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.
What a difference eight years makes. As President Clinton was leaving office in 2001, the federal budget surplus was the largest in U.S. history at $236 billion. A year earlier, Clinton offered a plan to pay off the national debt by 2015.
The editorial Focus on economy first, then renewable energy (SN 9/24) claimed Michigan must revitalize its economy before developing renewable energy. This editorial suggests that a renewable portfolio standard, or RPS, and Michigan’s economy cannot be developed concurrently; this claim is illogical and is not founded on fact. An RPS will help pull Michigan out of this economic crisis and will perpetuate future economic growth.
After hours of uncertainty, the show did go on. On Friday night in Oxford, Miss., presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama met for the first of three scheduled presidential debates. Most commentators seem to have declared Obama the night’s victor, but that doesn’t mean those who consider McCain as the winner are wrong.
With a record crowd supporting them, the MSU volleyball team upset No. 21 Michigan on Saturday at Breslin Center 3-1.
Bloomington, Ind. — It could have been the back breaker that brought out those dreaded words: Same Old Spartans. MSU had pinned the Indiana Hoosiers inside their own five. The down was third-and-seven. The Spartan defense was hungry for a safety, already leading 34-29 late in the third quarter.
The MSU volleyball team started off the Big Ten season with a win Friday, beating Ohio State 3-1 at Breslin Center.