MSU
Grad school fair to be on campus
More than 150 schools that offer graduate programs will be at the Graduation & Professional School Recruitment Fair on campus next week.
MSU
Impact nominated for radio award
MSU’s student radio station, WDBM (89-FM), the Impact, is being considered for the first-ever mtvU Woodie for Best Campus Radio Station.
MSU
YAF files complaint against James Madison, MSU
MSU’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom filed a complaint against the university Oct. 1 for an reported campaign finance violation. The formal complaint was sent to the Secretary of State, and an e-mail was sent to Attorney General Mike Cox’s office.
MICHIGAN
Child health study funding increases in Mich.
A group of the state’s top research universities, health care systems and health departments will use more than $50 million in funding to assess children for more than 20 years.
MSU
University receives engineering grant
The MSU College of Engineering is set to receive a $75,000 from the Motorola Foundation to help support a program to expose middle- and high-school students and faculty to new engineering concepts.
FEATURES
Presidential living
Tucked away behind the Union and across the street from Landon Hall is a house many students don’t even know exists. The brick house, surrounded by landscaping and magnolia trees, is easy for students to pass by as they shuffle through their days running from class to work to the library.
FEATURES
Freshman fifteen Q's
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or less, at a new face on campus and her perspective on her new frontier.
FEATURES
Hello, my name is Amanda Burchfield
Finance senior Amanda Burchfield first joined a pompom team in seventh grade and continued her passion for pom through college by joining the MSU Pompon team.
FEATURES
MSU club uses martial arts for health benefits
MSU iMPACT, or Integrated Martial Arts Protection and Coordination Training, is working to change the way college students stay in shape.
FEATURES
MSU student founds center in Sri Lanka
When chemistry doctoral student Ajith Karunarathne was growing up in rural Sri Lanka, a picture of Thomas Edison in his village inspired him to become a scientist.
FEATURES
Iraqi official visits MSU to aid homeland
Sami al-Araji’s eyes were playing tricks on him. The Iraqi deputy minister of industry and minerals has seen plenty of changes during his life in Iraq.
FOOTBALL
With 'regained confidence' MSU looks to shut down QB Bachér
For a defensive-minded leader with roots in the secondary, last season’s double-overtime loss to Northwestern couldn’t have sat well with MSU head coach Mark Dantonio. Northwestern’s then-junior gunslinger, quarterback C.J.
SOCCER
Men's soccer team wins with physicality, solid goalkeeping
The MSU men’s soccer team is riding a three-game winning streak coming into a tough week against No. 14 Notre Dame and No. 23 Indiana.
ICE HOCKEY
Inexperienced Spartans ready for Ice Breaker
As the MSU hockey team heads to Boston to compete in the Ice Breaker Tournament this weekend, head coach Rick Comley expects to find out more about the character of his team — especially his 11 freshmen.
COMMENTARY
Control over teens' speed could reduce accidents
It’s a scene that may soon be playing out across the country: Teenager gets their first cars and immediately head out alone onto the freeway to see what their new vehicle can do. As they slam on the accelerator, the car screams forward and the speedometer arrow rushes to the right. Yet just as the car hits 80 mph, the acceleration stops, and while the teenager cries out in confusion and frustration, somewhere their parents smile.
COMMENTARY
McCain willing to cross party lines
America is currently at a crucial point in its history, and it is important we have the leadership to guide us through the difficult decisions that need to be made. I find the leadership that America needs in Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
COMMENTARY
Peace for Palestine should be priority for candidates
I support and applaud many arguments that Pavan Vangipuram makes in his column Candidates fail to mention Palestine (SN 10/6), but some of his facts need to be checked.
COMMENTARY
Obama's bid for change promising
I’m voting for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama — in fact I already have, thanks to my absentee ballot. It’s not a shocking revelation. I’ve long considered myself a Democrat and have mostly voted Democratic in my life – although not always.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans triumph in final period of exhibition game
When the Spartans scored three unanswered goals in the first period, it seemed to be time for the Western Ontario Mustangs to start warming the bus. The Mustangs weren’t ready to call it a game yet though, as they exploded in the second period and scored three unanswered goals to tie the game.
NEWS
Weeding out the issue
When Josh Sattler gets the munchies, he views it as a medicinal property of smoking marijuana, not a fattening side effect of getting high. The hospitality business junior has Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory ailment of the digestive system that causes ulcers in the bowels and can lead to drastic weight loss.