A Lego-based wall-climbing robot kicks its legs up high like a chicken and walks with suctioned feet across a table in the office of Dean Aslam, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. For the past 10 years, Aslam has been applying Lego-based objects to complicated engineering tactics as part of his university research and as a method of outreach.
The men’s basketball team isn’t the only hoops squad that has to endure a tough stretch of games the next week. The No. 24 women’s basketball team, fresh off winning the TD Banknorth Classic championship, now has to face No. 23 Old Dominion and No. 14 Notre Dame this week, something head coach Suzy Merchant said she is looking forward to.
The MSU women’s cross country team finished 11th out of 31 teams at the NCAA Championships on Monday in Terre Haute, Ind. Senior Nicole Bush, MSU’s most decorated runner, placed seventh with a time of 20 minutes, 8 seconds.
Two MSU field hockey players were named to All-America teams Monday. Junior midfielder Floor Rijpma was named first-team NFHCA All-America, leading MSU with 18 goals and 40 total points, while netting two game-winning shots. She earned third-team honors last season.
With arguably the toughest four-game stretch in program history on the horizon, MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo is preparing for a stressful holiday season. “This might be toughest four-game stretch because … none of (the games) are at home,” Izzo said. “It just gives me something else to worry about over Thanksgiving.”
The concept of race is one that has haunted this nation from its very birth. The U.S. has taken tentative step after step forward, trying to reach that mythical future Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke about — a world in which everyone was color-blind, and race no longer mattered.
When I came to college about three years ago, I was extremely different than I am now. Anyone will tell you college is a time when you’re supposed to find yourself, slowly transforming into the individual you want to be and having the courage to stand up for the things you hold close to your heart.
I don’t like the way Abby Lubbers adds insult to injury in the police blurb Police: Woman attacked near Hubbard Hall (SN 11/24) by indirectly placing the blame on the survivor of the attack. Reminding readers to plan where to run in case of an attack or to look around the bushes seems to insinuate that this woman obviously failed to form an escape plan ahead of time or to look for villains who might be lurking in bushes.
Why didn’t you tell me this sooner? This entire time I have been under the impression (as I’m sure many other members and supporters of the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender community were as well) this argument is about bigotry and prejudice, not about love.
In a few days, when the sting of Saturday’s 49-18 beatdown in Beaver Stadium wears off, the MSU football team will be able to reflect on its 9-3 season. The No. 22 Spartans (9-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) can take pride in likely becoming the first MSU team to reach a New Year’s Day bowl game since 2000, when the Spartans stunned Florida with a 37-34 win in the Citrus Bowl (now known as the Capital One Bowl). MSU will either receive a berth in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla., or the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla.
A 19-year-old student was assaulted in Lot 91 near Hubbard Hall Friday, MSU police reported. The student parked her car and was crossing the railroad tracks at 9:45 p.m. when two men hit her and started tearing her clothes, police said.
Mark Dantonio can be described many ways. He can be called old-school, perhaps a traditionalist. Or he can be defined by any one of his Dantonioisms, such as “Stay the course” and “They all count one.”
If you don’t allow goals, you can’t lose. That’s the motto the MSU men’s soccer team has been living by this season. And it’s working perfectly for the Spartans, as they have racked up seven straight shutouts. With an established scorer in Doug DeMartin up top, head coach Joe Baum has been able to focus his attention on molding the defensive unit into a back line that has been impenetrable of late.
The Spartans passed on the cupcakes and traveled out West to open the 2008 season against the Golden Bears, who were ranked as high as No. 2 in 2007. The Spartans made mistakes early and played catch-up from the opening quarter.
MSU could see a climbing wall in its future — at least if rock lovers can get to the top. ASMSU’s Student Assembly policy committee will advocate for an indoor rock climbing facility, as voted unanimously on Thursday. Geological sciences graduate student Matthew Malkowski has spent the last year gathering a location and appraisals for a wall at MSU.
The Department of Residence Life will kick off its lecture series at 7 p.m. tonight in the Spartan Village Community Center South Lounge, 1460 Middlevale Road. Today’s discussion will bring a panel of three professionals in the education industry and focus on education in the U.S. and the world, journalism junior Etienne Fields said.
The third annual International Dance Extravaganza gave almost 300 people the opportunity to watch experienced performers before learning to shake their hips and strut their stuff on Friday night. Those in attendance were treated to almost an hour of eclectic dancing and a night full of ethnic food, crafts and dance lessons.
Students and community members packed into MacDonald Middle School’s auditorium Saturday to catch a glimpse of African life. The Afroganza: Bridging the Gap gala was the finale to MSU’s African Culture Week, featuring African singers, drummers, stilt dancers and an array of African fashion.
The MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved Robert Groves as the new vice president for university advancement at its Friday meeting. Groves comes to MSU after working at the University of Michigan as the associate vice president and campaign director for university development. At U-M, Groves ran the daily operations of the Michigan Difference, a $3.1 billion fundraising campaign.