You see him running up and down the Spartans gridiron wearing a cape. The crowd always yells in adulation when he jumps in the air and grabs a green and white Frisbee between his teeth.
About 4,000 screaming Spartans fans have made it their mission each men's basketball home game to get into the minds of the opponents and throw them off their game, helping MSU win some tough matchups.
Name: Pamela Rasmussen, assistant curator of Mammalogy and Ornithology Department: Zoology Type of research: Ornithology, the study of birds Date of research: Rasmussen has been working with birds since she was a doctoral student but has had an interest in them since she was a child. Basics of research: The size of a bird's beak or how long its tail is may be the difference in two species of birds that were thought to be of the same species, Rasmussen said. "It is often very difficult," she said.
Voters handed a victory to the Democrats on Tuesday — and the MSU Board of Trustees followed this pattern, with Democrats George Perles and Faylene Owen taking seats away from GOP incumbents Dave Porteous and Dee Cook. Our favorite candidate, MSU social relations sophomore and Green Party member Lauren Spencer, came in a strong fifth with more than 100,000 votes, and even though she lost, she said she would still attend board meetings. But not everyone is as gracious as Spencer.
Award-winning CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley died Thursday from complications related to leukemia.
By Any Means Necessary, a political activist group in favor of affirmative action, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against legislation eliminating gender and race-based preferential treatment in university and other public institutions. The state's constitution will now be amended to include the new legislation, which bans affirmative action in certain cases. The proposal will go into effect Dec.
Elections are over. Proposal results are in — and the result to at least one Michigan proposal is embarrassing. The most important ballot measure Michiganians voted on this election was, without a doubt, Proposal 2 — the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.
The results from Tuesday's Congressional elections not only shifted Congress' power to the Democrats but signaled the appointment of Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S.
"I think it's a set back for the simple fact that a lot of people didn't know what affirmative action did.
When it comes to fashion, 20-something Kelly Waterman admits she likes to spend big. She'll spurge on clothes, jewelry and, sometimes, even unnecessary stuff.
Drew Neitzel hit four consecutive 3-pointers to open the action on Thursday at Breslin Center, paving the way to a blowout victory over Youngstown State. The junior point guard spotted up in the corner on MSU's first possession, took a pass from sophomore teammate Travis Walton and buried a 3.
Minnesota at MSU Noon Saturday, Spartan Stadium, ESPNU SH — This will be the last game at Spartan Stadium for MSU's seniors.
Now that MSU's administration has made the right move and has given John L. Smith his walking papers, hopefully it will think more carefully about the next person it hires.
About eight hours before his team kicked off its 2006-07 season, head coach Tom Izzo was busy introducing one of the most touted recruiting classes of his tenure. Guards Kalin Lucas, Durrell Summers and Chris Allen, who signed letters of intent Wednesday, make up a three-guard class that's ranked No.
I was delighted to read The State News' "Dirty Jobs" (SN 11/7) article which features many of our hard-working students who devote their lives to the care of animals.
Hours after Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned from his position, a move that surprised MSU officials. Rumsfeld, who held the position for almost six years, put the war in Iraq at the center of his resignation. Republican officials questioned the war's management and hinted to President Bush about replacing Rumsfeld, along with a growing number of other politicians urging Bush to replace Rumsfeld.
MSU students voted to ban dove hunting, keep affirmative action, restrict government seizure of property, increase education funding and help the environment. Of the five, only two weren't supported by the statewide electorate. Nearly eighty percent of votes cast in student precincts voted against Proposal 3, which would have created a mourning dove hunting season, and 69 percent of statewide voters agreed. "We went door to door, we made phone calls, we sent out fliers.
East Lansing police are investigating a string of unarmed robberies that occurred early Thursday morning in neighborhoods north of campus. Three separate men reported being approached by a group of three or four people who asked directions and then assaulted them before cash and cell phones were stolen, East Lansing police Deputy Chief Juli Leibler said. The alleged robberies occurred between midnight and 4:30 a.m. The first incident happened at around 1:10 a.m.
MSU's College of Business is named after him. And with his latest bid, he could own the Chicago Cubs baseball team, among dozens of television stations and newspapers nationwide. MSU alumnus Eli Broad and supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle teamed up and submitted a bid for Tribune Co., according to The Associated Press.