The first day of fall was last week, so that means the leaves will start to change colors. And according to AccuWeather.com, MSU is one of the best college campuses for fall colors. MSU came in third behind Brigham Young University and Iowa State University.
CBS Sports recently crowned MSU as having the top head coaching duo in basketball and football with Tom Izzo and Mark Dantonio. The title is hard to argue against, given the amount of growth and accomplishment each program has had the last eight seasons – when Dantonio took the reigns of the football program. It is nearly impossible to refute Izzo’s resume as being one of the top coaches in college basketball.
Senior wide receiver Aaron Burbridge has been nominated to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award watch list. The award will be presented to the nation’s most outstanding pass catcher on ESPN's “The Home Depot College Awards Show” on Dec.
Home invasion At 9:30 on Sept. 26, an apartment in University Village Apartments was broken into and a $500 TV was stolen.
A public forum will be held for the Nov. 3 East Lansing City Council election. The six candidates will appear in the Executive Conference Room of the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road at 7 p.m.
A joint effort by the Broad China Business Society and the MSU Career Service Network, the first annual International Career Fair is being held at Breslin Center this Wednesday from 3:00pm to 6:00pm, as well as online through MySpartanCareer by following these instructions. Focusing on uniting international students with work in their countries of origin, the fair, as well as the Engineering, Packaging & Technology Exchange (held on the same day at Breslin Center, 2:00 to 6:00), will be the first of many different career events held in the Fall season.
Community members of all ages are invited to show off their photographic talent by submitting up to five photos taken in East Lansing during any of its four seasons for the 2015 East Lansing Photo Contest. Photos should be high resolution, full color and should not be significantly edited.
Mikael Alexandre Frutin, the 26-year-old accused of six counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct was arraigned Monday in 54B District Court, according to an East Lansing police statement.
Michigan State University’s Chinese Student Coalition, Taiwanese Student Association and alpha Kappa Delta Phi put together this year's Mid Autumn Festival, a celebration of good food, friends and a good life.
The Big Ten has announced fifth-year senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun as its Co-Defensive Player of the Week after a career performance in the Spartans’ 30-10 win over Central Michigan.
Meridian Township police said two memoribilia thefts from former MSU football staff members are related, according to the Lansing State Journal.
Acclaimed composer and MSU alumni David Maslanka will be making a return to his alma mater for a series of performances beginning on Monday, September 28th. 50 years ago this Fall, Maslanka began his graduate studies at MSU.
MSU's University Activities Board is celebrating its 100 year anniversary this week.
The Director position at the MSU counseling center is in a state of flux. And it has been in this state for two years: Ever since Jan Collins-Eaglin left the position in 2013. In the meantime, Dr. Scott Becker has been filling in as interim director, while he also fulfills the duties of his associate director position. “He’s taking on the responsibilities of two jobs,” ASMSU Vice President for Governmental Affairs Bryn Williams said.
In No. 2-ranked MSU's first game of the season sophomore running back Gerald Holmes was the second back on the depth chart. In the Spartans 37-24 win over Western Michigan in week one, Holmes carried the ball nine times for 54 yards and a touchdown. Holmes had just three carries over the next two weeks and he watched as true freshman LJ Scott went from the third back on the depth chart to co-starters with redshirt freshman Madre London.
This past weekend the MSU men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Minneapolis, MN for the Roy Griak Invitational. The No. 25-ranked men won the tournament, while the No. 6-ranked women finished in second. The Spartan men were led by junior TJ Carey, who finished in seventh in his first race as a Spartan. Freshman Ryan Robinson, also participating in his first race wearing the Green and White, finished close behind Carey’s 25:08, taking eighth-place with a 25:10. “Ryan [Robinson] went out with the lead group, where TJ [Carey] moved up gradually before the two finished the final 2,000 meters together,” Coach Drenth said to msuspartans.com. The women were led by junior Rachel Shulist, whose 21:32 gave her a fifth-place finish coming off her win at the Spartan Invitational. The second and third finishers for the Spartans were junior Alexis Wiersma and freshman Erin McDonald, who finished seventh and 32nd, respectively, with a 21:36 and 22:29. “Rachele [Schulist] went out with the leaders, while Ally [Alexis Wiersma] started a little more behind and ran really well through the field,” Drenth said to msuspartans.com. “The women did a better job of being patient and maybe were too patient. They kept cutting the score in half throughout the race.” MSU will have a break this week and will return to competition Oct.
On Friday, the University Activities Board hosted a knockerball tournament presented by Knockerball Lansing. Many videos from the event overflowed the MSU Snapchat story leaving people wondering, "what is knockerball?" The State News asked Tanya Baucom, owner of Knockerball Lansing, to explain what it is and how to play.