The MSU men's swimming and diving team will host No. 18 Notre Dame at 5 p.m. on Friday at the Charles McCaffree Pool. These two teams have split the last four contests between each other. The Spartans enter the match with a 1-2 dual meet record and Notre Dame enters with a 2-1 record.
The men's basketball team was given a brief scare recently when one of its most indispensable players went down with an injury. Junior guard Shannon Brown sustained a bruised rib during an exhibition game Monday against Lake Superior State when he collided with redshirt freshman forward Marquise Gray.
Lansing — Julielyn Gibbons spent more than a month organizing student representatives from universities across Michigan to meet with state legislators Thursday in Lansing. And they were almost stood up. The group gathered at the Anderson House Office Building, 124 N.
Four experts will debate on Monday on whether affirmative action in higher education should be allowed. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m.
John L. Smith knows desperate times call for desperate measures. After starting the season 4-0, the MSU head coach has watched his team lose four of its last five contests, squashing hopes of a Big Ten Championship and a trip down south to a big-name bowl game. After last Saturday's emotionless 28-21 loss at Purdue, Smith showed the Spartans the tape of last year's 51-17 win against then-No.
Quarterback Minnesota's Bryan Cupito has been steady and unspectacular, throwing the ball when need be and letting the running game do the rest. He gets the job done when it's necessary (he's completing 59 percent of his passes) but is not relied on to do it all like MSU junior Drew Stanton. Stanton looks slower since the team's 4-0 start and has looked out of it since taking an absolute pounding against Ohio State.
Officials at Lansing Community College announced plans Thursday to expand their newly opened east campus by spring semester. Lansing Community College East, 2827 Eyde Parkway, is a two-story facility located south of Hannah Plaza off Hagadorn Road. The eight-classroom second floor opened this fall, and about 500 students are currently enrolled in classes there. The expansion will complete the first floor of the building — adding six more classrooms and pushing the size of the center to 20,000 square feet. The first floor was still under construction Thursday, with unfinished drywall, but should be completed by January. The finished facility will be able to accommodate 3,000 students, but enrollment this spring will likely be closer to 1,000, said Jean Morciglio, LCC's executive director for strategic enrollment management. College officials took a "wait and see" approach to completing the building, Morciglio said.
Carol Mejia has been cooking fry bread since she was 5 years old and doesn't share her recipe with anyone. As she mixed the fry bread batter, Mejia began to tell stories about how different recipes were passed down in her family. Mejia, who is American Indian, prepared meals from scratch at Thursday's authentic American Indian dinner in Holmes Hall. The dinner included smoked whitefish, whole strawberries served in wooden bowls, buffalo burgers, corn on the cob, asparagus, squash soup, venison stew and blueberry cake. November is Native American History Month. Anita Sandel, food service manager for Holmes Hall, said that students were her motive for creating more culturally rich dinners. "I worked with the Department of Residence Life, and we decided to have more diversity with dinner," Sandel said.
Evolution. It's a widely accepted scientific theory, based on scientific facts. Intelligent design.
Northwestern (4-2, 6-3) at Ohio State (5-1, 7-2) No. 10 Ohio State cannot afford to lose another game if it wants at least a share of the Big Ten title. The Buckeyes need to win against No.
Strands of colored Christmas lights and lively traditional music welcomed visitors to the "Diwali Mela 2005" celebration in the McDonel Hall Kiva on Thursday night. During the about three-hour event, the Hindu festival of lights participants had an opportunity to paint pottery and get henna body art. The event, put on by the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students, or CIUS, also raised money for victims of the October earthquake in South Asia. Medical technology junior Haile Jones said she has come for the past three years and that she enjoys the culture. "They have some cool dances I would love to learn," Jones said.
The No. 10 MSU women's basketball team will have one more chance to tune up for the regular season when it hosts Grand Valley State in an exhibition game at 2 p.m.
The MSU men's tennis team is set to host the Big Ten Indoor Championship this weekend in the second tournament of the Spartans' fall season. The Spartans will be represented by sophomore Nick Rinks, juniors Joseph McWilliams and Michael Flowers, and freshmen Alex Forger, John Allare and Scott Rasmussen out of a 64-player main draw. The tournament will start at 9 a.m.
It's still unclear how Republican Attorney General Mike Cox's admission that he had an extramarital affair, or his accusation that Geoffrey Fieger was going to blackmail him about it, could affect the 2006 attorney general's race. "The big question is whether or not anybody is going to be charged with a crime," said Bill Ballenger, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, a Lansing-based political newsletter.
The MSU wrestling team will host the Michigan State Open at Jenison Field House this Saturday and Sunday in preseason wrestling action. Although no team scores are kept for the tournament, medals are awarded to the top eight wrestlers in each weight class.
The Medical Yoga Club of MSU is holding a "Yoga Jamboree" this weekend to promote good health and relaxation with non-strenuous exercise. The event is from 10 a.m.
The Spartans have learned a thing or two about the importance of a successful running game. Between the running back trio of senior Jason Teague, sophomore Jehuu Caulcrick and freshman Javon Ringer, the Spartans have rushed for an average of 211.9 yards per game at almost five yards an attempt through nine games this season. But at the same time, MSU's defense has been taken advantage of by opponent's running attacks.
People who make opinions should stay for the entire show. As all college students should know, you should always look at the source you are examining to see how credible it is.
It's war. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon has sent the residents of East Lansing a letter, assuring them that the "alcohol-induced behaviors" of MSU students are not going to be tolerated.
I received a letter from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, which was apparently intended for the nonstudent population of East Lansing.