Student journalists are challenging a State News policy through ASMSU. The MSU Alternative Media Alliance, or MAMA, says a policy that limits State News journalists from working for other media outlets is "exclusionary." The alliance is composed of Purpose Magazine, SpartanEdge.com, The Spartan Weekly, FEM Magazine and The Big Green. At its Nov.
Correction: The article misspelled Doug Estry's name and misidentified him as the acting associate dean of undergraduate education.
Chestnut Hill, Mass. — The Spartans had two glaring deficiencies in the first half of Wednesday night's matchup with Boston College: They couldn't rebound, and they couldn't shoot. And you don't need to be John Wooden or Bobby Knight to know that formula spelled disaster for MSU. Led by 30 points and 10 rebounds from forward Jared Dudley — a glass-cleaning, garbage-point-grabbing extraordinaire — the Eagles held off a late MSU comeback to notch a 65-58 victory at Conte Forum in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. "Dudley might end up my favorite player of the year," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
Olin Health Center has teamed up with the Residence Halls Association to create awareness and eliminate stigmas people might have about being tested for AIDS. There will be free and anonymous walk-in HIV testing from 10 a.m.
Jessica Byrom is sick and tired of hearing about Proposal 2, evidenced in "Affirmative action discriminates, not Proposal 2; move on already" (SN 11/21). I would ask Byrom to venture out of her lily-white world and imagine, just for a moment, how it might feel to be sick and tired every day. She wonders why she can't have her own organization for white students.
Seven members of Cincinnati's football coaching staff have resigned on the heels of former head coach Mark Dantonio's departure and are likely to assume a role on Dantonio's staff at MSU. Tom Hathaway, Cincinnati's assistant athletics director, confirmed the resignations Wednesday afternoon and said the coaches will return to prepare and coach Cincinnati in its bowl game. The coaches who resigned are: • Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell • Tight ends coach Mark Staten • Defensive line coach Ted Gill • Linebackers coach Mike Tressel • Secondary coach Harlon Barnett • Offensive line coach Dan Roushar • Quarterbacks coach Dave Warner Defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi, Cincinnati's interim head coach, told the university it has until Dec.
Farmers looking to make their farms more profitable are encouraged to attend Agriculture's Conference on the Environment: Managing Today for Tomorrow, in which agrimarketing specialist and international speaker Jane Eckert will share her advice from 9 a.m.
Last week, the Spartans' record slipped from 6-3-1 to 6-6-1 and their ranking fell from No. 6 to No.
I can no longer bottle up my disdain for Kyle Bristow or the "Young Americans for Freedom." This unpatriotic group claims to promote freedom — heck, it's in their title — but every time I read "gay," "transgender" or "immigrants," sure enough, Bristow and these "Young Americans" are soon to follow in protest. They endorse such activities as the infamous "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day" and now protest a Lansing ordinance that recognizes gender and sexual identity as nondiscriminatory clauses, as discussed in "Lansing ordinance prompts protest" (SN 11/21). Take a quote from Bristow himself from the aforementioned article: "The whole part where (transsexuals) are identified as a special group and deserve special privileges is just wrong.
Lansing — Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday a replacement for a business tax accused of inhibiting economic growth in Michigan. Although ridding Michigan of the Single Business Tax is a positive step for businesses, Granholm's proposed replacement is not perfect, MSU professors and a local business owner said. Still, Crunchy's bar owner Vivian Milligan said it might be a change for the better. "You never know what the repercussions will be," she said.
MSU will measure the possibility of using wind generators throughout Michigan as alternative sources of energy in rural areas after receiving funding from the state of Michigan and the U.S.
The Michigan Senate could act on a bill to keep police officers' statements secret if officers are the subjects of internal investigations. Introduced by Sen.
The parking ramp located between Olin Health Center and Morrill Hall will be open on Dec. 11. The ramp was originally scheduled to open about eight months later, on July 31.
Historic photographs and objects that represent East Lansing are being sought by the East Lansing Centennial Commission.
Plans for new apartments and condominiums along Grand River Avenue and Albert Avenue were approved by the East Lansing City Council on Tuesday night. "We are pleased they passed it," said David Krause, a partner in Corey Partnership LLC, which is responsible for the projects.
The MSU volleyball team is packing its bags for California's golden coast. And if things go well, the Spartans could soon be in Hawaii. But it won't be a vacation. Rather than taking their game to the beaches, the Spartans will hit the hardwood against Utah (27-3) at 8:30 p.m.
Dr. D., My roommate is practically a chain-smoker. All of my stuff now reeks of smoke! How do I politely say, "Take your cancer stick outside and stop killing my lungs!" — not to mention voice my concern about what she's doing to her own lungs? -Bad Air Dear BA, "Smooooooking!" This refrain, once uttered by Jim Carrey in the movie "The Mask" seems appropriate here for two reasons. One, it seems to capture the intensity of your emotions as you talk about the infringement on your rights, and two, this is about a person who once actually made a conscious decision to smoke, but now does it repeatedly for physical, possibly emotional and sometimes unconscious reasons.
New MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio's five-year contract will pay him $1.1 million annually, which puts him in the bottom half of the Big Ten football coaches.
Lansing — Tom Machowicz's blue eyes opened wide with passion every time he spoke of the West African Malinké people during breaks from playing djembe at Magdalena's Tea House in Lansing. "Guinea is the poorest nation in the world, but it's probably the richest in drum music," he said. Machowicz spent a month in Guinea two years ago while studying traditional West African drum music. On Monday night, Machowicz taught the last of three $15 monthly classes to about 11 beginning drum players. Most of the participants played the djembe, a West African hand drum made of a tree trunk, metal rings, rope and goat skin.
Junior guard Drew Neitzel doesn't believe the Big Ten is getting the respect it deserves. Since the ACC/Big Ten Challenge — which pits each team from one conference against one from the other — began in 1999, the Big Ten has failed to win a majority of games in any year.