The Michigan Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would raise the state's minimum wage in three increments to $7.40 per hour in 2008 from its current rate of $5.15 per hour. If the bill becomes law, the minimum wage would be $6.95, beginning on Oct.
The East Lansing City Council work session scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. The council's next regular meeting will be held March 21. Last Tuesday, the council took care of some spring cleaning, approving licenses for Lou & Harry's Five Star Deli, The Post and Cosi Inc. to open their sidewalk seating. The Meijer store at 1350 W.
I am writing in response to Ryan McCormick's article, "'Crash' doesn't deserve best picture nomination" (SN 3/02). I feel as though his judgment of the film is unjustified and that he does not give adequate support for his claims. First of all, how can he make any sort of comparison between "Crash" and "Brokeback Mountain" if he, as he states in the very beginning, hasn't seen the latter film? As someone who has seen both "Crash" and "Brokeback Mountain," I will say that both films are excellent and deserved to be the front-runners of the Oscars race this year.
Lyman Briggs Freshman Class Council is accepting new or used children's books to donate to Riddle Elementary in Lansing. "Since this our first fundraiser, we don't have a set goal," Vice President Jeremy Phan said.
Maybe all the No. 5 MSU hockey team needed was a warm-up game. After falling 2-1 to Alaska Fairbanks on Friday night in the best-of-three CCHA playoff series, the Spartans (22-11-8) rolled back into form to win 6-1 on Saturday and record a season-high in goals with a 7-4 win to take the deciding game three on Sunday. Junior captain Drew Miller recorded his second career hat trick with the second goal that stood as the eventual game-winner, and the Spartans move on to face Michigan on Friday in the CCHA semifinals. "(We had) good chances and the puck started to go in for us," MSU head coach Rick Comley said.
Get the lowdown on how the next recruiting class has fared lately. Isaiah Dahlman Shooting guard/small forward 6 foot 6, 175 pounds Braham Area High School (Braham, Minn.) Dahlman is one of three finalists for the Mr. Minnesota Basketball Award, along with Minnesota recruit Bryce Webster from St.
There are no specific terrorist threats directed toward the NCAA basketball tournament, despite recent Internet postings advocating terrorist attacks on U.S.
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.
A day after saying more players needed to step up, it was junior captain Drew Miller who led the No.
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.
The No. 5 Spartans' unbeaten streak, which dated back to Jan. 24, came to an end Friday after a 2-1 loss to Alaska Fairbanks at Munn Ice Arena in second round of the CCHA playoffs. The Spartans (20-11-8) now trail one game in the best-of-three series and must win consecutive games against the Nanooks (18-14-5) to advance to the semifinals of the conference tournament. The loss snapped a 19-game postseason winning streak at Munn Ice Arena. Having not played in almost two weeks, the Spartans looked sluggish from the start.
Indianapolis — It's usually the masked man who saves the day in comic books and superhero movies. Now, a masked man could potentially help salvage MSU's floundering season. Senior forward Matt Trannon made his long-awaited return to the lineup Thursday in the Spartans' 70-58 win over Purdue in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse. "It feels great to me, like it's not even broken," Trannon said of his jaw, which he broke Feb.
Indianapolis — Depending on how you saw MSU's 70-58 victory against Purdue in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, the Spartans are either overwhelming favorites or sitting ducks against Illinois in Friday's quarterfinal. If you're a glass-half-empty person, you saw plenty of the demons that have plagued MSU all season rear their ugly heads again. "I can't say that I was extremely ecstatic about our play," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said. The Spartans once more had no answer for Gary Ware, who plowed his way inside all afternoon Thursday en route to a team-high 20 points.
When redshirt freshman forward Marquise Gray went down awkwardly on his right ankle going for a rebound during Thursday's game against Wisconsin, he didn't think it was anything more than a sprain. "I felt a little bit of a pop, a snap or whatever, but I didn't think nothing of it and I still played on it through the second half," Gray said. But when he woke up Friday morning, the ankle had swollen substantially and also was much more painful.
In the first half, it looked like Illinois guard Dee Brown's shooting slump would continue. But when the second half started, so did Brown, as he scored 16 of his 20 points in the half to lead No.
Indianapolis — The MSU women's basketball team kept clawing away, tooth and nail, trying to finally take the lead away from Ohio State in the second half of Sunday's Big Ten Tournament semifinal. But despite a barrage of steals, 3-pointers, and foul shots, they simply ran out of time — and timeouts. The Spartans and Buckeyes came out of halftime with MSU trailing by just two points, 27-25.
I learned to ignore provocation in kindergarten. Where are the protests against violence? Why is it the West's duty to cater to the intolerance of the Islamic world? Yes, the cartoons are a horrible insult to people's religion, and there is no rational person who believes otherwise.
Lips peek through a white-painted face just aching to talk. If the pantomime could, he would speak of society's whitewash.
While Maurice Ager and Paul Davis have the spotlight seniors, these four Spartans have contributed to the program as well.