MSU basketball forward Kenny Goins has undergone a successful sports hernia surgery and is expected to be out of action for six weeks, the team announced Wednesday. Goins is coming into this season on scholarship after being redshirted as a preferred walk-on last year. Preseason practices for the Spartans begin this Friday, and they begin their season Nov.
MSU police are asking for help in identifying two suspects in a Home Invasion in University Village Apartments.
MSU has just been ranked No. 6 in the world for its communication and media studies program by QS Top Universities. This year, MSU jumped up five spots from No. 11 on the list and now sits behind the London School of Economics and Political Science.
While not yet streamlined into a uniform process, the MSU mathematics department shows major strides have been made into making the override enrollment process less of a headache. MSU Mathematics Advisor Brian Chadwick was part of the team that spearheaded the transition of the override enrollment process of the mathematics department from a paper form to an online system.
This particular Pope has been a controversial leader since his induction in 2013, as he is the first papal leader to comment openly (and perhaps non-traditionally) on modern political issues such as income inequality, treatment of the LGBTQ community, and climate change.
With Homecoming weekend taking over East Lansing this weekend, we asked fellow MSU students what some of their biggest goals at MSU are, both for their entire academic careers and for this weekend's festivities. For more on Homecoming 2015, be sure to check statenews.com!
A third-party production company reached out to Spartan Athletics this preseason in hopes of filming a behind-the-scenes reality TV show of the MSU football team to air on HBO, much like the network’s popular NFL show, “Hard Knocks,” according to MSU associate athletics director John Lewandowski.
Happy homecoming week, Spartans! This week, many different events and activities will be happening to get students in the spirit. The State News compiled a list of the events going on throughout the week to get you pumped up for the game against Purdue on Saturday. Throughout the entire homecoming week: Sparty’s Flag Find will be taking place throughout all of homecoming week, Monday through Friday. The MSU Alumni Association is hosting Sparty's Flag Find every afternoon during Homecoming week. Students will have to find flags that will be placed at a secret location on campus.
Larceny Late on Sept. 26 to early on Sept. 27, a 20-year-old male, unaffiliated with MSU, told the story of his long night which ended in robbery.
MSU Hockey already knows its talent depth but now two of the team's top returners have garnered some early conference recognition. The Big Ten Conference today released its 12 member deep Preseason Players to Watch List, and two Spartans grace this year’s list.
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.