Minneapolis — In the corners of Minnesota's Williams Arena there are scoreboards that don't actually show the score, but instead tally the total number of rebounds, steals and blocks by each team.
Columbus, Ohio — All season long, the No. 14 MSU men's basketball team had made its name on offense, wearing down opponent after opponent with its seemingly never-ending array of scoring options. But in its 62-59 double overtime win against No.
With the graduation of Chris Hill, Kelvin Torbert and Alan Anderson after last season, a hole opened in the MSU backcourt.
For all the ladies who have an issue with the Xbox, "The competition" (SN 1/10), or the Halo games, I have a suggestion.
Patrick Deja has always enjoyed ancient history, and that led him to register for a new major available to undergraduate students this spring — classical studies. "Classics is a lot of our fundamentals," said Deja, a junior.
By Darrell Hughes Special to The State News In Flight Sports might be grounded. The sporty, yet vintage, clothing and accessories store — which is known for its Grateful Dead merchandise — is on the brink of closing later this month or in early February if store owner Marvin Pridgeon doesn't find someone to purchase the business. "We've been trying to sell for months," Pridgeon said.
Madison, Wis. — Just three players carried the MSU women's basketball team through nearly the duration of the Spartans' game against Wisconsin on Thursday night. It took a fourth player to join the fray and contribute down the stretch for MSU to walk away from the Kohl Center with a victory. Liz Shimek, Lindsay Bowen and Victoria Lucas-Perry kept the No.
A march in relation to the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative that was to be held in Lansing today has been canceled. Luke Massie, co-chairman of Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, said the walk would have signified the filing of the case to the Michigan Supreme Court, but the date to file the paperwork was pushed back to next week. "It was just more of a timing thing," he said. Massie said the walk is probably won't be rescheduled.
FOR MCRI Unethical. Immoral. Disgusting. These are the words the chair of the MCRI and Michigan Rep.
Society is changing. We are constantly figuring out new ways to connect to one another and share information. The new Sidekick II from T-Mobile allows users to text message even more quickly.
The MSU Board of Trustees will meet today to decide policy concerns and more than $5 million worth of funding proposals — but it won't be the first time they discuss them. Most months, the publicly elected board meets in closed work sessions the day before its formal Friday meetings.
It is just a wall in the Arizona desert, but it divides two very different viewpoints on what to do at the border between the United States and Mexico. In the hot July weather, Michigan Peace Team member Sayrah Namaste ventured out into the Sonoma desert to work with No More Deaths, a volunteer humanitarian organization that finds and aids Mexican migrants in dire need of water or medical help. About 270 migrants died in two sectors which make up the majority of the Arizona border between Oct.
Mike McNeely doesn't plan on keeping his Lansing bar open any later, despite a new law that allows Michigan bars to stay open after 2 a.m. "What would be the reason to stay open?" said McNeely, a co-owner of Trippers, 354 Frandor Ave.
Provost Kim Wilcox and other university administrators and faculty members will travel to Thailand on Saturday to increase MSU's international ties and further research opportunities in the southeastern Asian country. "For every student that comes to Michigan State, we have the responsibility to open the world to them," Wilcox said.
They've combined for 14 goals and 25 total points this season. They combined for two huge goals in the 3-3 CCHA-opening tie at Michigan, and they've all been drafted by various NHL clubs. But the greatest part about the trio of Justin Abdelkader, Tim Kennedy and Tim Crowder is that they're all just freshmen. "They have good chemistry; they seem to mesh really well," MSU head coach Rick Comley said of the line.
WOMEN'S Ohio State (11-2, 2-1) at Michigan (6-10, 0-3) There's a good chance that Michigan won't be welcoming No.
Penny Gardner, center, of Lansing, cheers during the women's basketball game against Penn State on Thursday.
Almost two years ago, the news that human stem cells had been cloned sent reverberations around the world.
Music blasted from the speakers as the DJ spun hip-hop records on the turntable. The crowd was alive and the heat was on.
Today is the final day to apply for the fifth annual The Black History Month Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame Case Competition, "Passing the Torch of Justice." The competition is sponsored by the Eli Broad College of Business and Multicultural Business Programs. In the competition, groups made up of at least three MSU undergraduate students must explain, within 10 minutes, why they believe their individual hero deserves a place in the Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame. The application must be completed, along with a 250-word essay and a summary of the reason for competing by 5 p.m. The competition will take place Feb.