There are no specific terrorist threats directed toward the NCAA basketball tournament, despite recent Internet postings advocating terrorist attacks on U.S.
Indianapolis — After a stretch of three physically and emotionally draining games in 47 hours, Tom Izzo refused to cite fatigue as an excuse after his team shot 28.3 percent while falling 53-48 to Iowa in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse. The MSU head coach felt so strongly about it that he opened up his postgame press conference with an emphatic "no." "Fatigue had zero to do with the loss, zero," Izzo said.
Gary A. Mason and Kumbi Salim, also known as Stanley A. Price, were ordered March 3 to go to trial for the 1973 murder of Martin V.
In response to "Silence 'Monologues;' keep indecency out" (SN 2/24): Are you kidding me, Katie Wilcox? One has to wonder if Wilcox's libelous claims against Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" came straight from the mouth of Pat Robertson. I am sick of hearing women's sexuality be demonized over and over again by conservatives on our campus. From the ludicrous comments (mostly by men) about choice, to this latest attack on an organization attempting to end sexual violence against women, the conservatives on our campus are far from "right." News flash: Women have sex!
I read with shock the numbers published in "Showdown at the meter" (SN 2/28). The Department of Police and Public Safety's Parking Services Division grossed $2 million from parking tickets alone in the 2005 fiscal year.
I am appreciative of Adrian Pichurko's letter, "Vengeance against preachers not sweet" (SN 2/21), saying, "These people have become known for their closed-mindedness, arbitrarily judging passersby and spreading bad vibes to the public." Recently, I was passing through Wells Hall and I saw the "Wells Hall Preachers" screaming loudly and condemning students to hell. Suddenly, I heard "all Muslims are going to hell; Muhammad will not save you," "Islam is a false religion" and "accept Christ, and you will be saved." What is wrong with this guy?
The special Senate election between Republican Vince Green and state Rep. Gretchen Whitmer will be held Tuesday to determine the next 23rd District state Senator.
I am writing in response to recent articles regarding ASMSU and its desire to leech another $3 per student, per semester. I cannot comprehend what additional services this extra money would provide for the average student.
The special election to fill the 23rd District Senate seat will be held Tuesday. Republican Vince Green, of Okemos, and Rep.
A potential rematch of last year's Final Four could be in the works for the Spartans. No.
ASMSU officials plan to provide laptop computers at locations throughout campus to give students more opportunities to vote during MSU's student government's online elections next week. Students can vote on the proposed $3 tax increase, which ASMSU officials say will help expand their organization and increase wages for workers.
Daredevil motorcyclists, cotton candy, elephant rides, wide-eyed children and a human cannonball — Breslin Center came alive this weekend with the sights, sounds and smells of the Royal Hanneford Circus. Lansing's Caravan Youth Center brought the circus to campus for the 15th-straight year for five weekend performances.
If The State News so loves free speech, why then has it remained silent on the conviction of David Irving? Irving must now spend three years in an Austrian prison because in 1989 he said that there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz. It doesn't matter if you consider Irving a "Holocaust denier" or if you feel that making statements about the architecture of Nazi WWII facilities is anti-Semitic, Irving has a right (yes, even non-Americans have rights even if their governments indicate otherwise) to say so. The State News has been more than happy to condemn Islamic reaction to free speech; let it now condemn Austria.
It's hard to get a tan in environmental suits and dust masks, but the MSU students who headed to the Gulf Coast for spring break last week didn't seem to mind. The students did community service work in storm-ravaged New Orleans as part of an alternative spring break program.
Photographer Mike Itchue details his trip to Indianapolis for the men's Big Ten Tournament. Conseco Fieldhouse is hands down the nicest arena I have ever been to.
Indianapolis — The MSU women's basketball team easily advanced to the semifinals of last week's Big Ten Tournament, only to run into a scarlet-and-gray wall for the third time this season. The Spartans cruised past Iowa in the quarterfinals on March 3, with a 79-58 score, setting up a showdown with Ohio State on March 5. MSU stayed within striking distance of the Buckeyes for the entire game, but could never grab a lead in the second half.
Neko Case's latest album "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" trickles like a light rain over a campfire. The sweet tones of Case's fairy-tale lyrics fall between delicate acoustic tones to create an alt-country tour de force.
Indianapolis — To say Dee Brown torched MSU in the first two meetings between the Spartans and Illinois would be an understatement. But Friday night, in the third meeting between the two teams this season, MSU's defense came up huge, holding Brown to just five points as the Spartans advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament with a 61-56 win over the Fighting Illini on Friday night at Conseco Fieldhouse. "I'm really proud of the effort these guys gave coming off last night," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
Indianapolis — The Spartans might have wanted to hold a slumber party in their hotel Friday night. As they walked off the floor after their 61-56 win against Illinois on Friday, the Spartans had less than 14 hours to rest, eat, practice, watch Letterman or do whatever else they needed to before Saturday's semifinal against second-seeded Iowa. With that quick of a turnaround, will there even be time for sleep? "Hopefully," sophomore guard Drew Neitzel said.
Indianapolis — MSU head coach Tom Izzo wouldn't even consider the thought. "The answer is no, fatigue had zero to do with the loss.