When I was at the Big Ten Football Media Days in Chicago last month, each coach, from Jim Tressel to Ron Zook, seemed to echo the idea that there were a lot of good teams and no weak teams in the conference this season. Each had his own cliché way of saying, "Anyone in this conference can beat anyone else." And why not?
The MSU football program received a commitment for its 2007 recruiting class from highly coveted wide receiver Mark Dell last week. Dell, a 6-foot-1, 175-pounder from Farmington Hills Harrison, snatched 43 balls for 945 yards and 11 touchdowns last season and is ranked as the No.
MSU at Pittsburgh Steve Highfield — This is the first real test for MSU, if you don't count that closer-than-expected Idaho game.
After winning two games against lesser opponents, MSU now faces Pittsburgh in its first real test of the season. And the Spartans are ready to prove themselves. "We're going to see what we're really made of," senior defensive tackle Clifton Ryan said.
The article titled, "Proposed policy could devalue student housing" (SN 9/12), was especially upsetting to me as a proud MSU student. For those who didn't read this article, the proposed policy would place more emphasis on the development of housing in the East Lansing area — more specifically downtown — for permanent residents, thus leaving the "minor concern" of student housing on the back burner. Since my enrollment here at MSU in the fall of 2004, city officials have been constantly battling with the students to make East Lansing a more family/alumni-friendly place.
Both the state and the university are recycling the old ways they look at trash. Legislators are working to reduce the amount of garbage Michigan receives from Canada while the MSU Board of Trustees is voting today on the future of a possible expanded recycling center on campus.
After spending last season in the press box at MSU football games, I was quite shocked when I assimilated back into the crowd during MSU's first game against Idaho on Sept.
MSU's Study Abroad Fair will be at the MSU Union from 12-6 p.m. on Sept. 21. Students will be able to talk with professors and former Study Abroad participants and see photos and artifacts from other trips.
Looks like summer is finally over for Detroit's 130,000 students. Detroit teachers ended their more than two-week strike on Wednesday after their union's executive board approved a tentative three-year contract.
East Lansing isn't just a Cool City — now it's a smart one, too. In a joint meeting between business, city and university officials Thursday, the city received its first designation as a SmartZone from the state. A SmartZone is an area in a city meant to house businesses with a focus on technology, East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton said. "One of the obvious reasons to create (a SmartZone) is to have jobs for our residents, but more importantly, to create jobs for the people graduating from Michigan State," he said.
Retired MSU culinary professor Robert H. Nelson died Monday evening in his home at the age of 78. Nelson's funeral services will be held at noon today at Palmer, Bush & Jensen Family Funeral Homes, Lansing Chapel, located at 520 E.
Correction: The article should say the MSU Board of Trustees would vote on the planning and commencement of nine projects. More than $44 million in additional construction and renovation projects could be in store for MSU. The MSU Board of Trustees will vote on the planning of nine projects today at its first meeting of the semester. Some of the projects on the agenda include: • Renovations to Mayo and Brody halls. • Reconstruction of the traffic circle at Red Cedar and Wilson roads to form a four-way intersection with traffic lights. • Construction of a comprehensive campus recycling center near Service Road and Harrison Avenue, a $3.5 million project, where the current recycling center is located. Both Mayo and Brody halls could have floors and ceilings replaced and their roofs and exteriors renovated.
No. 1 — Troy Smith Senior quarterback, Ohio State SEASON: 35-of-51 passing for 566 yards and five touchdowns. Smith leapfrogged Brady Quinn as the Heisman front-runner after convincingly leading the Buckeyes over Texas.
On Sept. 17, MSU's Sigma Kappa sorority will walk a 5K to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. The Alzheimer's Association has been raising money to fight the disease since 1989, using the Memory Walk as one of its largest fundraisers.
It's not often when two quarterbacks with such great success play each other in a nonconference game. It's even more uncommon for those two quarterbacks to be such good friends. But that's the case with MSU's Drew Stanton and Pittsburgh's Tyler Palko, who met as campers at Elite 11 Quarterback Camp during high school. "I got a chance to form a relationship, and obviously quarterbacks are notorious for having that relationship and friendship," Palko said in a conference call. After losing touch a little bit during their college careers, they reunited this summer as counselors at the Elite 11 camp. While in California for the camp, Palko and Stanton played golf together. "He kept me rolling on the golf course," Palko said.
Mitch Coz Never heard of him, right? Well he won't be anonymous much longer — he has the inside track to the starting punter position at Northern Colorado!
Ask Otis Wiley his philosophy on playing defense, and there's a 99 percent chance you'll get the following response: "Just flying to the ball." "Just flying to the ball." Then once more, like an automated football assassin: "Just flying to the ball." Watching the sophomore safety roam the secondary for the MSU football team, the explanation of his playing style holds true.
If it's true that trends begin in Europe and cross over to the United States, we might be seeing the beginning of the end of skinny models. Madrid's fashion week recently banned sickly thin models from strutting their (nonexistent) stuff on the catwalk, CNN.com reported.
Stressed-out high school seniors have one less early admission to worry about. Harvard University announced this week it will drop its early admissions program because the program favors the rich, advantaged students. While this may be true, the change is risky.
A nonpartisan community forum to discuss the six statewide ballot proposals for the Nov. 7 general election will be held at 7 p.m.