at the hands of a bloodthirsty full-court press in the second half.
In the aftermath of Donald Trump's election, I call upon our community to protect undocumented Spartans. As a leader of the Graduate Employees Union, our labor union for Teaching Assistants on campus, I know that our undocumented members, students, and friends are a vital part of our Spartan family, and we must fight to protect them.
Despite the large crowd at the Rock Tuesday night, all that could be heard was the spray of paint cans as the Rock was lathered in memory of one MSU student.
DURHAM, N.C. — After over 13,000 miles on the road in nearly a month, including trips to Hawaii, New York City, and the Bahamas, the MSU men’s basketball team (4-4 overall) nearly finished the season’s gauntlet in upset fashion as the unranked Spartans fell to No. 5 Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium by a final score of 78-69.
Just four days after defeating Wichita State University to take third place in the “Battle 4 Atlantis” tournament in the Bahamas, the unranked MSU men’s basketball team (4-3 overall) kept the frequent flyer miles rolling by traveling to Cameron Indoor Stadium to take on the No. 5 Duke Blue Devils.
Follow along with The State News basketball beat writers Connor Clark and Casey Harrison as they cover MSU vs. No. 5 Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.
The State News basketball beat writer Casey Harrison visits The Chronicle at Duke University and talks with sports desk editor Amrith Ramkumar about Tuesday night's matchup against the Spartans and the Blue Devils.
Food industry management senior Sherria Hamilton knows what it’s like to not "have it all" around the holidays. Hamilton said she has a lot of siblings, nine altogether. As a result, there were some holidays when her mother would tell her and her siblings they could only receive one gift. She said gift would often be something the kids needed, like clothes, but not something they necessarily wanted, like toys.
Only two things have ever been consistent for MSU football in 2016. A lead then a loss. No matter what it tried, which personnel subbed in, which packages it dumbed down, its points would never be enough.
MSU will participate in its largest-ever Day of Giving on Tuesday.
Sports editor Casey Harrison and football writer Stephen Olschanski hit podcast No. 25 with a slate of football talk.
A new fast casual pizza restaurant has been leased downtown in the old The State News office on 437 E. Grand River Avenue.
Late Sunday evening, the MSU volleyball team welcomed good news regarding its impending journey in the NCAA Tournament. The Spartans earned the overall No. 9 seed and will host Fairfield University, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, or MAAC, champions. The match against the Stags is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 at Jenison Field House.
The Lansing State Journal reported Monday evening that fifth-year senior safety Demetrious Cox was arrested Nov. 24 at 3 a.m. and cited with for misdemeanor assault.
Struggling for their first win against the AP top 25 (0-3), MSU men's basketball (4-3) will face No. 5 Duke Blue Devils (6-1) in their first true road game on Tuesday. This game will end the long standing travel for MSU as the team has already covered trips to Hawaii, New York City and Bahamas.
After winning two out of their three games in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament and capturing the 3rd place title, the MSU men's basketball team has fallen out of the AP poll.
Students headed to late night dining at Snyder-Phillips Hall on Tuesday nights might hear the sounds of “old time” music twanging away outside The Gallery.