Champaign, Ill - The first drive was not pretty. It featured a fumble and then a punt. The second drive, however, was quite different. Set on their own 25-yard line, the Spartans showed just how powerful and efficient their offense could be. Junior quarterback Drew Stanton dropped back, faked a hand-off, and then found senior wide receiver Kyle Brown 19 yards down the sidelines.
Sitting around a 3-foot-wide handmade drum covered in horse and buffalo hide, six American Indians drummed in unison while they sang in different notes as part of a victory song. The song, which represents the victories American Indians have had in the past as well as those to come, was the closing event for Michigan Indian Day at the Union on Friday. The drummers are members of Little Stone, a group of American Indians who play the drums and sing songs native to their culture.
Kristin Frey stood to the side, watching her younger sister display her moves in a big-screen version of the game Dance Dance Revolution. Frey, a predental sophomore, said she doesn't think she could play the video game, but enjoyed watching her sister dance to the music. "I have never tried it," she said.
Tonight, the band Bad Mamma Jamma will be playing a show at The Riviera Cafe Restaurant and Lounge, 231 M.A.C.
Sparty watch Sparty was splattered with blue paint in the middle of the day on Sunday. "It happened during broad daylight, with people all around," MSU police Sgt.
After I found out I would be covering football this season, the first thing I did was check the schedule. I knew the majority of the games the Spartans would be playing, but I always like to take a quick gander at the schedule and determine which games MSU should win and lose.
By Melissa Kayko Special to The State News A Civil War re-enactment, dancing and music were all part of the American Heritage Festival in Lansing on Saturday.
Every other year, University of Michigan fans migrate west to East Lansing for the annual meeting of the MSU and U-M football teams, checkering Spartan Stadium with maize and blue. Many of those fans head for the highway and home soon after the final whistle. But some never leave - some walk campus sidewalks every day as MSU students. Although most of the student section will rally behind the Spartans this Saturday, there likely will be a few dissidents pulling for the visiting team. "I'm going to probably sport a Braylon Edwards jersey, because he tore them up last year," said Shawn Gall, a general business administration and pre-law sophomore. Gall, who said he is planning on attending Saturday's game, has chosen to wear maize and blue before in the student section of the stadium and the Izzone at the Breslin Center. Gall said he's been heckled by MSU students in the past, but it doesn't bother him. "Really, I'm a Michigan fan, but everyone's like, 'You're a traitor,'" he said.
The MSU field hockey team (7-3 overall, 0-1 Big Ten) played catch-up all game long, and eventually fell to Indiana in double overtime 3-2 in their first Big Ten game of the season. Indiana struck first early in the opening half as midfielder Kayla Bashore found the back of the net and gave the Hoosiers the 1-0 lead. "They were able to swing the ball and get numbers up on the opposite side and we were playing too jumpy," Madison said. In the second half, the Spartans were able to even the score at one as freshman forward Gwen Riley put one in the back of the net at the 39:06 mark. The Hoosiers took the lead again 2-1 as forward Lydia Schrott scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season off a penalty corner. The Spartans scored fewer than two minutes later when junior forward Ashley Pernicano took a pass from senior midfielder Jessica Miller and knotted the game at two. In the first overtime, the Spartans had three shots but were not able to get a goal and the game went into a second extra session. Indiana broke the tie for the final time in the second overtime as forward Kate O'Connell scored, giving the Hoosiers the 3-2 win. The Spartans never led at any point in the game and were always one step behind their opponent.
As a board member of the Hillel Jewish Student Center, I have watched with great pride as our students have participated in trips to Israel in our birthright Israel program.
The MSU women's volleyball team finally earned a victory in the Big Ten season but it didn't come easily as they captured it on the road in a four-game match against Indiana University (7-6 overall, 1-1 Big Ten). The Spartans (8-4, 1-1) got off to a slow start, as the Hoosiers jumped out to an 18-11 lead in game one.
Champaign, Ill. - It's been an up-and-down season for the MSU defense up to this point, but after allowing nearly 600 yards of total offense to Notre Dame last week, the Spartans put the clamp down on Illinois, allowing just 271 yards in MSU's 61-14 win over Illinois on Saturday. "We made some mistakes, I made mistakes, but we made a big stride as a defense in this game," MSU sophomore linebacker Kaleb Thornhill said.
Along with football fans and players, East Lansing and MSU police officers are prepping for MSU's game against the University of Michigan on Saturday. Every sworn officer - all 62 - in the East Lansing Police Department will be on patrol Saturday, East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert said. The agency normally has about 30 officers on duty during home football games, Wibert said.
They say a tie is like kissing your sister. But when your sister is the defending national champion and top-ranked team in the country, maybe it's not that bad. The MSU men's soccer team (2-1-4 overall, 0-0-1 Big Ten) played to a scoreless tie against Indiana (4-0-3, 0-0-1) in their Big Ten opener on Saturday, shutting down the nation's No.
Vivian Milligan, owner of Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave., is worried that a proposed amendment to the city's existing smoking ordinance might cost her money and customers.
Champaign, Ill. - Letdown? What letdown? It did not take long for the No. 17 MSU football team to put any doubts to rest as they charged out with 38 first half points, routing Illinois 61-14 on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. "Once we started to settle down and it started to click, things rolled our way pretty darn good," MSU head coach John L.
The MSU volleyball team (7-4 overall) will try to shake off a tough loss to Michigan when it travels to Bloomington to take on Indiana at 7 p.m.
Flashback to last season. The Spartans crushed No. 4 Wisconsin on Nov. 13, 2004 only to lay an egg next week against unranked Penn State. In fact, in the past eight seasons, MSU has dropped seven games straight after beating a top-10 team the week before. It's a history the Spartans are aware of and a record that junior quarterback Drew Stanton is determined to put to an end Saturday when MSU opens Big Ten play at Illinois. "Being a part of it last year after following Wisconsin going into Penn State - we're all cognisant of that," Stanton said.
Matt Leinart Senior quarterback Southern Cal Last week: Went 18-for-24 for 381 yards and four touchdowns Also rushed for one touchdown in USC's 70-17 rout of Arkansas. Reggie Bush Junior running back Southern Cal Last week: Rushed eight times for 125 yards and one touchdown Ran for a touchdown the first two times he touched the ball. Vince Young Junior quarterback Texas Last week: Went 8-for-14 of passing for 101 yards Threw one interception and also rushed for 77 yards in 51-10 win over Rice. DARKHORSE Drew Stanton Junior quarterback MSU Last week: Completed 16-of-27 passes for 327 yards and three touchdowns Dangerous with his arm and legs, Stanton also rushed 14 times for 48 yards and one touchdown to lead the upset vs.
All three members of The Like have a musical parent - Both Charlotte Froom and Z. Berg's dads are producers for major labels and Tennessee Thomas' dad was a drummer in Elvis Costello's Attractions. The girls' lineage might automatically sway some from giving them a listen.