SPORTS
New Cricket Club at MSU gives sports scene an international flair
One MSU student is attempting to broaden MSU’s horizon when it comes to club sports.
MSU
RCAH gallery offers reflection on the 'African-American experience'
“This particular exhibition is a very special one, it’s the fourth annual version of a series that we’ve had called 'Perspectives on African American Experience: Emerging visions,'” Carolyn Loeb, who organizes the gallery exhibits, said. “The inspiration and basis of the exhibition is the 1954 supreme court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, that aimed to desegregate public schools throughout the United States."
MSU
Online petition calls for 'rollover' combos
With over 150 signatures in just 24 hours, a petition created by Michigan State freshman Hayley Roukin has generated an interesting discussion about MSU’s Combo-X-Change policy.
MSU
MSU Police to add Special Victims Unit to better handle sexual assault
During the start of fall semester, MSU police initiated a new unit in the investigative division called the Special Victims Unit, or SVU, to investigate and handle six specific crimes on campus. The crimes consist of sexual assault, domestic and relationship violence, stalking, missing persons, child abuse and vulnerable adult abuse.
NEWS
Support growing for weed legalization in Michigan
More Michiganians want to legalize it. In the latest marijuana polls, an increased number of residents agree that marijuana should be taxed and regulated like alcohol in the state.
NEWS
Counseling Center to add one more MSU funded staffer
The MSU Counseling Center is looking to fill vacant counselor positions and add a new MSU-funded sexual assault counselor as a result of ASMSU and student group’s advocacy on campus.
MICHIGAN
City Council proposal draws protesters over change to city charter
Members of the East Lansing based political action committee, Neighborhoods First, staged a protest Tuesday night outside of East Lansing City Hall an hour before City Council was scheduled to meet.
FEATURES
'Pippin' to keep audiences laughing and singing along
Broadway hit and Tony award-winning musical Pippin had the Wharton Center roaring with laughter Tuesday night - but also thinking seriously about how to live life.
FEATURES
Spartan Fit Center offers workouts for the new year
Zumba and Bokwa instructor Becky Newcombe said that a typical class at the Spartan Fit Center begins with a five minute warmup set to exciting music to get everybody pumped and ready for cardio fitness.
BASKETBALL
Shorthanded Spartans defeat Indiana behind play of Jankoska and Powers
The dark cloud hanging over the head of the MSU women's basketball team this season is clearly the amount of injuries that have taken a tole of the program. Dressing only eight players for Wednesday night's matchup against Indiana at the Breslin Center, a couple players were asked to go further than what they're bodies are used too. Having almost played the entire 40-minutes, Tori Jankoska and Aerial Powers found ways to carry the load in the points column as only five players scored at least one point for the Spartans. Jankoska, the sophomore guard from Freeland, Michigan, scored a career-high 28-points while also adding 11 rebounds, six assists and three steals to lead MSU to a 72-57 victory, their third Big Ten conference win of the season. "Sometime she's taken on a tougher defensive assignment which has caused to not be as effective on offense," Merchant said.
FOOTBALL
Spartans add three verbal commitments to 2015 class
The Spartans made several splashes on the recruiting trail in the last day or so. With National Signing Day fast approaching next Wednesday Feb.
FOOTBALL
New club football team gives athletes a chance to continue gridiron dream
This past fall brought a different experience for Chris Wesolowski. As a freshman, from strapping on the helmet and shoulder pads at Cardinal Mooney Catholic every Friday night under the lights, to standing on the medal bleachers at Spartan Stadium on the weekends brought a sense of frustration and curiosity. Faced with the reality that he was too small or not nice enough to play Division 1 football at MSU, Wesolowski wanted a way to continue playing the sport he loved without going through the roadblocks of what it takes to play in the Big Ten. So when the idea of joining a club team with other students who had the same passion for the sport as him came along, Wesolowski was excited. Excited in the fact that his career wasn't over last year. However, the university at the time didn't carry a club football program, giving Wesolowksi the vision of starting up a team next fall, paving the way of other students who are hoping to make one more tackle or one more touchdown. How did this dream come to a reality?
SPORTS
Izzo reflects on Mike Krzyzewski's 1,000 career win: "it's just an unbelievable accomplishment
Now in his 40th year at Duke, men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski has a list of accomplishments to his name.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey's penalty kill unit has been a strength this season
Hockey players are often thought to be some of the toughest athletes on the planet.
BASKETBALL
Consistency a key as MSU women's basketball hopes to continue win streak
Consistency. Combine it with talent and great things can happen. But consistency has been one thing he women's basketball team (11-10) as lacked this season. “You see flashes (of how good they can be), and now they have to be consistent,” head coach Suzy Merchant said.
MSU
The other side of Spartan green
MSU is optimistic about meeting its goals for reducing waste, energy consumption and more by the end of this year.
COMMENTARY
'Music shaming' a trend we should all leave behind
The question “what kind of music do you like?” sends me into a state of panic. That question has become something of a game. A trap to see who can mention the most obscure or unique artist.
COMMENTARY
Bus? Walk? Bike? Deciding how to get to class is a losing battle
It's that time of the year again, time for students to bundle up against the fierce Michigan weather.
BASKETBALL
Women's basketball tops Indiana 72-57
EAST LANSING - Team and individual achievements were made on Wednesday for the Spartans. Tori Jankoska, who came into her tenth Big Ten matchup of the season against Indiana, recorded a career-high 28-points en route to a 72-57 victory at the Breslin Center. The senior guard hit 56-percent of her shots from beyond the arc, finishing the game as one-of-two Spartans (11-10, 3-7 B1G) who found themselves with over 20-points scored. Aerial Powers, the Detroit product from Country Day, led the team in field-goal (22) and three-point attempts (10). Her aggressiveness on the offensive side of the floor matched Jankoska's point total with 28. Both players' shot making abilities helped garner MSU's largest conference victory this season.
BASKETBALL
Halftime: Women's basketball leads Indiana 39-25
Down by three-points with seven minutes into the first half following a jumper from the key by Indiana Hoosiers guard Karlee McBride, the shots were immediately converting for the Spartans. MSU went on a 12-0 run to record their second largest lead of the evening before going into halftime with a 39-25 lead at the Breslin Center. Tori Jankoska, the senior guard, was 4-of-6 from beyond the arc to lead the Spartans with 19-points. She was responsible for the final four-points of the half after being fouled after converting a three-pointer. Aerial Powers, the Detroit product, has added 16-points and Becca Mills has recorded four-points, the only three players who have garnered any points in the first 20-minutes. The Spartans are currently shooting 37 percent from the floor (13-of-35), compared to Indiana, who has converted just 32 percent of their shots (9-of-28). Six players have garnered stats in the points column for the Hoosiers, with Karlee McBride leading the team with six-points.