Auburn Hills — Shannon Brown stole the game from Wichita State. The junior guard had 18 points and a career-high six steals to spark No.
Auburn Hills — After struggling with its defense during the season opening-stretch in which it played nine games in 21 days, the fire was finally back on the defensive end for the No.
On a day when many at MSU were preparing for finals week, more than 1,700 students and their families packed into Breslin Center to celebrate the fact that they'll soon never have to take a final again. MSU President Lou Anna K.
Kudos to The State News for the editorial "Way too easy" (SN 12/2) about Raye Grill's embezzlement from the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association.
Months ago, Joyce Grant said she remembers watching Hurricane Katrina unfold on the news, as the flood waters destroyed community after community in New Orleans. "It is not enough to feel bad — there is so much stuff going on in the world to feel bad about," Grant said.
As the holiday shopping season draws closer to an end, downtown East Lansing stores are seeing what it means to be a destination shopping area. East Lansing Councilmember Mark Meadows, who served on the Downtown Development Authority until his mayoral term ended three weeks ago, said the downtown specialty stores attract customers, but not in the same sense as a mall. "If you want to come downtown without a particular something you're looking for and wander, we get that a little," he said.
First, I want to introduce myself. I am Penney Aiken, a criminal justice junior here at MSU, but, more importantly, I am the office manager for the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association, known to many as MIPA. Although I work for this organization, everything I am about to say is my opinion and I am not attempting to give an opinion for the organization.
Despite not getting elected to the East Lansing City Council, political theory and constitutional democracy senior John Fournier is still our Spartan of the Year. Through his incredibly professional campaign, Fournier tried to represent the underrepresented student demographic. Although many students didn't help his goal by not voting, Fournier gave it his all to get them to show up.
Residence hall sign-ups for the 2006-07 academic year begin Jan. 20. Scheduled sign-ups occur throughout a two-week period, and the day students sign up depends on what they request for a housing assignment for the next year. Students who wish to stay in their current room or residence hall have the first option, over students who don't currently live there. Final priority is given to students who choose a single room, with juniors and seniors having first pick over freshmen and sophomores. Due to the renovation of Snyder and Phillips halls beginning this summer, those halls will not be available for residence in the next academic year. Students currently living in those halls will have second choice at requesting another hall to live in because of the displacement. To see the schedule for the 2006-07 housing sign-up process, log on to http://uh.msu.edu/campus/sign_up.html.
The future of a $17 million addition to the Chemistry Building will be decided by the MSU Board of Trustees at its meeting today. Plans have been delayed while officials determine whether the addition meets the university's zoning requirements. University officials planned to expand and renovate parts of the Chemistry Building for about a year and will get 75 percent of the funds through a state grant.
The Spartans have traveled from coast to coast and beyond, played eight games, facing three top-10 opponents, and my question is: When does the MSU men's basketball team get to come home? The Spartans have played two of nine games at home, amid a flurry of travel.
E.L. City Council Although MSU students didn't get one of their own to represent them on the East Lansing City Council, two qualified candidates who will work to make the city better did win. Kevin Beard and Vic Loomis will bring a mix of old and new views, as well as experience and fresh ideas to the City Council.
Most of the e-mails MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon has received from students are on two subjects — tensions with the East Lansing community and the football coach. She hasn't ignored them. Last Friday, Simon had lunch with students in the Case Hall cafeteria and then climbed the stairs to the third floor for MSU football head coach John L.
Dave Jones has a fascination with Thomas Jefferson and has spent four years perfecting his presentation of the former president. Now the actor and writer will present a one-man play based on most of Jefferson's own words to the public at BoarsHead Theatre.
About 150 fifth-grade students got a look at college life for a few hours Thursday. A professor and several students in James Madison College presented a college lecture and a tour of the residence halls to children from Baldwin Elementary School in Rochester, before eating lunch with them in South Complex. "They walk away learning, and it gives them a college experience," said Peter Spadafore, a social relations junior and coordinator of the program. The college has hosted visiting days for Baldwin Elementary for the past six years, with the same kind of format every year, Spadafore said. Recently, the program has expanded to include two other elementary schools, and it might continue to grow in the future. "We're trying to reach out to Lansing schools and Haslett schools," Spadafore said.
As my tenure here at The State News comes to a close, I was asked to write one final column about whatever I wanted. I thought it only fitting that I write about the first team I covered and a team that gave me many memories for a long time to come — the MSU women's basketball team. When I started following the team last year I was just a reporter working for a newspaper.
Men's Basketball 12/10 Wichita State (Palace) 7 p.m. 12/16 Cleveland State 7 p.m. 12/18 Florida International 4 p.m. 12/21 @ Wisc.-Green Bay 8 p.m. 12/28 Tennessee Tech 7 p.m. 12/31 Coppin State 1 p.m. 1/5 @ Illinois 9 p.m. 1/8 @ Wisconsin TBA Women's Basketball 12/10 @ South Florida 6 p.m. 12/17 Houston 7 p.m. 12/21 @ Oklahoma 8 p.m. 12/28 @ LSU 8 p.m. 12/30 Central Michigan 7 p.m. 1/1 Michigan 2 p.m. 1/5 Penn State 8 p.m. 1/7 Rutgers Noon 1/9 @ Iowa 8 p.m. Hockey 12/9 @ Alaska-Fairbanks 11 p.m. 12/10 @ Alaska-Fairbanks 11 p.m. 12/29 Michigan Tech (GLI) 4:30 p.m. 12/30 Colo.
Center Senior Paul Davis has been a constant force in the paint and from the perimeter for the Spartans this year.
After a heated and emotional debate, members from two of MSU's undergraduate student governments approved a bill Thursday to oppose the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. At the groups' first-ever joint meeting, the Residence Halls Association and ASMSU's Student Assembly and Academic Assembly discussed the bill that would oppose an amendment to the state constitution which prohibits universities, states and other state entities from discriminating or granting preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. ASMSU is MSU's undergraduate student government. The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, proposal is set to appear on the Michigan ballot in November 2006, but might be removed in an appeal to Michigan's Supreme Court. "MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution," said Erik Green, an English senior.