After being named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for three straight weeks, senior running back Javon Ringer wasn’t able to earn a fourth one this week. Ringer racked up 198 yards on 44 carries and recorded a touchdown in the Spartans’ 42-29 victory over Indiana on Saturday, but didn’t do enough to win over Northwestern quarterback C.J. Bacher.
There’s nothing more exciting you could possibly be doing on a Sunday afternoon than watching the MSU’s women’s soccer team. And yes, I’m serious. That’s written correctly.
With the financial market’s $700 billion bailout proposal for troubled subprime mortgage lenders, everyone is quick to point their fingers and assign blame.
On Sept. 24, an editorial was published in The State News titled Focus on economy first, then renewable energy. It was a well-written piece that highlighted the benefits of bringing sustainability to Michigan; however, it called for our state legislators to hold off on implementing an increase in the renewable portfolio standard, or RPS, for another year.
What is a debate supposed to look like, anyway? Dictionaries tell us, by definition, a debate is an argument where different, opposing viewpoints are deliberated, usually in the format of a formal discussion.
You think nobody is looking, but you could be mistaken. From shopping malls to gas stations, security cameras are following your every move. Schools are soon to follow in the growing trend of security surveillance.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will hold a rally Thursday at MSU, campaign officials announced before 5 p.m. Monday. The rally, which is part of the “Change We Need” tour, is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. at Adams Field off West Circle Drive.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, N.Y., took in the scenery on the banks of the East River in Grand Ledge on an unusually warm late-September Saturday afternoon.
Thousands of people packed onto Detroit’s Woodward Avenue on Sunday to catch a glimpse of the Democratic presidential running mates, but the tone of the day’s speeches was somber despite the crowd’s fervor. Both Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden centered their remarks on the nation’s economic crisis, which they blamed on the Bush administration’s lack of regulation.
There were all the makings of a classic Spartans tragedy in Indiana’s Memorial Stadium this weekend. Passes bouncing off hands of stone. Missed special teams assignments. Coverages more busted than a raucous house party on Albert Avenue.
MSU removed iceberg lettuce from its residence halls Friday, after the Michigan Department of Community Health announced that bagged lettuce from a Detroit-based produce distributor was the probable source of the statewide E. coli outbreak. Aunt Mid’s Produce Co., a nationwide vendor, was identified as a distributor of the lettuce that has affected 26 people in Michigan, as well as several people in New York, Ohio, Illinois and Oregon.
Sports fans across the state are still buzzing about the Detroit Lions’ decision to fire general manager Matt Millen. His termination was a mini-miracle of sorts for Detroit fans, who spent seven years watching Millen drag their team from the brink of respectability to the dungeon of the NFC North.
The women’s tennis team started its season this weekend with the 19th annual Spartan Invitational. MSU played host to seven other schools — Akron, Bowling Green, Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy, Louisville, Marshall and Toledo — in a round-robin tournament where each school played three other schools.
Drawing more than 9,000 fans at Breslin Center during the weekend, the MSU volleyball team set the school’s single-game attendance record while picking up a pair of 3-1 victories over Ohio State and No. 21 Michigan. Aided by more than 1,500 students, many coming from the Izzone campout at Munn Field, the goal to “Bust Breslin” was achieved when the team drew 5,335 fans to Saturday’s matchup against U-M.
Rough and tough, bang ‘em up soccer. The MSU women’s soccer team wouldn’t have it any other way as they proved to be more physical Sunday afternoon in a 4-0 win over Iowa at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
In what has become a season-long trend, the MSU football team went into Saturday’s game convinced that special teams would make or break the game. Although MSU’s special teams saw its fair share of dropped punts and missed blocking assignments against Indiana, junior kicker Brett Swenson and sophomore punter Aaron Bates did their share to ensure MSU’s 42-29 win.
The No. 10 MSU field hockey team survived two tough games this weekend, beating two top-20 teams and a tough road trip to extend its winning streak to six. The Spartans beat No. 16 Ohio State 3-1 on Friday and No. 20 California 3-2 in overtime Saturday to move to 9-1 for the season and 1-0 in the Big Ten.
The McDonel Hall Kiva looked more like an MSU version of “America’s Got Talent” on Saturday as students showcased their unique skills at Soul Night, presented by the McDonel Black Caucus. The MSU Breakdancing Club opened the show with a routine and was followed by a variety of performances such as poetry, hip-hop dance routines and sign language interpretations of popular music.
Changes to MSU’s accounting curricula will reflect the gradual shift in how U.S. companies now file financial statements. In August, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced a timetable for the U.S. to potentially drop its current accounting standards, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, in favor of the developing global standards’ International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS.