FOOTBALL
Storybook collapse
Notre Dame players were celebrating in the corner of Spartan Stadium, singing with their band and their fans.
SOCCER
MSU, Wisconsin finish in deadlock
With chilly conditions and gusting wind at Old College Field, the MSU men's soccer team set out to pick up its first Big Ten win against Wisconsin. But after 110 minutes of physical play, nothing had been decided and the match ended in a 0-0 tie. "I thought this was a great men's Division 1 Big Ten soccer game," MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
COMMENTARY
Civilian deaths in Iraq out of control
By now, everyone knows Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President Bush "the devil." Everyone knows you should be scared of spinach.
NEWS
Alumni donate $5M to expand football building
Bob Skandalaris doesn't ask for much. The 1974 MSU graduate could have been found with his wife, Julie, cheering on the Green and White on Saturday among fellow Spartans, but not in his own luxurious box suite. The people sitting near these humble fans might not have realized the couple made athletics history just before kickoff when their $5 million donation to the expansion of the Duffy Daugherty Football Building was announced, marking one of the biggest financial gifts in university history. The Skandalaris' gift has been in the works for six months and doubles former NBA star Steve Smith's $2.5 million donation given to the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center. "This is historic in many respects," Athletics Director Ron Mason said in a press conference Saturday.
MSU
Simon to speak at university program
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will speak at noon today at the State of the Public Universities Program at Cobo Hall in Detroit. The program was organized by the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan — a Lansing-based nonprofit organization that serves Michigan's 15 state universities.
FOOTBALL
Main question of all: Why can't Smith's teams finish?
There are a million possible excuses for MSU's fourth-quarter implosion — inclement weather, poor officiating, lucky interceptions — but none of them hold up. MSU's loss falls squarely on the shoulders of the coaching staff.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Sidewalk construction begins at accident site on campus
Flowers tied with yellow ribbon to a street pole on the corner of Mount Hope Road and Farm Lane will no longer be the only physical reminder of a 19-year-old MSU student who was killed while crossing the intersection on Feb.
MSU
WEB EXTRA: 2002 grad named second-youngest of '15 to Watch' in public relations
Jim O'Leary, a 2002 MSU graduate, was chosen as the second-youngest member of PR News Online's "15 to Watch" award for his work in the public relations department. "He's got not only the work ethic, but the self-confidence and the passion, which are all critical to being a leader," said Michael Holland, director of Honeywell Hometown Solutions, and O'Leary's supervisor.
FOOTBALL
Few plays shouldn't change reputation
What have you done for me lately? This phrase is used often in sports. Coaches are judged on a game-by-game basis, and players are often judged on what they do when the game matters. And the phrase couldn't have resonated any louder than on Saturday, when judging the play of the two quarterbacks. Notre Dame's Brady Quinn struggled early, throwing just 2-of-8 for six yards in the first quarter.
VOLLEYBALL
Outside hitter enjoying return to court after last year's elbow surgery
Watching junior outside hitter Katie Johnson on the volleyball court, you would never know she spent much of this year recovering from surgery on her elbow. In a match against Illinois last December, Johnson collided with teammate Nicole Colaluca.
NEWS
MIDDAY UPDATE: Sideline scuffle creates reason for investigation
In football rivalry games, emotions often run high. Such was the case in MSU's game against Notre Dame on Saturday. Senior quarterback Drew Stanton had just run out of bounds on the Notre Dame sideline when Irish safety Chinedum Ndukwe hit him.
COMMENTARY
SN article was wrong; city officials not misled
On Thursday, The State News printed an article on the East Village project that stated city officials have been misled regarding the background of The Pierce Company — a developer involved with the redevelopment project in the article "Firm may have misled city about work history," (SN 9/21). The article went on further to suggest The Pierce Company failed to disclose its involvement in eminent domain acquisitions in their San Diego State University redevelopment projects and the potential for doing so with the East Village project.
FOOTBALL
After ineffective 1st quarter, Quinn orchestrates comeback
Correction: The story should say Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn completed just 2-of-8 first-quarter pass attempts for six yards. The Brady Quinn Heisman Hype Machine hit the wall Sept.
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball takes spotlight
The MSU volleyball team fought hard this weekend, ending with a 3-1 victory against Indiana. But first on Friday, the Spartans took on No.
COMMENTARY
Pierce Company didn't misrepresent itself to city
I am writing to correct a number of misrepresentations and inaccuracies in a recent article, "Firm may have misled city about work history," (SN 9/21), regarding our firm, The Pierce Company, the city of East Lansing and the proposed East Village development. We take pride in the culture and values of our company, namely our integrity and forthrightness.
SPORTS
Loss drops Spartans to 3-7
Despite solid goaltending from senior Stephanie Yuhasz that kept the team in the game for much of the contest, the MSU field hockey team was unable to string together any amount of solid play, falling to No.
MSU
Campus traffic circle to be remodeled
One of the last traffic circles on campus is set to transform into a four-way intersection by August. The reconstruction of the traffic circle at Red Cedar and Wilson roads is part of the 2020 Vision plan — an outline for campus development until 2020 — and is necessary to handle increased traffic on campus during the construction of the Farm Lane underpass, university officials said. The MSU Board of Trustees approved construction on the traffic circle at its Sept.
MICHIGAN
Post-tailgate cleanup
Groggy Spartans recovering from a crazed football Saturday got a little extra help in clearing red cups and other party debris from their lawns Sunday morning. A group of about 30 people, primarily composed of students and a few city and university officials, hit East Lansing streets with trash bags to make the tailgating aftermath look like a distant memory. "It's disappointing how much trash is all over the place," said Emily Steibel, an elementary education junior who volunteered to pick up trash.
FOOTBALL
Fans deserve praise
Three games that come to mind when I think of an electric atmosphere in Spartan Stadium. Two of those games are from 2004, when heavily favored Minnesota and Wisconsin came into East Lansing only to see each of its Big Ten Championship hopes crumble. The "go green, go white" chants coming from the student section were so loud that they drowned out the PA announcer.
FOOTBALL
Where was Jehuu?
Jehuu Caulcrick ran through Notre Dame's defense like it didn't exist on Saturday. He may as well have had a list of Notre Dame defensive backs in his pocket so he could cross off the names of players he ran over. Tom Zbikowski: Check.