The MSU volleyball team will look to sweep Indiana on the season when they host them at 8 p.m. Saturday at Jenison Field House. The Spartans won the previous meeting between the two, 3-1, on Sept.
Vince Young Junior QB Texas Last game: Completed 16-of-27 passes for 298 yards and two touchdowns, rushed eight times for 53 yards. Young is the best college football player right now.
Although John Fournier didn't win a seat on the East Lansing City Council, the MSU student said the experience proves young college students can be mature politicians. "It shows people no matter what your age is, if you're serious, people will take you seriously," the political theory and constitutional democracy senior said.
Kyle Harwood has a 60-minute, one-on-one lesson with his voice professor each week, but he said he could always use more time. To keep up with competitive programs at other universities, such as the University of Michigan, the MSU School of Music is looking to increase the amount of practice time available for undergraduates as part of a proposed curriculum update. "Making voice lessons longer for a performance major can only make it better," said Harwood, a vocal music performance sophomore.
Michigan senators approved legislation this week to keep governments from seizing landowners' private property for public use. A constitutional amendment passed 35-3 which would change the state constitution to keep governments from forcing private landowners to sell their land to be used by governments for economic development or increased tax revenues.
Design plans for the soon-to-be remodeled Snyder and Phillips dining halls would create a food court-style cafeteria — offering about seven different stations with a variety of food every day. Food Services Coordinator Bruce Haskell revealed the potential plans to the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, on Wednesday. He told the RHA General Assembly that this would be an "excellent opportunity" to improve both efficiency and the services of the facility to meet future students' needs. "We could provide something really special," Haskell said. He said the designs are not definite yet because Housing and Food Services is still "finishing up the schematic design." The new cafeteria — which would be centrally located and connect the two halls — is tentatively called the "Red Cedar Marketplace at Snyder-Phillips," Haskell said. Human resources senior Lauren Saydak said the larger cafeteria space would make the Snyder-Phillips dining experience better. "It's small, so at busy times, it gets crowded," Saydak said, adding that the new plans would make it easier.
MSU vs. Minnesota Fish: After starting the season 4-0, it seemed as if this would finally be the year that MSU football breaks out of the mediocrity that has recently plagued the program. But now the Spartans have dropped four of their last five games, and a highly successful season will once again be put on hold. It's truly gut check time for the Green and White.
Design plans for the soon-to-be remodeled Snyder and Phillips dining halls would create a food court-style cafeteria — offering about seven different stations with a variety of food everyday. Food Services Coordinator Bruce Haskell revealed the potential plans to the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, on Wednesday. He told the RHA General Assembly that this would be an "excellent opportunity" to improve both efficiency and the services of the facility to meet future students' needs. "We could provide something really special," Haskell said. He said the designs are not definite yet because Housing and Food Services is still "finishing up the schematic design." The new cafeteria — which would be centrally located and connect the two halls — is tentatively called the "Red Cedar Marketplace at Snyder-Phillips," Haskell said. For more on this story, please see Friday's edition of The State News.
"November" leaves viewers in a dream rather than a movie theater. Director and MSU grad Greg Harrison will be in attendance for a one-time showing of his mysterious thriller this Friday at 9:15 p.m.
The 10th annual Eli Broad College of Business MBA Food Fight food drive kicks off on Monday. Donations of nonperishable food items and money will be collected in East Lansing neighborhoods at noon.
There are two kinds of Holocaust survivors to Yehudit Rotem — those who've spoken out about their experiences and those who've remained silent. At 16 months old, Rotem was too young to know when she and her family entered the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Lohheide, Germany.
This is in response to "Troupe shouldn't be sponsored by Olin" (SN 10/28) regarding the In Your Face Reality Troupe and the writer being deeply offended by the opening scene. I attended the same Case Hall showing of the Reality Troupe this student attended and was not offended at all.
At 7 p.m. today in the McDonel Hall Kiva, the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students will present "Diwali Mela 2005." Participants at the event will have an opportunity to learn more about Diwali, a Hindu festival of lights. The festival is celebrated for about five consecutive days, and participants will be able to decorate pottery and get henna body art. MSU's Bhangra dance team also will perform.
Editor's note: State News reporters Lauren Phillips and Jacqueline WayneGuite set out to try "Cardio Striptease," a style of aerobics that incorporates burlesque dance moves. LP and JW: Cardio Striptease — when we first heard about the class at the Hannah Community Center, we were a bit skeptical for different reasons.
I would like to take issue with some points that John Bice made in his latest column, "Consequences in afterlife prevent promotion of contraceptives" (SN 11/2). In his column, Bice alludes to the notion that Christians aren't afraid of death and then implies Christians are unconcerned with "preventing loss of human life." What Bice ignores, however, is that most Christians advocate the protection of life, starting at the earliest stages of conception.
The impact the equine industry has on Michigan's economy and changing patterns of urban sprawl will be examined in the state's first horse study in 10 years conducted by researchers at MSU. The Animal Industry Initiative — a statewide program that works with MSU to perform research and education in animal agriculture — and various groups involved in the equine industry will work together to survey horse owners in Michigan. Their goals are to find out how many horses are in the state, what breeds they are, the contribution they make to the state's economy and their effect on suburban sprawl, MSU epidemiologist Mary Rossano said. The survey will be mailed this spring to more than 4,000 people involved in the industry. "The economic data is the most important so that we have a sense of what kind of dollars are utilized, what kinds of feeds are being used, how land is being used, medicines, trailer sales and so forth," said Val Vail-Shirey, executive director of the Michigan Equine Partnership.
Jim Northrup, a syndicated columnist who appears in publications such as The Native American Press and News From Indian Country, will speak during the Native American Feast at 7 p.m.
I have to admit, I am a bit confused. Recently, I was having dinner with my fiancée and after getting the bill she asked me what we should leave for a tip.
The line between the surreal and reality is blurred, crossed and captured digitally in MSU alumnus Greg Harrison's latest cinematic release. "November," released in 2004, focuses on the emotionally traumatized state of Sophie Jacobs, played by Courteney Cox ("Friends," "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"). Cox is not in her typical friendly role here, but rather plays an unhinged photography professor unable to grasp the veracious circumstances of her boyfriend's murder.