NEWS
Police briefs 09/19/07
Five $20 bills were taken from a bowl in a North Hubbard Hall dorm room Monday by an acquaintance of the resident, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
MICHIGAN
Fla. student tasered while questioning U.S. senator
A University of Florida student with a history of taping his own practical jokes was Tasered on Monday by campus police and arrested after repeatedly trying to ask U.S. Sen. John Kerry questions during a campus forum.
FEATURES
Hello, my name is Tim Farmer
Heading to the cafeteria every day can become just another part of the daily grind. Unless you happen to dine in West Circle where food service worker Tim Farmer gets the party started.
NEWS
Elliott Smith book
I remember in fall of my junior year of high school, in October 2003, a girl came in to my newspaper class and said she wanted to write about Elliott Smith, a 34-year-old musician who allegedly had committed suicide.
FEATURES
The big show
This weekend, the Wharton Center marked its 25th anniversary celebrating the talents of dancers, actors and musicians who have graced the stage for the MSU community.
FEATURES
Freshmen 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 their perspective on their new frontier.
FEATURES
In the field
From cutting-edge research to primping the many acres of athletic fields and facilities on campus, the MSU students and staff that make up the Turfgrass Management Program cover a lot of ground.
FEATURES
Bakers rise early to add Spartan touch, flavor to campus creations
Anna Sinischo can easily recall the most memorable thing she’s ever crafted in icing for MSU’s bakery. “One time there was a cake for a fraternity that had Yoda riding a donkey carrying a woman’s leg with a bottle of champagne,” Sinischo said. “I think it was an inside joke. We like those kinds of orders.”
FEATURES
MSU alumna oversees upkeep of top campus facilities
When Amy Fouty attended MSU in the 1990s, her dreams always grew green. As a turfgrass management major, the Milwaukee native set her sights on managing golf greens to bridge her training at MSU — which included an internship at a golf course in Japan — with her love of the outdoors.
SOCCER
Saxton: 'Critical stretch for MSU begins tonight'
Today the MSU women’s soccer team begins what head coach Tom Saxton calls “a critical stretch.” The Spartans have three matches in five days beginning at 4 p.m. this afternoon at Old College Field against Eastern Michigan.
VOLLEYBALL
Sister, Sister: Duo lights up court
They both top out at 6 foot 1, love volleyball and share mirror images in every aspect besides hair color. But that is where the similarities end for sisters Ashley and Megan Schatzle. The sisters, who are both members of the MSU volleyball team, are admittedly as different as can be.
COMMENTARY
Officials right in pushing students to vote
Thanks to www.youvote.msu.edu, students have no excuse to not register to vote or get to know the issues. The Web site is a gold mine of information for MSU students and East Lansing residents, and the university has put a lot of work into making it a valuable, easy-to-use resource.
COMMENTARY
"300" cheer shows unity, reflects Spartan history
There is a new roar from the Spartan student section, lacking originality but certainly not spirit. Of course, I am talking of the “What is your profession?” cheer borrowed from Hollywood’s blockbuster “300.”
COMMENTARY
Student fan football section looks like a 'drunken slop'
This is meant to be a letter of awareness to the students that comprise the student section of the MSU football games. I feel some topics need to finally be addressed in hopes that they will be corrected.
COMMENTARY
State News lack of sports coverage disappointing
I know that this letter might not be proximate to the event, but I have waited until now to see if there was ever going to be any coverage on the Spartan cross country Invitational that took place Sept. 14.
COMMENTARY
Be careful of annoying quirks
Out of the past comes a term that you may not have used or simply avoided because it was just plain old. That term is “pet peeve.” They are the actions, behaviors, vocabularies or a myriad number of other things that drive you crazy.
MSU
Student covers auto show abroad
When Eric Tingwall landed in Germany on Sept. 10, he didn’t realize it would only be a matter of hours before his work was published in an online car magazine. But the mechanical engineering and journalism senior’s 500-word essay won him the opportunity to do so.
NEWS
Are you a UFC nut? Bank on these predictions.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has done it again. This week, the company will provide fans with two awesome cards as it presents UFC Fight Night on Wednesday on SpikeTV and then UFC 76: Knockout on pay-per-view Saturday.
MICHIGAN
Budget shortfall affects promised payments for MSU
Due to a $1.7 billion shortfall, MSU may not receive the $26.6 million funding promised by the state in October.
MICHIGAN
Vending vandals hit 2 more campus areas
The arrest of a Lansing man last week doesn’t appear to have stopped the recent flurry of vending machine vandalizations on campus.