FOOTBALL
2 undefeated teams to be put to test this weekend
What’s in store for the Big Ten this weekend?
FOOTBALL
Offensive line gelling, helping offense prosper
Through five games, MSU has started five different offensive lines. Because of injuries, the unit hasn’t been stable, with only senior left tackle Rocco Cironi starting all five games in the same position.
SPORTS
Prognosticators 10/08/09
MSU vs. Illinois Noon, Big Ten Network JN In the timeless words of the infamous Fred Durst — “just keep on rollin’ baby.” Last week’s Michigan game took just about everything out of the Spartans, and the victory that came from it was well-deserved.
MEN'S SOCCER
After home losses, men's soccer team sees 1st Big Ten away game
The players on the MSU men’s soccer team have a hard time believing they are winless in the Big Ten.
FEATURES
New thriller 'Paranormal Activity' gets it right with horror, not gore
In 2008, when studios were deciding whether or not to market “Paranormal Activity,” Steven Spielberg claimed his DVD copy of the film was haunted. He said his bedroom door inexplicably locked from the inside not long after watching it, forcing him to call a locksmith.
FEATURES
Mighty Medicine rocks MSU
She is a young, undergraduate student at MSU brought up in a family of singers. He is an older man who has played the guitar in a variety of bands throughout the years and spent nine years as a high school teacher.
FOOTBALL
Network sees high ratings from Sat.
The Big Ten Network had its highest viewership in its history last Saturday, according to Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.
FOOTBALL
Zook: Switching QBs was one of most difficult decisions
Struggling out of the gates to the tune of a 1-3 record, Illinois head coach Ron Zook has pulled the trigger and named Eddie McGee his starting quarterback in place of incumbent Juice Williams, who also has struggled this season.
COMMENTARY
Journalists can't avoid shaping news
This just in: News is not objective. Don’t get me wrong; for the most part, news stories are objective in nature, but not the objective described by Merriam-Webster, as “expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices or interpretations.”
COMMENTARY
Student blogs would help show MSU's real image
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, student bloggers have found themselves officially sanctioned to offer their viewpoints on the school’s Web site.
VOLLEYBALL
Spartans facing tough test in upcoming Big Ten road trip
The No. 18 MSU volleyball team showed its maturity this past weekend, battling back from the previous week’s two losses to earn convincing victories.
ICE HOCKEY
Comley expects team to maintain intensity
The MSU hockey team is ecstatic about scoring five goals in Monday’s exhibition against Western Ontario.
NEWS
Police Brief 10/08/09
A 20-year-old male student reported his wallet stolen between 9 and 11 p.m. Sunday from his Chevy Cobalt, which was parked outside Demonstration Hall, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
NEWS
Mich. might increase taxes to keep Promise
Lawmakers in the Michigan House passed three tax increases Wednesday in an attempt to restore funding to the Michigan Promise Scholarship.
NEWS
ASMSU chair accused of wage fraud
A former ASMSU representative accused the group’s current Academic Assembly chairperson of wrongfully receiving money during the summer and violating several bylaws regarding office hour requirements during an assembly committee meeting Tuesday.
NEWS
MSU drops V.P. Global Engagement job position
Vice President for Global Engagement John Hudzik’s position will no longer exist at the end of December as the result of an effort to cut costs to the university, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said.
NEWS
Career Fair loses recruiters
When Steven Soave walked out of Career Gallery on Wednesday at Breslin Center, he felt uneasy about the brief meetings he had with a number of businesses and corporations that had set up booths to recruit students.
MSU
Safe Place director speaks in honor of domestic violence awareness
MSU College of Law’s Family Law Society will host a guest speaker from MSU Safe Place at 6 p.m. on Oct. 20 in Room 474 of the Law College Building.
MICHIGAN
White memorial park adds acres, expands boundary
About 3 acres will be added to White Memorial Park within the next month, East Lansing city officials said.
MICHIGAN
Peace groups protest Afghan war anniversary
On a day remembered for conflict, East Lansing resident Aian Briganti held her sign for peace.