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FOOTBALL

Meyer readies Buckeyes for ‘rivalry game’

Josh Mansour
September 26, 2012

As Urban Meyer addressed his first game against a Big Ten opponent during his weekly press conference, the conversation inevitably turned back to where his team stands during an unusual season. In Meyer’s first season as head coach in Columbus, Ohio, he’s working to overcome penalties sanctioned against Ohio State for NCAA violations, which include ineligibility for postseason play or a conference championship this season.

SPORTS

Field hockey hosts mix of Big Ten, nonconference games

Matt Sheehan
September 26, 2012

For many fall sports programs, the team follows a familiar routine. First on the schedule is nonconference games, then in-conference play to determine positioning and regional merit and finally, if the team is successful enough, they get to play in the postseason.

COMMENTARY

Universities not defined by rankings

When deciding which college to attend, a student usually looks at the strength of a school’s academic programs and what a school can offer as a college experience. Students utilize their experiences at universities as an opportunity to build their résumé while obtaining a degree, in the hopes of using it to land a well-paying career.

COMMENTARY

Roommate strife teaches life lesson

Caron Creighton
September 26, 2012

Four years ago, when I first arrived at Michigan State, I was not the same person I am today. Just as I’m sure the majority of college students have seen themselves transform over their college careers — hopefully in positive ways — I like to think I’ve shared in that experience as well.

COMMENTARY

Dancers forced to relocate

I am a dancer. I began dancing at my undergraduate institution seven years ago, and although when I first moved to Michigan I didn’t dance for about a year and a half, I then found out about the State Swing Society, and I have been to every meeting since.

FEATURES

Film collective gives screening

Greg Olsen
September 26, 2012

The MSU Film Collective will be screening two short movies at 8 p.m. Thursday in B122 Wells Hall. The group will show “La Jetee” and “Nostalgia,” with a group discussion afterward.

NEWS

Michigan Avenue project introduced to council

Lilly Keyes
September 25, 2012

East Lansing City Council members had the opportunity to discuss the possible Red Cedar Golf Course and Michigan Avenue redevelopment at their work session Tuesday night. The Capital Gateway Project, in its entirety, involves complete redevelopment of about 70 acres along the Michigan Avenue corridor to solve water pollution issues in the area, as well as offer housing and entertainment options for students.

Erin Smith ·
NEWS

Bob Genetski declared guilty of operating while intoxicated

Rebecca Ryan
September 25, 2012

Since state Rep. Bob Genetski was arrested about eight months ago on MSU’s campus, he has been living with the after-effects of fighting operating while intoxicated charges — he hired an East Lansing lawyer who requested about 300 pages of lab reports to evaluate, he underwent a two-day jury trial in which nearly every detail of his blood alcohol content test was scrutinized and he has been restricted to driving only to and from work and court appointments. Tuesday afternoon, any hope ended for his charges being dropped as a six-person jury in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court declared him guilty of the crime. Genetski likely will not be sentenced until November, his attorney Mike Nichols told a crowd of reporters after the verdict was read. Genetski, a Saugatuck Republican and chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, could face a penalty of a 93-day jail sentence.

NEWS

Grand River overhaul planned for spring 2013

Zachary Peña
September 25, 2012

East Lansing could be abundant in traffic cones and construction workers during portions of next spring and summer, as the Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, plans to make improvements along sections of Grand River Avenue and Michigan Avenue bordering campus.